ABOUT

Dr. Jake Rowan DO is an Associate Professor at Michigan State University in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine and Director of Medical Education for International Programs in Merida, Mexico. He received a U.S. Army scholarship for medical school. Upon graduation from medical school, he became a captain in the Army and completed his internship year at Tripler Army Medical Center in Hawaii. He then served as a general medical officer with the 1st Armored Division in Germany. During that time, he was deployed with the 1st Infantry Division to Camp Able Sentry in Macedonia. After leaving the military, he completed residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) at MSU. He has been working for the MSUCOM Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine since 2004. Dr. Rowan is also actively involved in patient care, teaching, research, and administrative duties at MSUCOM. His teaching and research interests include osteopathic manual medicine, international medicine/global health, telemedicine/tele-education, sports medicine, and detection dog research.

RESEARCH

Magnet Resonance Imaging Parameters Selected for Optimal Visualization of the Occipitoatlantal Interspace.
Hallgren RC, Rowan JJ.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2019 Mar 1;119(3):173-182.doi: 10.7556/jaoa.2019.028.
PMID: 30801113

Activation of Rectus Capitis Posterior Major Muscles During Voluntary Retraction of the Head in Asymptomatic Subjects.
Hallgren RC, Rowan JJ, Bai P, Pierce SJ, Shafer-Crane GA, Prokop LL.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Aug 6. pii: S0161-4754(14)00117-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2014.07.002.[Epub ahead of print]
PMID:25108753[PubMed-as supplied by publisher]

Electromyographic activity of rectus capitis posterior minor muscles associated with voluntary retraction of the head.
Hallgren RC, Pierce SJ, Prokop LL, Rowan JJ, Lee AS.
Spine J. 2014 Jan;14(1):104-12.

The effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on postoperative medical and functional recovery of coronary artery bypass graft patients.
Wieting JM, Beal C, Roth GL, Gorbis S, Dillard L, Gilliland D, Rowan J.
J Am Osteopath Assoc. 2013 May;113(5):384-93.

A standard protocol for needle placement in suboccipital muscles. Hallgren RC, Andary MT, Wyman AJ, Rowan JJ. Clin Anat. 2008 Sep;21(6):501-8.