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January 2007, Vol. 17, No. 1
Table of Contents
• Are You Busy Selling Chiropractic or Correcting Subluxations
• BJ's House Needs Repairs • Another Look At Cell Phones
• Chiropractic R.I.P. • Colloca and CBP Nonprofit Study Wins Best Paper Award • Help Us Locate Allen Botnick • Letters to the Editor
• Michigan Chiropractic Society Sees Evidence of Growing Need For Chiropractic • Meeting With Success • A New Look At Mirror Image Exercise • Mourning The Loss Of Tony Keller • Past Present and Future In Chiropractic • Posture Study By UQTR Researchers and CBP® Published by JCO • PostureRay™, PosturePrint™ Helping Doctors Help Patients
• The Importance of A Clinically Relevant Presentation of Findings
• It's Pauls Opinion • Research Corner • Scoliosis: SpineCor Brace
• Triano and CCGPP's Will Give You Six Visits
• Clinical Indications for Videoflouroscopy
• Western States Chiropractic College Receives NIH Grant •
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Mourning the Loss of
Dr. Tony S. Keller
Dr Tony S Keller
In Memorium
1955-2006
It is with deep sadness and regret that we announce the loss of Dr. Tony Keller who died unexpectedly in Tampa, FL on December 6, 2006. He was 51. To all who knew him, Tony’s vast knowledge in the field of biomechanics and research, strong work ethic, organizational skills, genuine nature, and free spirit, shined.
Tony was Born on August 13, 1955 in Salzburg, Austria, and grew up in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He received his Bachelor of Science Degree from Oregon State University in 1978 with a double major in Chemistry and Electrical Engineering. At OSU, he was a standout runner on the University’s track team. He went on to receive his Master’s Degree in Bioengineering at the University of Washington in 1983, and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1988. At Vanderbilt, Dr. Keller was an Assistant Professor and Research Assistant in the Orthopaedics and Mechanical Engineering Departments from 1988 to 1991, and Director of Orthopaedic Biomechanics.
In 1991, Tony moved with his family to Burlington, VT where he taught at the University of Vermont in the Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation. He succeeded to become a full Professor and Department Chair in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and taking a very active role in the University’s academic programs. He served on numerous committees including Faculty Senate Academic Affairs, College Studies, Undergraduate Laboratories Strategic Planning, Dean’s Search, Academic Honesty, Design TASC Organization, MSME Requirements, College Curriculum, and Action Group for Student Research Committees. While at UVM, he also served as the Co-Director of the Vermont Space Grant Consortium in conjunction with NASA. Throughout his academic career, he mentored a number of graduate and post-doctoral students who under his guidance won awards and went on to excel in their field. In January of 2006, Tony accepted a position as the Director of Research at the Florida Orthopaedic Institute subsequently relocating to Tampa.
Tony’s accomplishments are illustrated by his many research collaborations and scientific publications in his distinguished career. From 1980-1982, he received an Industrial Affiliates Research Fellowship from the aeronautical giant, Boeing. In 1987, he received the Young Scientist Award from the American Society of Biomechanics. In 1992, he was awarded a Fullbright Scholarship and traveled to collaborate with researchers at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Sahlgren Hospital in Goteborg, Sweden. That work later won the Volvo Award in Experimental Studies at the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS). Five years later, Tony was honored by being selected as the winner of the ISSLS MacNabb-LaRocca Fellowship enabling him to travel to Belgium to collaborate with Orthopaedic Surgeons. In 2002, Dr. Keller received the American Scandinavian Foundation Research Fellowship and the Sofomar-Danek Award for the Best Poster Presentation at the annual ISSLS meeting. In 2006, he was honored by his undergraduate Alma Mater being designated as a Distinuished Engineer.
Professor Keller’s research interests were vast and broad including Spine and Trabecular Bone Mechanics, Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Musculoskeletal Structures, Orthopaedic Implant Biomechanics Design, Skeletal Growth and Remodeling, Biomaterials, Bioelectric Properties of Long Bones, Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Medicine, Robotics and Robot Aids for the Handicapped, Biomedical Imaging, and chiropractic research. Over the course of his career, he had been awarded over $2,000,000.00 in funding.
A prolific writer, Dr. Keller had authored over 80 scientific publications in a variety of well respected biomedical journals, and more than 100 scientific conference proceedings, in addition to several textbook chapters and other writings. Tony further held editorial positions for the Journal of Spinal Disorders and Spine. He was a reviewer for a number of journals, such as the Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, Journal of Biomedical Engineering, and NIH’s Orthopaedic Study Selection. Dr. Keller was also a member of a number of distinguished societies including the I.E.E.E. Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society, American Society of Biomechanics, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Orthopaedic Research Society, the International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, European Society of Biomechanics, and the European Spine Society.
The chiropractic profession was especially blessed by Tony’s research efforts as he amassed over 40 related publications from his research in fifteen years. He led research efforts that changed the face of chiropractic research, inspiring those he worked with to aspire to higher levels. He was the first to measure vertebral movements and spinal nerve root responses during chiropractic adjustments in live human subjects. He also developed novel quantitative means to dynamically measure spinal stiffness to better assess spine biomechanics in patients. Agreeing on the need for theoretical and ideal normal spinal models, he assisted in many Chiropractic Biophysics research studies. He spearheaded many multi-disciplinary collaborations that brought chiropractic to the forefront among the medical, orthopaedic, and biomechanics communities. He developed and invented chiropractic adjusting instruments and methodologies to better assess and treat the human frame. In 2003, Dr. Keller received the First Prize Scott Haldeman Award at the World Federation of Chiropractic in the research competition. In 2006 his research was awarded Best Paper at the International Chiropractors Association’s International Philosophy, Science, and Art Symposium in Madrid, Spain.
Tony loved adventurous treks in the outdoors such as to skiing, backpacking, mountain climbing, and golf. He traveled the world and always liked exploring new places and returning to places he had been before. He enjoyed listening to music, reading interesting books, and spending time with his children, family, and friends, especially with his beloved companion, Dr. Kerry Sullivan. He is survived by his mother, Betty Jo, brother Michael, sister, Terrie Cowles, and three children, Jeffrey, Sarah, and Erin. Tony’s life’s work will serve as his legacy, and he will always be remembered as a hard working fun loving friend. He will be sorely missed.
In lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to the research foundation that supported his work:
CBP Non-profit, Inc.
PO Box 1590
Evanston, WY 82931
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