In-Person and Online

Please join us in the celebration of the 16th Annual Joseph W. Howe Oration in Diagnostic Imaging on Friday, June 2, 2023, at 11:30-12:30 CST in classroom G-134 on the campus of Logan University. Lunch will be provided for the first 30 in attendance. If unable to join in person, please join us online at https://www.logan.edu/live-from-logan/

The Orator this year is Marco Loggia, PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Co-Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CIPNI) and Faculty, MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging. Dr. Loggia’s lecture is titled “From brain to joint: imaging pain-related inflammation in humans using integrated PET/MRI”.

New this year, 1-hour of free CE will be provided for Missouri and Illinois for those attending the in-person . There is no charge for this event and the CE will be sponsored by the Logan University Research and Department of Continuing Education. You must be in-person to receive the CE credit, but all can join in to listen at the link above.

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Speaker: 

Marco Loggia, PhD
Associate Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Co-Director, Center for Integrative Pain NeuroImaging (CIPNI)
Faculty, MGH/HST Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

Event Host: 

Norman W. Kettner, DC, DACBR, DCBCN, FICC
Dean of Research
Emeritus Professor, Department of Radiology

Watch Livestream Here 

Handouts:

Download Program Here

Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes.

Alshelh Z, Brusaferri L, Saha A, Morrissey E, Knight P, Kim M, Zhang Y, Hooker JM, Albrecht D, Torrado-Carvajal A, Placzek MS, Akeju O, Price J, Edwards RR, Lee J, Sclocco R, Catana C, Napadow V, Loggia ML. Neuroimmune signatures in chronic low back pain subtypes. Brain. 2022 Apr 29;145(3):1098-1110. doi: 10.1093/brain/awab336. PMID: 34528069; PMCID: PMC9128369.

Microbes, microglia, and pain.

Dworsky-Fried Z, Kerr BJ, Taylor AMW. Microbes, microglia, and pain. Neurobiol Pain. 2020 Jan 29;7:100045. doi: 10.1016/j.ynpai.2020.100045. PMID: 32072077; PMCID: PMC7016021.

Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients.

Albrecht DS, Ahmed SU, Kettner NW, Borra RJH, Cohen-Adad J, Deng H, Houle TT, Opalacz A, Roth SA, Melo MFV, Chen L, Mao J, Hooker JM, Loggia ML, Zhang Y. Neuroinflammation of the spinal cord and nerve roots in chronic radicular pain patients. Pain. 2018 May;159(5):968-977. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001171. PMID: 29419657; PMCID: PMC5908728.

Forever Remembered, Forever Missed…..

Joseph William Howe, DC, DACBR, FICC, Fellow, ACCR
May 27, 1930 – October 21, 2022