[BIC-announce] [Special Lecture] Dr. Mike Wattjes "MRI in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis" -- Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 3:00 pm; Room 124, MNI
MRS Lab Coordinator
mrs-lab.neuro at mcgill.ca
Mon Sep 26 13:00:09 EDT 2016
You are cordially invited to a Special Lecture on
"MRI in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis"
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 at 3:00 pm
Montreal Neurological Institute
Room 124
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Dr. Mike Wattjes,
Senior Staff Radiologist, Dept. of Radiology, VU University
Medical Center, Amsterdam, NL
Dr. Wattjes will discuss:
- the MRI consensus guidelines and spinal cord research
- the importance of MRI in PML safety monitoring and PML diagnosis
Bio:
After finishing his study of Medicine at Hannover Medical School in Germany, Dr. Wattjes started his internship in Neurology at the Department of Neurology, University Hospital Bonn, Germany in 2001. In 2002, he started his residency in Radiology at the Department of Radiology, University Hospital Bonn. During his residency he started his research activities in the field of high field MRI applications in Neuroradiology, particularly focusing in neuroinflammatory diseases such as multiple sclerosis. In 2007, he started a research fellowship at the MS and Alzheimer Center of the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam supported by the Exchange Program of the European Society of Neuroradiology. Later he became a clinical fellow Neuroradiology and was appointed as a senior staff radiologist in 2009. His primary research and clinical interest included neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative diseases as well as neuro-oncology. He serves a reviewer for several high impact journals and for institutions including the Medical Research Council, UK, and the Federal Ministry of Research in Germany.
Research Interests:
MRI in the diagnosis and monitoring of multiple sclerosis
Whole body MRI in the classification of hereditary muscles diseases
High field MRI in clinical applications
Neuroimaging in Neurodegeneration/dementia
Imaging of Neuro-trauma
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