Gary S Berger MD, Medical Director of A Personal Choice, is well known for his contributions to clinical medicine as a reproductive surgeon. Patients sometimes ask about Dr. Berger’s education, training, academic credentials, scholarly research and publications.
This is a resume of Dr. Berger’s academic credentials:
ACADEMIC DEGREES
1965 A.B. with Honors
Harvard College
Boston, Massachusetts1969 M.D.
University of Rochester
Rochester, New York1976 M.S.P.H.
University of North Carolina
School of Public Health
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION
1969 – 1970 Intern
Department of Internal Medicine
Duke University Hospital
Durham, North Carolina1970 – 1971 Assistant Resident
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland1971 – 1973 Epidemic Intelligence Service Officer
Family Planning Evaluation Program
Bureau of Epidemiology
Centers for Disease Control
U.S. Public Health Service
Atlanta, Georgia1973 – 1976 Resident
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
1976 – 1979 Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC1980 – 2003 Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Maternal and Child Health
School of Public Health
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC1992 – 2003 Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Dr. Berger has published more than 160 peer-reviewed scientific articles in medical journals. He has also authored or edited these medical books:
D.A. Edelman, G.S. Berger and L.G. Keith. Intrauterine Devices and Their Complications. G.K. Hall, 1979.
L.G. Keith, M. Labbok, J. Petty, and G.S. Berger. Postpartum and Postabortal Contraception. Synapse Publications, 1979.
L.G. Keith, D.R. Kent, G.S. Berger, and J.R. Brittain, editors. The Safety of Feliility Control. Springer Publishing Company, 1980.
M. Jackson, G.S. Berger and L.G. Keith. Vaginal Contraception. G.K. Hall, 1980.
L.G. Keith, G.S. Berger and D.A. Edleman, editors. Infections in Reproductive Health: Common Infections. Vol. I, MTP Press Ltd., 1985.
L.G. Keith, G.S. Berger and D.A. Edelman, editors. Infections in Reproductive Health: Uncommon Infections and Special Topics. Vol. II, MTP Press, Ltd., 1986.
M. Bygdeman, G.S. Berger, L.G. Keith, editors. Prostaglandins and Their Inhibitors in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. MTP Press, Ltd., 1986.
G.S. Berger, M. Goldstein and M. Fuerst. The Couple’s Guide to Fertility. Doubleday and Company, 1985.
G.S. Berger, L.V. Westrom, editors. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. Raven Press, 1992.
C. Nezhat, G.S. Berger, V.C. Buttram, and F. Nezhat, editors. Endometriosis: Advanced Management and Surgical Techniques. Springer-Verlag, 1995.
G.S. Berger, M. Goldstein and M. Fuerst. The Couple’s Guide to Fertility, revised edition. Doubleday and Company, 1995.
G.S. Berger, M. Goldstein and M. Fuerst. The Couple’s Guide to Fertility: With the Newest Scientific Techniques to Help You Have a Baby. Broadway Books, 2001.
Dr. Berger – Clinician and Scholar
Dr. Berger’s contributions to reproductive medicine and surgery show that a clinician whose primary responsibility is in the care of individual patients can also be a scholar contributing to academic research. This is the basis of Dr. Berger’s ongoing Tubal Reversal Pregnancy Study that documents and analyzes the clinical outcomes of his patients following tubal reversal surgery.
