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Professor of Surgery
New York University Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States
Dr. Berman is a Professor of Surgery at New York University Grossman School of Medicine where he also is Vice Chair for Surgical Education and Faculty Affairs, Chief of Surgical Oncology, and Director of the Surgery Residency. He graduated from the Surgery residency program at NYU/Bellevue during which he also completed a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship iat Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Following his residency, he completed his Surgical Oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer where he spent additional time studying apoptosis-resistance in metastatic tumor progression. Dr. Berman’s clinical practice focuses on Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Peritoneal Surface Malignancies.
Dr. Berman has served the SSO in numerous capacities and is presently serving a 3-year term as SSO Vice President. Previously he chaired the Traininig Committee for 2 terms and also served on the Finance, Membership, Nominating, International, and Education Committees. He chaired the inaugural SCORE Committee. and was previiously elected to two terms on the SSO Executive Council. He has met almost yearly with fellows at the Annual Meeting’s Fellow’s Lounge.
Dr. Berman also serves as Chair of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the American Board of Surgery where he also is Chair of the ABS Nominating Committee and Recorder of the ABS Council. Additionally Dr. Berman sits on the ABS Council Assessment Committee, the Quality and Oversight Task Force, the Video Based Assessment Task Force, the EPA Task Force and the Strategic Planning Task Force. Dr. Berman has been an Associate Editor for JNCI and also holds editorial board positions on Annals of Surgical Oncology, UpToDate, and the NCI Physicians Data Query. He was previously co-chief editor of the CGSO SCORE
Dr. Berman lives in NY with his family including his wife Susan, daughter Talia (post-college COVID quarantining at home), son Matthew (away at college) and new rescue puppy.
I do not have any relevant financial / non-financial relationships with any proprietary interests.
Friday, March 11, 2022
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