John D Barr MD
Interventional Radiologist | Vascular & Interventional Radiology
10150 Sorrento Valley Rd Suite 320 San Diego CA, 92121About
Dr. John Barr is an interventional radiologist practicing in San Diego, CA. Dr. Barr specializes in minimally invasive, targeted treatments. Interventional radiologists use X-Rays, MRIs and other advanced imaging to put catheters in the body in order to treat the source of the disease internally. Many conditions that once required surgery can now have less risk, less pain and fewer invasions when treated by an interventional radiologist.
Education and Training
Univ of Va Sch of Med, Charlottesville Va 1986
Board Certification
RadiologyAmerican Board of RadiologyABR
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement: quality improvement guidelines to ensure stroke risk reduction.
- Carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement: quality improvement guidelines to ensure stroke risk reduction.
- Cerebral angiography in the assessment of acute cerebral ischemia: guidelines and recommendations.
- Reporting standards for carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement.
- Reporting standards for carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement.
- Hydrogel-coated coils for the treatment of cerebral aneurysms: preliminary results.
- Reporting standards for carotid artery angioplasty and stent placement.
- Histomorphology of thrombus organization, neointima formation, and foreign body response in retrieved human aneurysms treated with hydrocoil devices.
- Quality improvement guidelines for percutaneous vertebroplasty.
- Randomized controlled trial of vertebroplasty versus kyphoplasty in the treatment of vertebral compression fractures.
- Analysis of vertebral augmentation practice patterns: a 2016 update.
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