Dr. Michael J. Silberstein, MD, FACR

Expert Publications

• Work redesign reduces home health care visits.
• Hydronephrosis index: a new method to track patients with hydronephrosis quantitatively.
• Renal tubular dysgenesis.
• Sonographic evaluation of renal artery aneurysm in childhood.
• Radiological cases of the month. Obstruction of the trigone of the bladder by balloon of Foley catheter.
• Iliacus abscess in a child.
• Radiologic case study.
• Radiologic case study.
• Radiologic case study.
• Neurosonographic changes in newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
• Bloody diarrhea and pneumoperitoneum in a 10-month-old girl.
• Sonography of the Zellweger syndrome.
• Cranial fasciitis and its resemblance to histiocytosis.
• Metastatic neuroblastoma.
• Platyspondyly in Cushing's syndrome.

Media Releases

Get to know Pediatric Radiologist Dr. Michael J. Silberstein, who serves patients in Roseville, California. 

Dr. Silberstein is a board-certified pediatric radiologist who is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente Roseville Medical Center in Roseville, California. Kaiser Permanente was founded on the radically simple idea that everyone deserves the chance to live a healthy life. That’s why patients can find high-quality care and coverage in one place. Dr. Silberstein also has admitting privileges at Roseville Medical Center and Sacramento Medical Center.

Dr. Silberstein earned his medical degree from the University of Witwatersrand School of Medicine in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1967. He then went on to complete his residency at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, followed by his fellowship at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis. 

Dr. Silberstein is board-certified in diagnostic radiology by the American Board of Radiology (ABR). The ABR is a non-profit, physician-led organization that oversees the certification and ongoing professional development of specialists in diagnostic radiology, radiation oncology, and medical physics. 

Pediatric radiology is a subspecialty of radiology involving the imaging of fetuses, infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. Pediatric radiologists, like Dr. Silberstein, work in hospitals and clinics, diagnosing diseases and injuries in children, infants, and young adults. 

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