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Mason Barr JR, B.A., M.D. |
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Clinical Interests Teratology Teratology, fetal growth
Dr. Barr earned his undergraduate degree from Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1957, and his M.D. degree from George Washington University, Washington, D.C., in 1961. His internship was taken at the University of Michigan's University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1961-1962, with a residency in Pediatrics at the University of Michigan from 1962-1964. He then served three Traineeships, first in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Michigan (Human Embryology), from 1966-1968, at the Stein Research Center of the Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Experimental Embryology), from 1968-1969, and at Children's Hospital of Michigan, Detroit, Michigan (Pediatric Pathology), from 1977-1978. Dr. Barr's teaching activities began when he joined the faculty of the University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics as an Instructor, in 1966, where he was promoted to Assistant Professor in 1969, Associate Professor in 1974, and Professor of Pediatrics in 1983. He became a Professor of Pathology (Teratology) in 1986, and Professor in the Obstetrics & Gynecology Department in 1988. Dr. Barr has been the Director of the Human Teratology Unit in 1972, a group which involves the Pediatrics, Pathology, and Obstetrics & Gynecology Departments together. Dr. Barr’s major clinical and research areas of interest include pre- and perinatal pathology in general, and, more specifically, malformations, prenatal diagnosis, and fetal growth and morphometry.
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