John Cerf, DC

Dr. John Cerf, a 1985 graduate of New York Chiropractic College (NYCC), is the chief of the department of chiropractic at Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus, N.J. In 2001, he became one of the first chiropractors in the United States to be granted privileges to see patients in a hospital emergency department.

Vice president of the American Academy of Hospital Chiropractors and a member of the American Chiropractic Association's Hospital Relations Committee, Dr. Cerf has lectured to chiropractors and medical physicians on the role of chiropractic in hospital and outpatient settings. He is also the author of a number of articles published in the Journal of the American Chiropractic Association.

Dr. Cerf is certified in electrodiagnostic testing and manipulation under anesthesia. He has taught at Berkeley College in Manhattan, N.Y., and is an NYCC postgraduate division instructor for both hospital protocols and manipulation under anesthesia.

Previous Articles

Not in My Hospital!
November 4, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 23)
Hospital MUA
May 6, 2009 (Vol. 27, Issue 10)
Defining Emergency
October 21, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 22)
ER Expectations
August 26, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 18)
A Gem of an ER Patient
May 20, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 11)
Diagnostic Testing Criteria
March 11, 2008 (Vol. 26, Issue 06)
Appealing Adverse Hospital Determinations
November 19, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 24)
King John Becomes a Chiropractor
September 24, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 20)
Hospital Admission Criteria
July 30, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 16)
Benefits of Hospital Privileges
June 4, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 12)
Guidelines for Emergency Room Chiropractic Reimbursement
April 9, 2007 (Vol. 25, Issue 08)
Advances in Hospital Chiropractic
December 17, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 26)
Model ER Student Internship Program
September 1, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 18)
Thanks to the Chiropractic Profession
May 8, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 10)
Liar
March 12, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 06)
Chiropractic Cannot Help, But Chiropractors Can
January 1, 2006 (Vol. 24, Issue 01)
An Enemy in Our Camp
December 17, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 26)
The Last Holdout
October 24, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 22)
The Wrong Way
July 2, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 14)
Severe Antalgic Low Back Pain
May 7, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 10)
Hospitals, Administrators, and Health Care Savings Accounts
January 15, 2005 (Vol. 23, Issue 02)
Join the Revolution
November 30, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 25)
Catastrophe
September 1, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 18)
Can't Stop Us
July 29, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 16)
Death by Ego
June 17, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 13)
Heart Attack?
February 26, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 05)
A Tribute to Our Friend: Paul Cavalli, MD
January 1, 2004 (Vol. 22, Issue 01)
Emergency-Room Chiropractor
October 8, 2002 (Vol. 20, Issue 21)
Step up to the Plate
November 3, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 23)
When NOT to Adjust
July 14, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 15)
Ensuring Success in the Hospital Setting
May 19, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 11)
Temporal Arteritis
March 24, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 07)
Adult Torticollis
January 27, 2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 03)
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MAHA Meets Chiropractic: Historic Meeting in Washington, D.C.
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Ronald Feise, DC