Barry D. Pressman

Barry D. Pressman, MD, FACR is Professor of Imaging, Chair of the Department of Imaging and Section Chief of Neuroradiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, with an internship at Brigham and Woman’s Hospital in Boston, MA, residency at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York City, NY and fellowship at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC. Dr. Pressman has served in a variety of key leadership positions including the Presidency of the American College of Radiology, the Presidency of the California Radiological Society and the Presidency of the Western Neuroradiological Society. He has also served in several government, domestic and International organizations including the United States Public Health Service, executive positions at domestic private and public institutions, and as an advisor to one of the United Nations International Tribunals. Dr. Pressman is certified by the American Board of Radiology and has served on the Founding Editorial Boards of both the Journal of the American College of Radiology and the American Journal of Neuroradiology. His major research interests presently are in pituitary imaging. Dr. Pressman has civic and corporate board membership experiences and presently serves on the Board of Directors of Los Angeles Philharmonic Association, on the Medical Advisory Boards of the American Medical Isotopes Corporation and the privately-held Carestream Health. Dr. Pressman is widely published and an invited speaker nationally and internationally on diagnostic neuroradiology and safety issues. He has authored book chapters on head trauma, the temporomandibular joint and pituitary imaging.