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Clinical Director

Dr. Connie D’Astolfo, D.C., Dip HA
Chiropractor and Health Services Consultant. President and Clinical Director of Spinegroup.

Clinical Background
~ Dr. D’Astolfo holds a Doctor of Chiropractic degree from National University of Health Sciences and a post graduate diploma designation in Health Administration from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.  She is also a certified Independent Chiropractic Evaluator. Dr. D’Astolfo has been in practice since 2001 where she worked both in private practice and in Long Term Care in Toronto, Ontario as Clinical Director of a pain management program. She has several published peer reviewed articles in leading academic journals and is a chapter author for a widely distributed clinical text.

Consulting Background ~ Dr. D’Astolfo was formerly a senior health policy consultant and project lead for the Ontario Ministry of Health. She has led major health policy projects including:
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Development of a province-wide program for High Intensity Needs of Long Term Care residents designed to manage clinically  complex Long Term Care residents to prevent avoidable decline in health status and hospital transfers. The program involved  the following major  components:
  • LTC sector survey development, rollout and evaluation
  • Administrative data analysis (Hospital Admission Data Set)
  • Wound care Strategy Development – strategy to encourage and direct cost effective management of wounds, risk assessment
    and prevention
  • Hospital Avoidance Strategy Development

Development of a comprehensive, province-wide Prevention and Management Strategy for Depression


 

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