SOTO-USA Instructor Biographies
2008 Regional Seminar Series

Christine Benner, DC, CSCP
Charles L. Blum, DC, CSCP
Glenn B. Frieder, DC, CSP
Richard C. Gerardo, DC, CSCP
Robert D. Klingensmith, DC, CSP
Curtis Langer, DC, CSCP
Michele Longoria, DC
Jeffrey Malone, DC, CSP
Jeff Mersky DC, CSP
Ronald Miklebost, DC
Robert Monk, DC, CSCP
Martin Rosen, DC, CSCP
David Simmons, DC, CSP

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Christine Benner, DC, CSCP, Lac, is a 1989 graduate of New York Chiropractic College.  She is the director of Oasis Healing Arts in New York City where she practices SOT Chiropractic and Acupuncture.  Dr. Benner is a Certified SOT Practitioner as well as a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner.   She has extensive knowledge of TBM, AK, and exercise rehabilitation, with a BFA in Dance and experience as a personal trainer.  Dr. Benner has been an SOT instructor since 1998, is chair of SOTO-USA’s board of certification, and a member of the board of directors for SOTO-USA..

Christine Benner, DC, CSCP

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Charles L. Blum, DC, CSCP is in private practice Santa Monica, California and past president of SOTO – USA, now their research chair. Adjunct research faculty atf Cleveland Chiropractic College - Los Angeles and associate faculty at Southern California University of Health Sciences, teaching cranial biodynamics and cranial technique. Dr. Blum is a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner, and on the peer review board of the Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research and Journal of Chiropractic Medicine.  He has lectured nationally and internationally, has written various SOT related texts, compiled SOT and cranial related research, and extensively publishes in multiple peer reviewed indexed journals and at research conferences from 1984 to the present.

Charles Blum, DC, CSCP

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Glenn B. Frieder, DC, CSP graduated from Western States Chiropractic College in 1979.  He has had extensive experience using SOT and Cranial, learned in-depth, from interning with Alan Beardal DC, David Denton DC, Curt Buddingh DC, Richard Stober DC, Santo Puellella DC and worked in the famous Plaza Santa Maria's Cancer Hospital as the staff chiropractor.  He has a private practice in Solano Beach, California and incorporates SOT protocols with nutritional and energetic aspects of healing utilizing homeopathic and flower essences for treatment.

Glenn B. Frieder, DC, CSP

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Richard C. Gerardo, DC, CSCP is in private practice Burbank, California. Dr. Gerardo has lectured extensively on SOT, Cranial and TMD since the late 1980s. He lectures at SCUSH and CCC-LA on SOT and cranial therapies. Aside from being a Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner, he is a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Nutrition, Certified in Clinical Nutrition by IAACN, certified in craniopathy, and has been on staff and director of the Chiropractic and Craniopathic Center at the Santa Teresita Hospital, Duarte California. Dr. Gerardo has his BS in Biology from California Polytechnic University, Pomona, California is an advisory board member of SOTO-USA.

Richard Gerardo, DC, CSCP

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Robert D. Klingensmith, DC, CSP
is in private chiropractic practice in Sparta, NC. He is Board certified by American Academy of Pain Management (AAPM) and on the Advisory committee and chiropractic (SOT) liaison to the American Academy of Pain Management. Aside from being pilot he is WMT/Paramedic/PA certified in several states and a North Carolina level III fire instructor. Dr. Klingensmith is the executive director of the Sacro Occipital Technique Organization – USA and is a Certified SOT Practitioner.

Robert Klingensmith, DC, CSP

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Curtis Langer, DC, CSCP has been practicing Chiropractic in Massachusetts since 1976.  While still a student, he attended his first SOT/Cranial seminar taught by Dr. DeJarnette in Omaha, Nebraska in 1974, and has integrated SOT into his chiropractic practice ever since.
He is a certified SOT cranial practitioner, a faculty teacher for SOTO-USA, and a Board member of SOTO-USA. He also is an instructor for the ICPA, teaching SOT Spinal and SOT Cranial Pediatric protocols throughout the U.S. and Canada. Dr. Langer is an avid windsurfer, mountain biker, and snowboarder, he treats many amateur, professional, and Olympic athletes.  He was chosen as chiropractor for the 1st Transatlantic Windsurfing Race.  


Curtis Langer, DC, CSCP

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Michelle Longoria, DC, CSP graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles, where she was the SOT club president and assistant teacher / instructor. Post graduation, Dr. Longoria continued teaching at CCCLA. Since 2001, Dr. Longoria has focused on her private practice in Burbank, California. She has actively continued to broaden her SOT education, and has incorporated complementary modalities, such as yoga, core stabilization and balance techniques, into her practice. Dr. Longoria is currently teaching in the SOT certification series being presented a the Southcrn California University of Health Sciences, Los Angeles, California.

Michelle Longoria, DC, CSP

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Jeffrey Malone, DC, CSCP  graduated from Southern California University of Health Sciences (LACC) in 1995 and practices in Toluca Lake, California.  Dr. Malone is a diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Nutrition and a Certified Clinical Nutritionist. He has been active in teaching SOT at the college level at Cleveland Chiropractic College – Los Angeles and at SOTO-USA regional seminars.  He has Certified SOT Cranial Practitioner status with SOTO-USA and has been teaching in the SOTO-USA cranial series.

Jeffrey Malone, DC, CSCP

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Jeffrey Mersky DC, CSP has been in private practice for 23 years and currently maintains two offices in San Diego California. He holds Certified Status as an advanced SOT practitioner and has special emphasis on Cranial and TMJ treatment. He currently serves on the advisory board for SOTO-USA and has been teaching SOT in California for the past 15 years. Dr. Mersky has special expertise in Clinical Nutrition and is the past Vice President of Klaire Laboratories, a nutritional company specializing in nutritional products for the environmentally sensitive patient. He has traveled across he United States, Canada, and Europe acting as a nutritional liaison for the practicing clinician.  Over the past 5 years he has lectured with Steven Olmos, DDS (TMJ Therapy Centre) developing a dental chiropractic cotreatment model to promote a closer working relationship between dentists and chiropractors.

Jeffrey Mersky, DC, CSP

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Ronald E Miklebost, DC
graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1976 and practices in San Ramon, California.  Completing his Advanced SOT Proficiency examination in 1981 he continued until 1990 teaching at the Regional SOT Seminars throughout the U.S. each year and as a lead instructor at the week long SOT Seminars in Omaha Nebraska. From 1986-1990, he chaired SORSI’s College Liaison Committee, taught the elective Advanced SOT classes at Life Chiropractic College West, and has returned in 2007 to teach Life West beginner SOT elective class. Over the years, Dr. Miklebost has taught seminars on TMJ disorders and is also certified in chiropractic foot care and with special attention to examination and casting techniques for better fitting foot orthotic supports. 

Ronald Miklebost, DC

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Robert Monk, DC, CSCP
is the primary doctor of the Gentle Chiropractic Office located in Briarcliff, New York from 1987 to the present. His office combines Sacro-Occipital Technique with massage therapy to relax muscles and reduce painful conditions. Dr. Robert Monk, a certified SOT and SOT Cranial instructor as well as a Craniopath, is a founding member of and certified instructor for SOTO-USA.  He is the author of the 2006 SOT Manual, the SOT Extremity Manual, and the SOT Cranial Manuals 1, 2, and 3.  Dr. Monk is the President of SOTO-USA taking SOT into the 21st Century.

Robert Monk, DC, CSCP

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Martin Rosen, DC, CSCP
is a summa cum laude graduate of Life Chiropractic College, holds advanced proficiency standing in Sacro Occipital Technique and is a certified SOT cranial practitioner.  Upon graduation, in December 1981, he moved to Massachusetts where several months later he opened a chiropractic office with his wife Nancy Watson.  From the onset of his professional career Dr. Rosen has specialized in family practice and pediatrics using SOT and craniopathy.  He has lectured and taught SOT, pediatrics and chiropractic philosophy throughout the U.S. for the past 17 years.  Dr. Rosen lives with his wife and two daughters in Natick, Massachusetts. He is both chairman of the SOTO-USA Pediatric Committee and SOTO-USA Research Committee, as well as a board member of SOTO-USA.

Martin Rosen, DC, CSCP

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David Simmons, DC, CSP
is a 1979 graduate of Cleveland Chiropractic College - Los Angeles and has been a certified SOT instructor since 1984.  He has a full time practice in Temple City, California specializing in SOT methods of care. Dr. Simmons has taught at both the Cleveland Chiropractic College - Los Angeles and currently at Southern California University of Health Science's SOT Clubs.  He has taught SOT seminars with SOTO-USA since 2000 and is a Certified SOT Practitioner.

David Simmons, DC, CSP

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