Dr. Yael Rachel Barr MD, MPH
Aerospace Medicine Specialist | Aerospace Medicine
1290 Hercules Ave Houston TX, 77058About
Dr. Yael Barr is an aerospace medicine specialist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Barr provides primary care services for professionals like pilots and crewmembers who work and travel in the air or space. As an aerospace medicine specialist, Dr. Barr discovers, manages and prevents health issues that result from traveling in extreme environments. These physicians are particularly trained in diseases that may arise from air travel, and work to keep airmen healthy and safe.
Education and Training
Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University,Ramat Aviv, Israel
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Villous adenoma in a perforated colonic diverticulum.
- A 16-year-old adolescent boy with unilateral cervical lymphadenopathy suspicious for malignancy.
- Breast cancer and spaceflight: risk and management.
- Medullary sponge kidney and urinary calculi: aeromedical concerns.
- Calcifying nanoparticles (nanobacteria): an additional potential factor for urolithiasis in space flight crews.
- Lumbar puncture during spaceflight: operational considerations, constraints, concerns, and limitations.
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