Igor Z. Barjaktarevic MD, PhD

Igor Z. Barjaktarevic is a Director of Bedside ultrasound and Medical Director of Liver-transplant Intensive Care Units at Ronald Reagan Medical Center. He practices critical care and participates in the education of UCLA residents and fellows. Her clinical and research interests are focused on the development of ultrasound-based technologies in intensive care settings, shock physiology, and advanced airway management.

As a Medical Director of the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Program at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, he focuses on and leads many of our clinical and research projects in COPD, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency syndrome. With a strong academic background in the field of pulmonary immunology where he obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2016, He is interested in the pathophysiologic and immune processes related to the development of airway diseases. He is author of over a hundred peer-reviewed publications and book chapters and a participant or lead in multiple clinical trials focused on COPD, Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, lung nodules/cancer, pulmonary complications of end-stage liver disease, and hemodynamic shock.