Dr. Pressman received his medical degree in 1959 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons. He performed his first two years of surgical residency at First (Columbia) Surgical Division, Bellevue Hospital from 1959 to 1961. From 1961 to 1963 he was an Assistant Resident in Surgery at Presbyterian Hospital and completed his residency at First (Columbia) from 1963 to 1966. During this period Dr. Pressman was also the Ford Foundation Scholar.
Dr. Pressman became interested in the pathology of breast cancer and it's surgical treatment during his residency training with Dr. Cushman Haagenson. Dr. Pressman received an opportunity to continue this work during his military assignment in Korea working with civilian doctors and in Army facilities. He spent 1965 through 1967 performing his military service and continuing to expand on his passion for curing breast cancer.
Academically, Dr. Pressman is nationally and internationally renowned. From 1971 to 1994 he held various academic titles at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and has held the title of Clinical Professor of Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine since 1966.
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