Accident Investigation
EDR Retrieval and Analysis
Occupant Kinematics
Crash Forensics
Whiplash Injury Evaluation
Treatment Determination
Chronic Pain Evaluation
Long Term Disability Determination
Future Care Costs Analysis
Dr. Mazzarella has the unique ability to evaluate injury / motor vehicle accident specific trauma in order to make a determination of need due to specific whiplash training including all stages of accident injury determination, evaluation, treatment and long term outcome/future care costs.
Motor vehicle trauma evaluations begins at the accident scene. Dr. Mazzarella has Accident Investigation training from Northwestern University School of Public Health which allows for speed estimates, crush estimates, PDOF determination, and accident mapping (skid marks, gouges, yaw marks, grooves, scrapes, etc). Dr. Mazzarella also has event data recording specific training including being certified in crash data retrieval and crash data analysis. This certification allows for downloads of the vehicle data after an accident and can include topics such as speed at the time of collision, usage of brakes, brake lights, seatbelt usage, occupant number, braking, etc. Lastly, Dr. Mazzarella has a certification in motor vehicle crash forensics risk analysis which he completed while studying live full scale human volunteer crash testing. This training allows for a determination of occupant kinematics and biomechanics during a crash. This information can then be combined with whiplash specific knowledge to make a determination on injury potential, injury likelihood and if the reported injuries correlate to the crash forensics involved.
The next stage would include evaluation and treatment of the occupant to determine the injury likelihood and treatment necessity if any. Dr. Mazzarella is a certified kinesiologist, doctor of chiropractic and has taken over 40 post graduate CE approved courses on whiplash specific injury and has received a certificate in whiplash and brain traumatology, an advanced certification in whiplash and brain traumatology, a certification in motor vehicle trauma and a certification in motor vehicle crash forensics risk analysis. This training allows for a proper and complete evaluation using accident specific factors to develop an injury and occupant specific treatment plan if necessary.
Lastly due to Dr. Mazzarella's whiplash specific training and knowledge of Late Whiplash likelihood including knowledge of over 80 peer reviewed scientific research articles of whiplash recovery as well as knowledge of chronic pain development, process and management, Dr. Mazzarella has the ability to make a scientifically sound and research based decision of chronicity due to an injury along with outcome/disability likelihood and future care cost estimates.
In summary, Dr. Mazzarella has the specific training to evaluate crash forensics and occupant kinematics of an accident to develop an injury potential pattern and then correlate this information with findings of a physical examination to determine the likelihood of an accident related injury and the benefits of specific treatment. Dr. Mazzarella then has the ability to evaluate responses in treatment along with chronic pain concepts and late whiplash research to make a determination of treatment need, pain and suffering and disability likelihood/outcome.
For additional information please contact us as (us) 814-322-8783 or (ca) 647-991-7246.
