DavidLBergerMD

General Surgery • Boston, MA

Colon & Rectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

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Office
15 Parkman St
Wac 465
Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-724-6980

Fax+1 617-724-0067

Education & Training

Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1996 - 1997
Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1995
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1990

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
NH State Medical License 2021 - 2025
ME State Medical License 2020 - 2022
RI State Medical License 2021 - 2022
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

High Dose Preoperative Cholecalciferol Supplementation and Perioperative Vitamin D Status Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 3

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

50 citations
Association between intraoperative non-depolarising neuromuscular blocking agent dose and 30-day readmission after abdominal surgery
Tharusan Thevathasan, Shirley L. Shih, Kyan C. Safavi, D.L. Berger, Sara M. Burns
British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2017-10-01
333 citations
Total Neoadjuvant Therapy With FOLFIRINOX in Combination With Losartan Followed by Chemoradiotherapy for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer: A Phase 2 Clinical Trial.
Janet E. Murphy, Jennifer Y. Wo, David P. Ryan, Jeffrey W. Clark, Wenqing Jiang
JAMA Oncology. 2019-07-01
23 citations
The effect of neoadjuvant chemoradiation therapy on the prognostic value of lymph nodes after rectal cancer surgery.
Coen L. Klos, Paul C. Shellito, David W. Rattner, Richard A. Hodin, James C. Cusack
American Journal of Surgery. 2010-10-01

Journal Articles

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Transplantable Child-Pugh A Cirrhotics: Should Cost Affect Resection vs Transplantation?
Theodoros Michelakos, Dimitrios Xourafas, David Berger, James F Markmann, Cristina R Ferrone, Motaz Qadan, Kenneth K Tanabe, Joel T Adler, Nahel Elias, Heidi Yeh, Madh..., Journal of gastrointestinal surgery

Press Mentions

Colorectal Surgery ProgramMarch 3rd, 2016
PUBLISHED: Laparoscopic Low Anterior Resection with Diverting Loop Ileostomy for Rectal Cancer with Conversion to Open ApproachJuly 28th, 2023

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member