3800 River Ridge Dr NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Phone: 319-393-3996 Fax: 319-393-7187 spinalcc@spinalcc.com
Dr. Gene Cretsinger
I. EDUCATION
Graduated from Bayard Community School, Bayard, IA - 1961
Attended Wayne State Teachers College, Wayne, NE - 1961-63
Enrolled at Palmer College of Chiropractic, Davenport, IA - 1963
Opened chiropractic office in Cedar Rapids, IA - 1967
II. PALMER HISTORY
President of the Palmer College Student Body - 1966
Served as Chairman of Student Judiciary Committee - 1966
Graduated from Palmer College as Salutatorian and a member of the International Chiropractic Honor Society - 1966
III. CIVIC SERVICE
Sertoman of the Year award, Cedar Rapids Chapter - 1968-69
President of Sertoma Club, Cedar Rapids, IA - 1969-70
Initiated the existing law enforcement recognition awards for the Linn County Sheriff's office; the Cedar Rapids Police Department; and the Marion Police Department- 1970(A program to recognize law enforcement officers and create positive public relations.)
President of Hawkeye Zoological Society - 1971-73
Member of Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board of Directors - 1981-87
President of Grant Wood Area Education Agency Board of Directors - 1986-87
IV. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Past secretary -Treasurer (spokesman) for the Chiropractic Society of Iowa - 1978-79
Chiropractor of the Year award from Chiropractic Society oflowa-1976 (at that time the largest and oldest Chiropractic Society in the state)
Instructor for postgraduate chiropractic practice procedure of spinal correction (Pettibon Specific Technique) 1971-75
Member of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA)
Coordinator for the 1244 chiropractors of the 22 county Chiropractic Education Agency - 1980-85
Secretary-Treasurer of the International Chiropractors Association - 1986-89
Certified by National College of Chiropractic in Cox-distraction technique - Nov 1992
Board Member of the Iowa Chiropractic Society from the Cedar Rapids-Iowa City District - 1997 to present
State Representative to the International Chiropractors Association - 1998
Fellow of the International Chiropractors Association - 1998
ICA Representative Assembly person of the year - 1999
Vice-Chairperson of the ICA Representative Assembly -1999-2000
Chairperson of the ICA Representative Assembly - 2000-2009
President of the Distinguished Fellow of the International Chiropractic Association - 2000-2009.
Vice-President of the International Chiropractic Association - 2009 - 2011
Dr. Janet Cuhel
Associate of Science, Kirkwood Community College - 1988
Doctor of Chiropractic (D.C.), Palmer College of Chiropractic - 1993
Established Spinal Corrective Center, P.C. with W. Gene Cretsinger, D.C. - 1993
Founding member of the International Chiropractors Association (ICA) Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics - 1993
Diplomate in Chiropractic Pediatrics ICA Council on Chiropractic Pediatrics (D.I.C.C.P.) - 1996 Diplomate in Pediatrics of the ICA Council in Chiropractic Pediatrics, (D.I.C.C.P.), is the only board certified postgraduate program in the field of chiropractic pediatrics and is currently offered through Palmer College. In order to be eligible to sit for the Board Certification Examination of the ICA Council, candidates must attend 360 hours of classroom instruction, fulfill all assignments as required by the syllabus, and pass the examinations of the co-sponsoring CCE-accredited chiropractic college.
Presenter in the 1995 and 1997 International Conference on Chiropractic Pediatrics
Published in Journal of Clinical Chiropractic Pediatrics, vol.2, No.2, Oct. 1997
Presented to Grant Wood Area Education Association on "The Role of Chiropractic in the Management of childhood Otitis Media" - 1997
Presented 6 hour class for the D.I.C.C.P. program at New York Chiropractic College "Neonate Pathology" - 1998
Member of the committee which developed Chapter 4 - Child Care of Recommended Clinical Protocols and Guidelines For The Practice of Chiropractic/ International Chiropractors Association - 1999
Board Examiner for the D.I.C.C.P candidates, wrote portion of the test and gave practical - 1999
Presented "Chiropractic Management of the Special Needs Child" to occupational and physical therapists and St. Lukes Children's Therapy Center, Cedar Rapids, IA 2000