Richard G Barr, MD, PhD, Facr

Dr. Barr is a Professor of Radiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He practices at Southwoods Imaging in Youngstown, Ohio. He received his BS in Chemistry at Ohio State University, a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Michigan State University, and his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a year internship in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and a Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he was chief resident. Dr. Barr...See more

Dr. Barr is a Professor of Radiology at Northeast Ohio Medical University. He practices at Southwoods Imaging in Youngstown, Ohio. He received his BS in Chemistry at Ohio State University, a PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at Michigan State University, and his MD from Case Western Reserve University. He completed a year internship in internal medicine at University Hospitals of Cleveland and a Diagnostic Radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation where he was chief resident. Dr. Barr completed a cross sectional imaging fellowship at University of California at San Francisco. Dr. Barr has published over 150 peer reviewed papers, several book chapters, and a book "Breast Elastography" and a book "Elastography, a Practical Approach". His book has been translated into Italian, Chinese, and Russian. He has presented over 500 scientific and educational presentations and invited lectures world-wide. He has been involved in elastography and ultrasound contrast for over 15 years presenting multiple presentations worldwide on these subjects. He was the Principal Investigator on several ultrasound contrast agents phase 2, 3 and 4 studies. He has relationships with multiple ultrasound vendors for the improvement of elastography and CEUS on their systems. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. Aunt Minnie named him a semi-finalist for the most influential radiology researcher in the world in 2018. Dr. Barr is a chairman of the Quantitative Image Biomarker Association for ultrasound contrast committee. He has been the lead author on several national and international guidelines on elastography and ultrasound contrast. See less