Education & Seminars

Dr. Nunez Jr. Joins Logan College of Chiropractic Health Center

Logan College of Chiropractic/University Programs President, George A. Goodman, DC, FICC, has announced the appointment of Baldomero (Mero) Nunez Jr., DC, as a clinician at the college's Southfield Health Center, located in south St. Louis County. Dr. Nunez joins the Logan clinical staff after operating his own practice in Henderson and Sebree, Ky. for the past 23 years.

Dr. Nunez, who graduated from Logan in December 1988, is a certified chiropractic industrial consultant and a certified injury prevention consultant. He will work with Southfield clinicians Jeffrey Kamper, DC, and Aimee Jokerst, DC. Assistant Professor Michael Wittmer, DC, serves as Logan's director of clinical care with responsibility for Logan's seven health centers.

Logan's Southfield Health Center houses a state-of-the-art Biofreeze Sports & Rehabilitation Center, which is specifically designed to treat athletic injuries. The college provides health and wellness care for patients in the St. Louis metropolitan area through its local health centers in St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County.

Source: Logan College of Chiropractic

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