The Long Game: How (and Why) to Stay Engaged
Join us for the Margulis Alumnus Lecture featuring Robert M. Barr, MD, FACR, presenting The Long Game: How (and Why) to Stay Engaged. Drawing on his career in neuroradiology, healthcare leadership, and organized medicine, Dr. Barr will share perspectives on the value of sustained engagement and contributing to the future of the profession.
Reception: 5:15 PM
Lecture: 6:00–7:00 PM
Q&A: To follow, approximately 20 minutes
Location: Pritzker Auditorium (PB-1150), UCSF Mission Bay
675 18th Street, San Francisco
Speakers
A graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine and completed both his diagnostic radiology residency and neuroradiology fellowship at UCSF. He has spent his entire career in private practice, joining Mecklenburg Radiology Associates (MRA) in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1995 and serving as its president from 2005 to 2016.
Throughout his career, Dr. Barr has remained deeply engaged in organized medicine and healthcare leadership. He has held numerous leadership positions with Novant Health, including chair of the Novant Health Board of Trustees and chair of the Board of Trustees of Novant Health Medical Group. Within radiology, he has been particularly involved in health policy, reimbursement, and coverage issues, serving as chair of the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) Health Policy Committee and as the ASNR advisor to the AMA/Specialty Society Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC).
Dr. Barr is a past president of the ASNR and of the American Board of Radiology, where he helped guide the transition to a new oral examination format for initial certification. He currently serves on the Advisory Board of the Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute and on the Governance Committee of the American Board of Medical Specialties.
After more than three decades in practice, Dr. Barr continues to practice neuroradiology full time while remaining actively involved in the leadership and future of the profession.