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Mechanisms of Low Level Laser Therapy and the Research that Supports its Use | Free OnlineCE Webinar

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Thu November 18, 2021 - 7:30 PM EST — Thu November 18, 2021 - 9:30 PM EST

Location: Your Home or Office **ONLINE**

Speaker: Richard Silverstein, DPM

CEU: 2 ONLINE

Price: $0.00

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About the Seminar

“Increase patient outcomes and revenue all at a simple press of a button. The fully robotic design allows practitioners to press start and walk away!”
-Richard Silverstein, DPM

Join Dr. Richard Silverstein as he speak on non-thermal laser science, Erchonia TOUCHLESS applications and how to increase business & patient outcomes. 

 

 


 

REDEMPTION INSTRUCTIONS:

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  • The course will immediately be listed under My Scheduled TeleSeminars/Webinars on your Personal Homepage.
  • Offer expires at 11/17/21 at 7:30pm EST

 

Seminar Topics

  • History of lasers & their use in medicine.
  • Where low-level lasers fall on the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • Low-level laser’s mechanism of action.
  • The rigorous approval process for lasers in the United States.
  • Effects of low-level lasers when treating various tissues.
  • The 4 different clinical pathologies low level laser therapy treats.
  • The mechanism of action of how a laser inactivates a fungal cell.
  • Benefits of Class 2 vs. Class IV lasers when treating patients.

About the Speaker

RICHARD SILVERSTEIN, DPM

508 Lafayette Street
Havre de Grace, MD  21078
Phone:  (410) 939-2627
Website:  www.unionfootcare.com                             

 

WORK         

07/01/00 – current     Private practice

04/2007 – current      Division Head, Department of Podiatry

Harford Memorial Hospital, Havre de Grace, MD

01/2006 – 2010        Medical Staff Member, Department of Surgical Care-Podiatry, VA

Maryland Health Care System (VAMHCS), Baltimore, MD

09/05 – 10/07       Clinical Instructor of Orthopaedics, Department of Orthopaedics, University of

Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

EDUCATION

2005 - current       Diplomate, American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Board Certified in Foot Surgery

2000 – current      Member of Maryland Podiatric Medical Association

Member of American Podiatric Medical Association

1999 - 2000         SINAI HOSPITAL OF BALTIMORE (Baltimore, MD)

                             Podiatric Surgical Resident (PSR-12)

1995 - 1999          DR. WILLIAM M. SCHOLL COLLEGE OF PODIATRIC MEDICINE (Chicago, IL)

Awarded a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree, May 14, 1999

Accomplishments Include: Partial Scholarship Recipient for Academic and Extracurricular Achievements, 1998;  Orthopedic Specialty Clinic Honors, 1997-1998; Academic Honors for 1995-1996; Durlacher National Podiatric Honor Society.

Activities Include:  Obtained approval and funding for my research project entitled “The Effects of a Normal and High Dose of Vitamin C on Wound Healing in a Controlled Animal Study”; Gross Anatomy Tutor; Physiology Teaching Assistant; Member of Podiatric Surgery Club; Member of APMA, IPMSA, PPAC; Big Brother Program and KTE fraternity.

1988 - 1992          SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY (Syracuse, NY)

Awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Biological Science.  Dean’s List.

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

July 1997             INTERNATIONAL ORTHOPEDIC & SURGICAL FELLOWSHIP                                       (Ospital NG Maynila; Manila, Philippines)

Surgically removed sebaceous and ganglion cysts from Philippine patients under the direction of a board certified podiatric surgeon; learned how to suture and performed one-handed and two-handed ties; rotated through various Departments including OB-GYN, Emergency Medicine and Dermatology and conducted histories and physical examinations on patients; administered anesthetic injections and desiccated plantar verrucae.

10/93 - 7/95          RESEARCH ASSOCIATE IN GASTROENTEROLOGY                                                         (Sinai Hospital; Baltimore, MD)

Isolated and characterized exfoliated colonic epithelial cells from human stool samples; investigated the early detection of colon carcinoma by p53 and K-ras mutations in colonic epithelial cells isolated from stool specimens; investigated the effects of beta-carotene on experimentally induced esophageal carcinomas in rats (a controlled study); performed various tissue culture techniques; trained internal medicine residents in various laboratory techniques (i.e. protein assays, colonic cell isolation, ELISA tests); attended weekly Grand Round lectures; presented abstract for AGA/AASLD at Digestive Disease Week conference in San Diego, CA (May, 1995).

4/91 - 7/91            RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP IN GASTROENTEROLOGY                                                      (Bressler Research Bldg, University of Maryland; Baltimore, MD)

Determined the involvement of the DCC tumor suppresser gene in esophageal carcinomas; tested tumor-normal tissue pairs using the polymerase chain reaction and gel electrophoresis; attended several endoscopic procedures and obtained surgical specimens from the pathology department.

RESEARCH

2003 - current    Successful completion of NIH Clinical Research Training Course

Principal Investigator for Research Project:

Silverstein RJ, Landsman AS. The effects of a moderate and high dose of Vitamin C on wound healing in a controlled guinea pig model. J Foot Ankle Surg. 1999;38:333-338.

 

Abstracts Presented at Professional Meetings:

Effects of Beta-Carotene Therapy on Symptomatic, Endoscopic and Histological Parameters in Patients with Barrett’s Esophagus.  Abstract presented at the American College of Gastroenterology 60th Annual Scientific Meeting, New York, New York, October 16-18, 1995.

Effects of Dietary Beta-Carotene Supplementation on Nitroso-Amine Induced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus in Rats.  Abstract presented at the AGA/AASLD at Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, May 14-17, 1995.

Increased Expression of CD44 in Isolated Fecal Colonocytes in Patients with Colonic Neoplasia.  Abstract presented at the AGA/AASLD at Digestive Disease Week, San Diego, California, May 14-17, 1995.

Loss of Heterozygosity as a Predictor of Survival in Esophageal Carcinomas.  Abstract presented at the AGA/AASLD at Digestive Disease Week, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 15-18, 1994.

PUBLICATIONS

Silverstein RJ, Landsman AS. The effects of a moderate and high dose of Vitamin C on wound healing in a controlled guinea pig model. J Foot Ankle Surg. 1999;38:333-338.

Huang Y, Boynton RF, Blount PL, Silverstein RJ, Yin J, Tong Y, et al.  Loss of Heterozygosity Involves Multiple Tumor Suppressor Genes in Human Esophageal Cancers.  Cancer Research 1992 Dec 1; 52: 6525-6530.

BETA TESTING

PAL Health Technologies Xtremity scan Digital Shape Acquisition System: Beta testing for digital scanning system and software for the production of custom orthotics, (2008-current).

 

LECTURING

Faculty member of the Present Podiatric Conferences, 2015 to current.

Faculty member of International Foot and Ankle Foundation, For Education and Research, 2016 to current.

Faculty member of Goldfarb Foundation, 2016 to current.

Lecturer at APMA national meeting, 2017.

APPOINTMENT/CONSULTING

Total Ancillary (consultant)

Scientific Medical Advisory Board Member of Axolotl Biologix, 2018 to current

Institute for Podiatric Excellence and Development Advisory Board Member, 2018 to current

Erchonia Corporation (consulting)

Podiatry Content Connection (consulting)

Akina Pharmaceuticals (consulting)

 

CEU

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REDEMPTION INSTRUCTIONS:

  • Please visits www.OnlineCE.com and create an account.
  • Login and Click on the Redeem Coupon button:  Enter the coupon code:  410973 and submit.
  • The course will immediately be listed under My Scheduled TeleSeminars/Webinars on your Personal Homepage.
  • Offer expires at 11/17/21 at 7:30pm EST