Dr. Loughner obtained his BS degree in Biochemistry from Pennsylvania State University, and his DDS degree from New York University. He completed his three-year Face Pain Fellowship at the Parker Mahan Facial Pain Center at the University of Florida, and stayed on at UF, completing a MS in Anatomy and a PhD in Neurophysiology. Dr. Loughner practiced at the Midwest Center for Head Pain Management at Stouder Memorial Hospital in Tory, Ohio for seven years. He has published numerous articles on face pain and headaches, and is a frequent lecturer in that field. Dr. Loughner also teaches a head and neck anatomy course that is well known nationally. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Pain, the American Pain Society, the American Dental Association, and the Ethics Committee of the American Association for the Study of Headache.