About Dr. Tasha Turzo, DO FCA

Doctor of Osteopathy, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Pomona, CA, 1989-1994

Internship, University of California, San Francisco, Community Hospital of Santa Rosa, 1995

Certification in Homeopathy, Hahnemann College of Homeopathy, Richmond, CA, 1994-1998

Bachelor of Arts, Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 1985-1989

• Osteopathic Manual Medicine, Santa Cruz, CA, 1995-present
• Osteopathy
• Prolotherapy/PRP
• Functional Medicine
• Homeopathy

• On Demand, “The ALF Approach” course July 15th through July 30th 2022
• Guest lecture, Myo Coffee Klatsch, “Cranial Osteopathy and Myofunctional Therapy” June 2022
• Taught two-day International, The ALF Approach” February 2022
• Guest Lecture, International Airway Summit, Malaysia, “Birth, Airway, TMD and Cranial Osteopathy," February 2022
• Taught two-day “The ALF Approach” April and November 2021
• Taught two-day “Osteopathy Cranial Course for Dentist” Madison, WI October 2021
• Taught 35 weekend courses to DO/DDS and MFT to date (6/22) for AEI (ALF Educational Institute) residency program, Level 1 and Level 2
• Taught two-day course "Osteopathy and the Dental Occlusion" April & November 2020, January 2021
• Faculty and lecturer "Orofacial Development" Cranial Academy, February 2020
• Taught two-day course "Osteopathic Cranial Course for Dentist" Madison, WI, October 2019
• Guest lecturer "Growing Airways" Washington, DC, March 2019
• Taught two-day course "Osteopathy and the Dental Occlusion" March and November 2019
• Lecture at TOURO “Osteopathy, Vision and the Dental Occlusion” October 2018
• Directed and taught an AAGO CE approved “Cranial Specific Dental” course, August 2018
• Lecture “Osteopathy, Traumatic Brain Injury and the ALF” InterFace Annual Conference April 2018
• Directed and taught a two day AAO CME approved “Osteopathy and the Dental Occlusion” course October 2017
• Guess lecturer Orthodontic Airway Mini Residency Program Los Angeles 2015-2107
• Guess lecturer Orthodontic Airway Mini Residency Program New York 2015-2017
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Oropharyngeal Soft Tissue Anatomy”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “The Occlusion and the Big Picture”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Oro- Facial Function and the Hyoid”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Pre/ Post Frenectomy Treatment”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Traditional Orthodontia”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Non Traditional Orthodontia Part I and II”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Appliance by Palpatory Design”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “ALF and Lymphatic Effects”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “TMD and the Cranial Mechanism”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Adjunctive Treatment for Facial Dysfunctions”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “How to work with a dentist as an Osteopathy”
• Osteopathic Cranial Academy, Orofacial Development September 2016 lecture “Managing Cases with a Dentist and Myofunctional Therapist"
• Lecture Trauma and TMD Cranial Academy Annual Conference, Traumatic Brain Injury, 2015
• Medical Dental Board of Tanzle, An innovative educational software company, 2015
• Foundational Faculty AEI (ALF Educational Institution) Residency program 2014- present
• Faculty, ALF Symposium, Washington DC, 2013
• Co-creator and Co-director and Faculty: Interface: Phase 2, 2012 (an interdisciplinary conference for dentist and osteopaths on the applications and use of the ALF appliances)
• Co-create and Co-director and Faculty, Interface: Phase 1, 2011
• Associate Professor Touro University, 2009-2017
• Guest Lecture, Touro University, Etiology of Facial Dysfunction, 2009-2017
• Conference, Bent Faces: Craniofacial Development, Birth to Adult, 2008
• Keynote speaker and faculty Cranial Academy Annual Conference, Bent Faces:
• Craniofacial Development, Birth to Adult, 2008
• Co-Creator and Co-Director with Dr. Nordstrom and Faculty, Interface: Osteopathy and Dentistry, Hollister, 2007
• Hahnemann College of Homeopathy, guest lecturer, 2003-2011
• Lecture: The World of Fluids,Touro College, 2001
• Faculty Basic Cranial Academy Course, 1996-1998
• Biodynamic Basic Course, table trainer 1995-1999
• Table Trainer Basic Cranial Course, Dr. Fryman DO, 1991-1996
• AOA, San Francisco, presented paper “A Methodological Study of the Microstructural Surface of the SI joint”, 1995
• Teaching Assistant, Anatomy, 1991-1992
• Teaching Assistant, Department of Osteopathic Principles and Practice, 1992-1995
• Tutor, Neurology, 1990-1991
• Tutor, Anatomy, 1990-1992

• The ALF Approach: Changing the Face of Orthodontics in paperback and hardcover, 2021

• An Osteopathic Comparison of the ALF and Biobloc Approach, AAGO 2011

• Informercial, Alternative Light Force Appliance, 2008

• What’s in a Face Part 1 and 2, Cranial Letter, 2008

• The ALF Approach, AAGO, February 2019

• The ALF Approach, CRANIO, March 2019

• A Methodological Study of the Microstructural Surface of the SI, AOA journal 1995

• Fellow of the Cranial Academy, 2023

• Board Member Cranial Academy, 2006

• Undergraduate Osteopathic Principles, Practice and Anatomy Fellowship, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1991-1994

• Burroughs-Wellcome Fellowship, ($5,000 research grant), 1993

• Roy and Marion Kramer Award, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1993

• Muriel Chapman Memorial Award, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1992

• Dean’s List Award, College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, 1991