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Louis
Teresi

As a Neuroradiological and Musculoskeletal Imaging Specialist, Dr. Louis Teresi interprets different kinds of diagnostic images, including scans using functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), and other medical technology.

Irvine, California

Dr. Louis Teresi currently serves as Medical Director, Southern California, and Director of MRI Research, SimonMed Imaging in Newport Beach California. As a radiologist, researcher, educator, and physician, Louis Teresi, MD, has enjoyed a long and successful career since beginning his undergraduate studies at Harvard University in 1976. After attending Harvard and Harvard Medical School for a total of eight years and earning both a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a Doctor of Medicine with Concentration in Neuroscience, Louis Teresi, MD, served as an intern in internal medicine at Harvard Medical School’s Mount Auburn Hospital. Following the successful completion of his internship, Louis Teresi, MD, embarked on a residency in diagnostic radiology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center. In his last year as a resident, he took on a fellowship in neuroradiology and endovascular therapy at UCLA Medical Center. The following year, Louis Teresi, MD, accepted a fellowship in magnetic resonance imaging at the Long Beach Memorial Medical Center from 1989 to 1990. In 2004, he acted as a visiting fellow in musculoskeletal imaging at the VA San Diego Healthcare System in association with the University of California, San Diego. From 1992 to 2004, Louis Teresi, MD, functioned as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Radiology for the School of Medicine at University of California, Irvine.

Since the early 1990s, Louis Teresi, MD, has also participated in committees and offered expert medical advice and opinions to various organizations. In 1987, he served the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, at its Organ Systems Coordinating Center, and in 1992, he acted as Chairman of the Compensation Committee at Memrad Medical Group Inc. In 1993, he served on Long Beach Memorial Medical Group’s Medical Executive Committee, Cancer Care Line, and Cancer Committee. Louis Teresi, MD has lectured with the American Society of Neuroradiology’s Program Committee and Program Committee of the Los Angeles Radiological Society.

In addition to his current professional pursuits, Louis Teresi, MD, has reviewed manuscripts for prestigious medical publications, including the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, the American Journal of Neuroradiology, and the Journal of Computed Tomography. In 2007, Louis Teresi, MD, had his own book published, A Practicing Radiologist Guide to MR Spectroscopy of the Brain. He currently has two other titles in progress: “Hijacking the Brain” and “Why It Works,” both of which he hopes to have published in the the next year. Louis Teresi, MD, has more than 30 published research papers to his credit, 8 book chapters, and more than a 100 published abstracts and proceedings, and 100 scientific presentations and exhibits.


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  • An Interview with Dr. Louis Teresi
    , Dr. Louis Teresi's Blog on Bigsight
    October, 2011
    I recently spoke with Dr. Louis Teresi, a Medical Director, Southern California, and MRI Research Director for SimonMed Imaging, about his supplementary positions in the medical field. A former Chief of Neuroradiology and MRI Director at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center’s Department of Radiology, Dr. Teresi has spent nearly two decades reviewing submissions to journals related to his profession.

    Q. Dr. Teresi, what are the duties of a Manuscript Editor for peer-reviewed journals?

    A. Manuscript editors serve an important purpose in medicine because doctors rely on peer-reviewed publications to learn about the latest developments in their fields. These journals command a high level of respect among professionals because being peer-reviewed indicates that persons unconnected to the original research have checked the data and analysis presented in the articles. As an editor, I read submitted papers and determine their merits, or lack thereof, and decide whether the journal should print the work. Editors cannot ask writers for further data and must rely on the manuscript as it stands. However, after editing, I can send the piece back to the writer with suggestions, questions, and constructive criticism.

    Q. Are there particular rules for editing manuscripts?

    A. Despite the prevalence of peer-reviewed journals in a number of professions, no group has established a series of rules for the editing process. Some journals have their own guidelines and standard operating procedures, but there is no unifying “code.”

    Q. Which journals are you affiliated with?

    A. Since 1992, I have edited for the American Journal of Neuroradiology, which publishes articles about the diagnostic imaging of the brain. Two years later, I accepted a position for the Journal of Computed Assisted Tomography and the Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. I still work with these three publications.