Dr. Pressman is Professor and Chairman of the S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center and Department, and Chief of the Section of Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, located in Los Angeles, Ca.
Dr. Pressman is a past President of The American College of Radiology, the Western Neuroradiological Society, as well as past President of the California Radiological Society. Currently he is a member of the American Society of Neuroradiology and the American Society of Pediatric Neuroradiology.
Dr. Pressman earned his medical degree Cum Laude from Harvard Medical School after graduating Summa Cum Laude from Dartmouth College. After a surgical internship at Harvard's Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, he completed a diagnostic radiology residency at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York and a Neuroradiology fellowship at George Washington University Hospital. During this period, he wrote many original papers for Computer Tomography(CT).
"I am delighted to Chair the Medical Advisory Board (MAB) for Vivos. I anticipate expansion of our MAB, initially focusing on the potential for the Company's brachytherapy products," said Pressman.
Dr. Albert S. DeNittis is currently is the Chief of Radiation Oncology at Lankenau Medical Center and Clinical Professor at Lankenau Insitute for Medical Research
in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania and the Director of Radiation Oncology at Brodesseur Cancer Center in New Jersey. He is also the Principal Investigator and in charge of a grant awarded by the NIH for
its National Cancer Oncology Research Program (NCORP) at Main Line Health. Dr. DeNittis practice experience includes image-guided radiosurgery, stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT),
intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image guided radiation therapy (IGRT), high-dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy, cranial and extracranial stereotactic radiosurgery, respiratory gating,
and Cyberknife.
Dr. DeNittis has served on numerous regional, national and government committees related to key issues in the field of oncology including the NRG Oncology group
which focuses on protocol development for cancer patients on the national level. He has received regional and national awards for his research and his clinical work and authored over 100
publications and presentations as well as 6 book chapters. He has. Dr. DeNittis previously has been awarded a number of grants to study the impact of various novel oncology drugs and radiation
protocols. He is a long standing member of key professional societies including the American Society of Radiation Oncology, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, and American Brachytherapy
Society. Dr. DeNittis is a cofounder and board member of DermRad Therapy which is developing a multidisciplinary approach to skin cancer treatment.
Dr. DeNittis earned a BA and a MS at Rutgers University and a MD from the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey. He completed postdoctoral training internships and residency at the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. DeNittis is board certified by
the American Board of Radiology and Licensed in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
BEAU BOSKO TOSKICH, M.D., MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD.
Dr. Toskich is an interventional radiologist with specialty interest in interventional oncology. His clinical focus includes management of primary and metastatic liver cancer and treatment of portal hypertension.
His research interests include ablative applications of locoregional therapy. He has a joint appointment with both the division of medical oncology and department of radiation oncology.
He currently resides in Jasksonville, Florida, and is a member of the Mayo Clinic Radiology Oncology team.
Prior to his retirement in 2014, Dr. Weller was a Senior Program Manager in the Radiation Biology Group of the Biological Sciences Division at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), where he was involved in the development of RadioGel.
A 1973 graduate of Washington State University. Dr. Weller has extensive experience in designing and executing clinical studies, treatment planning, mechanisms of carcinogenesis, radiation biology, targeted delivery systems for chemotherapeutic and radio-therapeutic agents, bio-markers of disease, and comparative oncology; as well as over 30 years of experience developing and using animal models, including the use of spontaneous tumors in companion animals, for bio-medical applications.
Dr. Weller is board-certified by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine (1980) and Oncology (1987), Past Chairperson of the Organizing Committee for the Specialty of Veterinary Medical Oncology, Past Chairperson of the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Past President of the Board of Regents of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Past President of the Specialty of Oncology, and a Charter Member of the Veterinary Cancer Society which he served as Treasurer for 16 years.
He is an Honorary Professor of the Institute of Veterinary Medicine in Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Weller has lectured and trained veterinarians worldwide and has authored or co-authored over 250 articles, technical reports, book chapters, and presentations in his fields of expertise.
He recently spent a year in Cambodia teaching veterinarians and technicians so that they could improve their medical skills. His passion is to find the best care for all animals through educating students.
Dr. Heidrich has a solid surgical interest in orthopedics and the treatment of chronic pain. Besides his interest in your pet's pain management, he has been involved with studies of how diseases can be transmitted between animals and people as well as from people to animals.
He has spent his working vacations over the past 15 years trapping wild cynomolgus monkeys in Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, and Cambodia.
With his international interests, he has spearheaded the WORLDWIDE PEN PALS program, linking Albuquerque area schools with those abroad and encouraging literacy, writing, and global awareness in school children. Countries involved in this pen pal program are Cambodia, Guatemala, Tanzania, Malawi, Papua New Guinea, and more to come.
Dr. Heidrich was instrumental in starting the veterinary technician program at CNM and loved having students in the clinic. We want to share with students our lifelong commitment to providing the best care as a member of your healthcare team for your pet.