A. James Barkovich, M.D.
jim.barkovich@radiology.ucsf.edu
Telephone 415-353-1655
A. James Barkovich, MD, is in charge of Pediatric Neuroradiology in the Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, University of California San Francisco.
Education
Dr Barkovich holds degrees from the University of California, Davis (BS), the University of California, Berkeley (MS) and the George Washington University (MD). He completed his Residency in Radiology at the Letterman Army Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in Neuroradiolgy at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, ending in 1986.
Positions and Honors
Dr Barkovich served as Chief of Neuroradiology and Special Procedures at Letterman Army Medical Center until 1989 and has been at UCSF full time since then.
Dr. Barkovich serves UCSF in many capacities including the Pediatric Clinical Research Center advisory committee and the Medical Risk Management Committee.
He is past president of the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology and former secretary and President of the American Society of Neuroradiology. He is Secretary-General of the World Federation of Neuroradiology Societies. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Neuroradiology Education and Research Foundation since 2001.
Dr. Barkovich received the Resident's for outstanding teaching from the Department of Neurology, UCSF in 1990, was elected as one of the Best Doctors of America in 1995, and was selected for Who's Who in Medicine and Health Care in 1996. He was awarded the Goldenson Technology Award by the United Cerebral Palsy Research and Education Foundation in 1998. He is the author of Pediatric Neuroimaging, the definitive textbook of pediatric neuroradiology, which is currently in its 4th Edition.
Dr. Barkovich has been selected to receive the 2005 Peter Emil Becker award from the "Gesellschaft für Neuropädiatrie" (the German-Swiss-Austrian Society of Pediatric Neurology) for outstanding contributions to Pediatric Neurology.
Grants:
Dr. Barkovich was recently awarded an R01 from the NIH for "DTI and MRSI of white matter injury in premature neonates".
Current research projects: