Education and Training

• Diplomate, American Board of Chiropractic Orthopedists
• Fellow, Academy of Chiropractic Orthopedists
• Diplomate, American Board of Chiropractic Sports Physicians

• Active Release Techniques, Spine, Upper and Lower Extremity
• Graston
• Manipulation Under Anesthesia
• Whiplash Traumatology
• National Academy of Sports Medicine
  • Corrective Exercise Specialist
  • Performance Enhancement Specialist

• New Jersey and New York

• American Chiropractic Association, Association of New Jersey Chiropractors, ANJC Sports Council, ACA Orthopedics Council, ACA Sports Council.
• Previous staff Chiropractic Physician for the Felician Sisters Provincial Infirmary, a 75 bed facility.

• Insurance relations committee for the Association of NJ Chiropractors.
• Classification Committee for the International Wheelchair Fencing Association. First physician outside of Europe and the Middle East to be appointed to the committee.
• Chairman, Classification Committee for International Triathlon Union Physically Challenged Division.
• Chairman, Endurance Sports Symposium.
• Chairman, Ethics Committee, New Jersey Chiropractic Society.
• Race Day and Race Week coordinator for the ACA Ironman Triathlon treatment team
• Board of Directors, New Jersey Chiropractic Society.
• Served on the Board of Directors and Secretary, First Vice President, President of the Berkeley Heights Lions Club.

• First United States doctor to be appointed to the International Wheelchair Fencing Classification Committee.
• Certified to classify wheelchair fencers for the Paralympic Games. First doctor in the U.S. to obtain certification.
• Selected as a Graduate Fellow in Anatomy at the NY Chiropractic College. Teacher Assistant in the cadaver labs.
• Received nomination for an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

• Author, Fluid and Nutrient Maintenance Before, During and After Exercise, Journal of Chiropractic Sports and Rehabilitation.
• Author, Open vs. Closed Chain Kinetic Exercise: A Clinical Application, Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation.
• Co-author, Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire Implementation at the Ironman World Championships, Journal of Sports Chiropractic and Rehabilitation.
• Co-author, The Role of Transcranial Doppler Sonography on the Identification of Patients at Risk of Cerebral and Brainstem Ischemia, Journal of Manipulative and Physiologic Therapeutics.

• Producer and host of The Natural Way to Better Health and Wellness a thirty minute television show produced monthly for Hometowne TV, Summit, New Jersey
• Columnist, www.TheAlternativePress.com, Fit is the New Thin - a biweekly column on health, fitness and wellness
• Producer and host of Spotlight on Berkeley Heights, a thirty-minute television show produced monthly for Communities on Cable, Summit, New Jersey for 7 years.

Services

• Diagnose the underlying cause of your health problem
• Recommend a care plan to produce the fastest results possible
• Offer ways patients can participate in their recovery
• Transition the patient to corrective exercises and rehabilitative care

• Teach you the proper exercises to restore your flexibility, strength and stability
• Create new muscle and joint memory to “hold” your treatments better
• Introduce wellness and preventive care for long-term correction

• Prevention of sickness and re-injury with diet, nutrition, exercise and wellness visits.

• Active Release Technique
• Cold Laser
• Cox Flexion-Distraction
• Decompression
• Diversified
• Graston
• Motion Palpation
• Sacro Occipital Technique (SOT)  

• Team Chiropractic Physician for Drew University
  • Madison, New Jersey from 2008-Present
• Member of the US Olympic Committee Sports Medicine Society
• Strength and conditioning coach for the Somerset Hills YMCA Swim Team
  • Basking Ridge, New Jersey from 2008- 2010
• Event physician Ironman Triathlon World Championships
  • Kona, Hawaii from 1991-1999
• Event physician Freedom Tour Professional Bike Race. An NJBA Cup event for six years.
• Medical coordinator and classifier for the US Wheelchair Fencing Team
  • From 1999-Present
• Event physician/trainer U.S. Fencing Association North American Cup and New Jersey Tournaments.
• Member, USFA Sports Medicine Committee.
  • From 1995-Present
• Member of the International Wheelchair Fencing Classification committee since 2001.Dr. DeFabio was the first doctor outside of Europe and the Middle East to obtain this certification.
• Event Physician for the U.S. Track and Field Meets in New Jersey.
• Team Chiropractic doctor for the New Jersey Rock’n Rollers, Professional Roller Hockey.