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Burton Drayer

Burton Drayer, MD, FACR, FANN, is an American radiologist and nationally recognized authority on the use of computed tomography[1] and magnetic resonance imaging for diagnosing neurological disorders.[2] From 2003 to 2008, he served as president, The Mount Sinai Hospital. As of 2020, he is the Charles M. and Marilyn Newman Professor[3] and System Chair, Radiology,[4] for The Mount Sinai Health System and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.[5]

Burton Drayer
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationUniversity of Pennsylvania, Chicago Medical School, University of Vermont College of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Known forX-ray computed tomography and Magnetic resonance imaging
Medical career
ProfessionProfessor, physician, researcher
FieldRadiology
InstitutionsThe Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside, Mount Sinai West

Drayer is the author of more than 200 publications and 41 book chapters[6] and was a consulting editor for Neuroimaging Clinics of North America from 1991 to 2005.[2] He was elected president-elect of the Radiological Society of North America[2] in 2014 and was listed in New York Magazine's Best Doctors from 1996 to 2009.[7]

Biography

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Education

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Drayer earned an A.B. in political science from the University of Pennsylvania in 1967. He earned his medical degree from Chicago Medical School in 1971 and completed residencies in neurology at the University of Vermont College of Medicine and in diagnostic radiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He completed a fellowship in neuroradiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 1978. He is board certified in radiology, neuroradiology, and neurology.[7][8][6]

Professional appointments

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From 1978 to 1979, Drayer was director of Neuroradiology at the University of Pittsburgh Children's Hospital. Until 1984 he served as chief of neuroradiology at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, then, until 1986, director of neuroimaging. Drayer then joined the St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where, until 1995, he served as radiologist-in-chief and director of magnetic resonance imaging and research at the Barrow Neurological Institute. In 1995 he joined Mount Sinai Hospital as director of radiology.[9] He is currently Professor and chair at the Department of Radiology at Mount Sinai. From 2003 to 2008, Drayer served as president of Mount Sinai Hospital and executive vice president for hospital and clinical affairs for The Mount Sinai Medical Center. He continues as executive vice president for risk. In 2011 he was elected as chair of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research & Education (R&E) Foundation Board of Trustees.[4] In November 2014, Drayer was named president of Mount Sinai Hospital and executive vice president for hospital and clinical affairs of Mount Sinai Medical Center.

Research

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Drayer's research focus includes Parkinson's disease, aging, neurodegenerative disease, Alzheimer's disease, cerebral infarction, vascular malformation advanced CT and MRI techniques for the diagnosis of brain neoplasm.[4] He is known for brain iron, neurodegeneration, MR angiographyn, brain infarction, Xenon CT regional cerebral blood flow, atomic, physiologic and functional imaging of the aging brain, and the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in patients with acute neurological conditions.[10][11]

Journals

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Drayer has served as a reviewer for the American Journal of Neuroradiology, The New England Journal of Medicine, Radiology, the Journal of Computerized Tomography, Neurosurgery, Annals of Neurology, Stroke, Neurology, and the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. He serves on the editorial advisory boards of US Radiology. Drayer is past president of The American Society of Neuroradiology. He also was president (1995–2001) and founding member of the Neuroradiology Education and Research Foundation of the American Society of Neuroradiology. He served on the board of directors of the Radiological Society of North America since 2003 and was president of the board in 2011. He currently[when?] chairs the Radiological Society of North America Research and Education Foundation.

Awards and honors

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Books

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  • Keller PJ, Drayer BP, Fram EK: Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Vol 2(4) Neuroimaging Clinics of North America, Drayer BP (Consulting Editor), W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1992; pp 835
  • Brasch RC: MRI Contrast Enhancement in the Central Nervous System. A Case Approach. (Assoc. Eds., Drayer BP, Haughton VM, Jinkins JR, Nelson KL, Sze G); Raven Press 1993, pp 334 ISBN 0-7817-0116-3

Publications

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Drayer has a H-index of 44 and there are more than 20,000 citations of his publications.[13]

Partial list of peer-reviewed articles:

References

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  1. ^ Barrett, Lynn; Drayer, Burton; Shin, Chelsu (1985). "High-resolution computed tomography in multiple sclerosis". Annals of Neurology. 17 (1): 33–38. doi:10.1002/ana.410170109. ISSN 1531-8249. PMID 3985583. S2CID 40855778.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "RSNA.org: Burton P. Drayer, MD". Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Artificial intelligence platform screens for acute neurological illnesses: The study's findings lay the framework for applying deep learning and computer vision techniques to radiological imaging". ScienceDaily. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Drayer is R&E Foundation Chair". rsna2014.rsna.org. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Burton Drayer". Mount Sinai Health System. Archived from the original on 22 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  6. ^ a b c "Burton P. Drayer, New York, NY/US". European Society of Radiology. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Best Doctors". New York. Archived from the original on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  8. ^ "Mount Sinai Hospital – Doctor profile". Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
  9. ^ a b c d Office, Editorial (4 February 2011). "Burton P. Drayer, MD, Named President of the Radiological Society of North America". AJNR Blog. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Dr. Burton Drayer is new CEO of Mount Sinai Doctors Faculty Practice". dotmed.com. Archived from the original on 9 August 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  11. ^ "AI screens for acute neurological illnesses". Artificial Intelligence Research. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  12. ^ "ISMRM Members in the News". ismrm.org. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Burton P Drayer MD". Mount Sinai Health System. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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