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Lauren Berkow, MD, Anesthesiology, Gainesville, FL, UF Health Shands Hospital

LaurenClaireBerkowMD

Anesthesiology • Gainesville, FL

Critical Care Medicine, Neuroanesthesiology, Pain Medicine

Professor of Neuroanesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine and Chief, Division of Neuroanesthesia, Director of supplies and equipment , Past-President, Society for Airway Management

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Summary

  • Dr. Berkow has been a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Gainesville, Florida since 2016 and currently serves as the Chief of the Division of Neuroanesthesiology. She also serves as the Director of Supplies and Equipment and the Co-chair of the UF Shands Sustainability Committee. Prior to joining the Gator Nation, she worked at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland from 2000-2016, where she served as an Associate Professor and Associate Chief for the Division of Neuroanesthesia. While working at Johns Hopkins, she also served as Assistant Residency Director, and Director of Airway Education.

    Dr. Berkow is a Past President of the Society for Airway Management and serves on their Executive Committee. She is also a board member of the Airway Safety Movement and the co-chair of the Patient Safety Movement Foundation’s Unplanned Extubation Workgroup.

    She has written numerous papers on airway management and neuroanesthesia and is a member of many professional societies. In 2015, she was presented the Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment Physician for Environmental Health Award.

    Dr. Berkow earned her Bachelor’s at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and her medical degree at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. She completed her surgical residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles and Nassau County Medical Center in East Meadow, New York. She also completed an anesthesia residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital and earned a Business of Medicine Graduate Certificate from The Johns Hopkins Carey Business School.

Education & Training

  • Johns Hopkins Carey Business School
    Johns Hopkins Carey Business SchoolGraduate certificate, Business of Medicine, 2009 - 2010
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Anesthesiology, 1997 - 1999
  • Nassau University Medical Center
    Nassau University Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1996 - 1996
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
    Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 1996
  • University of Maryland School of Medicine
    University of Maryland School of MedicineClass of 1994
  • Cornell university
    Cornell universityBS, Neurobiology

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 1995 - Present
  • FL State Medical License
    FL State Medical License 2016 - 2026
  • MD State Medical License
    MD State Medical License 1999 - 2016
  • American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Physician for Environmental Health Award Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, 2015
  • Johns Hopkins Anesthesiology Residency Leadership Award Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 2013
  • Resident Teacher of the Year Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, 1999

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Lectures

  • Video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy: should the direct laryngoscope be retired? 
    American Society for Anesthesiologts Annual Meeting - 10/2021
  • Perioperative Management- Now In Its 29th Year 
    The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Marco Island, Florida - 3/10/2013

Committees

  • Member, Board of Directors, Airway Safety Movement 2020 - Present
  • member, American Society of Anesthesiologists Abstract Review Subcommittee on Patient Safety and Practice Management. 2018 - Present
  • Member, Patient Safety Movement Foundation (PSMF) Airway Safety Group 2018 - Present
  • Co-Chair, Society for Airway Management Special Projects Committee on unplanned extubation 2017 - Present
  • Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Neuroanesthesia 2017 - Present
  • Member, American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Equipment and Facilities 2017 - Present
  • member, American Society for Anesthesiologsts Environmental Health Subcommittee 2012 - Present
  • member, Society for Airway Management Executive Committee 2012 - Present
  • Vice-Chair, FMA Committee on CME and Accreditation

Professional Memberships

Hospital Affiliations

Dr. Lauren Berkow, Dr. Lauren Berkow, MD, Dr. L Berkow, Dr. Lauren Claire Berkow