David L Berger MD
Colon & Rectal Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
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15 Parkman StWac 465Boston, MA 02114
Phone+1 617-724-6980
Fax+1 617-724-0067
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Education & Training
Vanderbilt University Medical CenterFellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1996 - 1997
Mass General Brigham/Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1990 - 1995
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of PennsylvaniaClass of 1990
Certifications & Licensure
NH State Medical License 2021 - 2027
MA State Medical License 1995 - 2026
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
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- International Validation of a Recurrence Risk Model for Stage II Colon Cancer: The SPHERE Study.Kohei Shigeta, Shodai Mizuno, Doruk Orgun, Yujin Kato, Jun Okui
Annals of Surgery. 2025-08-13 - 2 citationsIs end-to-end or side-to-end anastomotic configuration associated with risk of positive intraoperative air leak test in left-sided colon and rectal resections for colo...Sami Alahmadi, David L Berger, Christy E Cauley, Robert N Goldstone, William V Kastrinakis
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2025-02-01 - Severe Lymphopenia Predicts Poorer Survival in Patients With Rectal Cancer Undergoing Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation.Daniel W Kim, Grace Lee, Elise M Cai, David P Ryan, Aparna R Parikh
Cancer Journal. 2025-01-22
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
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