About the Author: Claude Pierre-Jerome, MD PhD, Associate Professor of Radiology and specialist in musculoskeletal diseases. He is affiliated with Akershus University Hospital, Oslo (Norway) and Emory University in Atlanta, GA (USA). Dr. Pierre-Jerome is an active member of several radiological associations and reviewer for radiological journals in Europe and USA. He is a researcher with special interest in diabetes and the diabetic foot. Dr. Pierre-Jerome is the author of many scientific articles in international radiological journals, co-author of five books in radiology and author of two novels.
Johnny Monu, MD is a professor of Imaging Sciences and Orthopedics in the University of Rochester. Over the past 20 years he has been the Division Director and Head of Musculoskeletal Imaging at the University of Rochester Medical Center Systems in Rochester, Rochester, New York. Dr. Monu has authored or co-authored over a dozen book chapters, 90 journal articles, over 200 scientific presentations and over 60 invited lectures. He is a member of the editorial board of 3 radiology journals and active in over a half a dozen professional societies /associations. Norman W Kettner, DACBR, FICC
Norman W. Kettner, DC, DACBR, FICC, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Radiology at Logan University in Chesterfield, Missouri. He obtained radiology residency training at the Logan Health Centers and in 1984 became a Diplomate of the American Chiropractic Board of Radiology. Dr. Kettner was elected President of the American Chiropractic College of Radiology in 1991. In 1992, he was elected Fellow of the International College of Chiropractic. He is the author of numerous publications including the journals Human Brain Mapping, NeuroImage, Pain, and Brain. He has served as reviewer for the NIH/NCCAM and for numerous diagnostic imaging, neuroscience and pain research journals. In 2005, he was named Academician of the Year and in 2008, Researcher of the Year by the American Chiropractic Association. Patrick Battaglia, DC, DACBR is a clinician and assistant professor at Logan University, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is also an ad hoc reviewer for European Radiology and Skeletal Radiology. Included in his research interests is multimodal imaging of acquired flatfoot deformity, and application of ultrasound at the point of care for musculoskeletal conditions.
Jonn Terje Geitung, MD PhD
Professor of radiology, University of Oslo and senior consultant at Akershus university hospital, Oslo.
Earlier chairman Haraldspass Deaconess Hospital, Bergen, head of abdominal radiology, Ullevål university hospital Oslo, Norway, and staff radiologist (interventional radiology) East hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Residency Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.Medical Doctor from University of Bergen.
PhD from Gothenburg University.
Master of Health Administration from University of Oslo.
Board certified radiologist in Norway and Sweden.
Published 100+ articles and has presented 150+ abstracts. Written 3 book-chapters. Invited speaker at several international congresses and foreign universities. Main interests are clinical and experimental MRI, and health services research.
Usama M H Al Bastaki MD, got his bachelor in Medicine and Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 2001. He got Swedish board in Diagnostic Radiology as he was trained in Sahlgrenska University Hospital in 2009. He is currently Consultant Radiologist, Acting Director of Diagnostic Imaging in Dubai Health Authority and Head of the Radiology Department in the Rashid Hospital in Dubai. He is the chairman of the radiology residency program in Dubai and president of the Radiology society of the Emirates (RSE) between 2018 and 2021.
