Rahul V. Pawar, MD

Dr. Pawar has been on staff at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center since 2011 as an Attending Neuroradiologist, and Partner within Imaging Consultants of Essex (ICE) since 2017. In April 2019, he was appointed Secretary of ICE under the direction of Dr. Alan Garten (Chairman) and Dr. Neil McCarthy (President). Dr. Pawar has earned dual board certification from the American Board of Radiology: Diagnostic Radiology & Neuroradiology (CAQ). Dr. Pawar has been selected to list of "Millburn-Short Hills Super Doctors" for 2017 & 2018. Super Doctors identifies top doctors as selected by their peers and the independent research of MSP Communications.

Prior to joining Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center, he completed his Fellowship in Neuroradiology at New York University Medical Center in 2011, where he conducted translational physics research. His research at NYU focused on using novel MR diffusion sequences to diagnose normal pressure hydrocephalus in the elderly, for which he was honored by the American Society of Neuroradiology. In 2005, Dr. Pawar received his M.D. from the Boston University School of Medicine, subsequently completing his residency at UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School from 2006-2010. Prior to residency, he completed of year of Internal Medicine at North Shore University Hospital in Long Island. In the fall of 2012, he was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor within the Rutgers Biomedical & Health Sciences Division. Since 2011, Dr. Pawar has been an active member of the Amato Center for Plastic, Reconstructive & Maxillofacial Surgery. 

With respect to research, Dr. Pawar had been awarded the Barnabas Health Harvey Nussbaum Research Grant (2013). He has published and presented a substantial amount of research in both peer-reviewed literature and national/international conferences. Dr. Pawar served as a contributing author for the textbook, The Teaching Files: Brain & Spine Imaging (Elsevier: Fatterpekar, Naidich & Som) published in 2011.

Presently, he is a member of the editorial board for Radiology Today magazine. In 2010, while a Fellow at NYU Medical Center, Dr. Pawar founded the academic section within Radiology Today titled “On The Case”, serving as Senior Editor of this monthly series until 2017. From 2009-2010, Dr. Pawar had been a Faculty Reviewer for Oakstone Medical Publishing.

Dr. Pawar places emphasis on teaching and medical education — he earned the Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award for two consecutive years (2012, 2013). From 2015-2018, Dr. Pawar served as Director of the medical student elective in Diagnostic Radiology. 

Personal academic interests include characterization of brain tumors using advanced MR imaging techniques (e.g. MRI Perfusion/Spectroscopy) and playing a role in the diagnosis/management of certain ENT disorders (e.g. head & neck cancer).