Frank Roemer

Universitätsklinikum Erlangen

Dr. Frank Roemer is a German musculoskeletal radiologist with a strong focus on MRI. He is Professor of Radiology at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Adjunct Professor of Radiology at Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston University (BUSM), Co-Director of the Quantitative Imaging Center at BUSM and Attending Radiologist and Director of Musculoskeletal Research at the Department of Radiology at the Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.

Dr. Roemer is an internationally recognized clinician-scientist and has authored >450 peer-reviewed scientific publications. Dr. Roemer’s research interests include imaging of musculoskeletal diseases, with a focus on MRI and osteoarthritis, inflammatory disorders and imaging in sports medicine. He is regularly invited internationally to present at major scientific conferences, has authored multiple book chapters, and educational and scientific exhibits at various international radiological, orthopedic and rheumatologic meetings. He is Editor in Chief of Osteoarthritis Imaging, Associate Editor for RADIOLOGY, the leading journal in the field of imaging, and serves on the Editorial Board of Osteoarthritis&Cartilage. He has been involved in OA clinical trials for >20 years and has long standing experience with development and application of imaging instruments to evaluate structural OA.