Dr. Bressler is a graduate of Stanford University (BS in Biology, 1977) and Harvard Medical School (MD, 1981). He served his internship and residency at Harvard’s Beth Israel Hospital from 1981 through 1984. Along with his private practice, over the years Dr. Bressler has taught medical students and residents from UCSD School of Medicine where he holds the title of Voluntary Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine.
In 2004 he was named a Fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), an honor bestowed on only 25% of American Internal Medicine Specialists. He is affiliated with Scripps Mercy Hospital where he served as Chairman of the Biomedical Ethics Committee for over 15 years.
