RogerLBerkowMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Atlanta, GA

Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology Morehouse School of Medicine

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Office
720 Westview Dr SW
Hugh Splading Hospital
Atlanta, GA 30310
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Summary

Dr. Roger Berkow is a pediatric hematologist/oncologist in Atlanta, GA. He received his medical degree from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and has been in practice 43 years. He is experienced in sickle-cell anemia, pediatric sarcomas, leukemia, pediatric bone marrow transplantation, and pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Education & Training

Indiana University School of MedicineFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1981 - 1984
University of ChicagoResidency, Pediatrics, 1976 - 1979
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 1976

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2020 - 2025
FL State Medical License 2013 - 2021
AL State Medical License 1984 - 2020
NM State Medical License 1979 - 1981
IL State Medical License 1977 - 1978
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Patient with Proteus syndrome and paratesticular ovarian-type papillary serous carcinoma.
Alina Sadaf, Angela Nguyen, Arthur B. Meyers, Chi K. Nguyen, Mark A. Wehry, Roger Berkow> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2018 Aug 1
8 citations
Benefit finding in fathers of childhood cancer survivors: a retrospective pilot study
Molly A. Hensler, Ernest R. Katz, Lori Wiener, Roger L. Berkow, Avi Madan-Swain> ;Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. 2013 May 1
Long-term complete response after treatment with cytarabine, vincristine, and prednisone in an infant with refractory multisystem Langerhans cell histiocytosis.
Rebecca Cook, Roger L. Berkow, David R. Kelly, Gregory K. Friedman> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2011 Jul 15
122 citations
Long-term follow-up care for pediatric cancer survivors
Stephen A. Feig, Alan S. Gamis, Jeffrey D. Hord, Eric Kodish, Brigitta U. Mueller, Eric J. Werner, Roger L. Berkow, Jacqueline Casillas, Melissa M. Hudson, Wendy Landier> ;Pediatrics. 2009 Mar 1
6 citations
Shwachman–Diamond syndrome presenting in a premature infant as pancytopenia
L. Vandy Black, Thomas D. Soltau, David R. Kelly, Roger L. Berkow> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2008 Jul 1
99 citations
Twenty years of follow-up among survivors of childhood and young adult acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
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249 citations
Primary thyroid cancer after a first tumour in childhood (the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study): a nested case-control study
Alice J. Sigurdson, Cécile M. Ronckers, Ann C. Mertens, Marilyn Stovall, Susan A. Smith, Yan Liu, Roger L. Berkow, Sue Hammond, Joseph P. Neglia, Anna T. Meadows, Char...> ;Lancet. 2005 Jun 11
33 citations
Spinal cord compression as a result of Rosai–Dorfman disease of the upper cervical spine in a child
R. Shane Tubbs, David R. Kelly, Elizabeth Mroczek-Musulman, Yuki Hammers, Roger L. Berkow, W. Jerry Oakes, Paul A. Grabb> ;Child's Nervous System. 2005 Jan 14
7 citations
Tailored chemotherapy for malignant lymphoma arising in the setting of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder after solid organ transplantation.
Raymond G. Watts, Lee Hilliard, Roger L. Berkow> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2002 Nov 1
246 citations
Psychological outcomes in long-term survivors of childhood leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study.
Brad Zebrack, Lonnie K. Zeltzer, John Whitton, Ann C. Mertens, Lorrie F. Odom, Roger L. Berkow, Leslie L. Robison> ;Pediatrics. 2002 Jul 1
33 citations
A national general pediatric clerkship curriculum: the process of development and implementation.
Ardis L. Olson, Jerold C. Woodhead, Roger L. Berkow, Nancy M. Kaufman, Susan G. Marshall> ;Pediatrics. 2000 Jul 1
33 citations
A Phase I Trial of Bryostatin-1 in Children with Refractory Solid Tumors: A Pediatric Oncology Group Study
Steven D. Weitman, Anne-Marie R Langevin, Roger L. Berkow, Paul J. Thomas, Craig A. Hurwitz, Andrew S. Kraft, Ronald L. Dubowy, Debra L. Smith, Mark Bernstein> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 1999 Sep 1
21 citations
Retinal toxicity associated with cisplatin and etoposide in pediatric patients
Lee Hilliard, Roger L. Berkow, Jan Watterson, Evan A. Ballard, Gene K. Balzer, Christopher L. Moertel> ;Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 1997 Apr 1
8 citations
Chronic granulomatous disease in two children with recurrent infections: Family studies using dihydrorhodamine-based flow cytometry
T. Prescott Atkinson, Gina M. Bonitatibus, Roger L. Berkow> ;The Journal of Pediatrics. 1997 Mar 1
15 citations
Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency: Repetitive occurrence of point mutation in amino acid 104 in multiple apparently unrelated families
Arthur Schneider, Beryl Westwood, Catherine Yim, Josef T. Prchal, Roger L. Berkow, Richard J. Labotka, Rajasekharan Warrier, Ernest Beutler> ;American Journal of Hematology. 1995 Dec 1
32 citations
Prevention of tumor lysis syndrome using continuous veno-venous hemofiltration.
Suzanne Saccente, Edward C. Kohaut, Roger L. Berkow> ;Pediatric Nephrology. 1995 Oct 1
1 citations
Diabetes insipidus and histiocytosis X: a case of isolated pituitary involvement.
Joycelyn A. Atchison, DO Gary L. Hedlund, Roger L. Berkow> ;Endocrine Practice. 1995 Sep 1
5 citations
Isolated CNS metastasis as the first site of recurrence in a child with germ cell tumor of the mediastinum.
Roger L. Berkow, David R. Kelly> ;Medical and Pediatric Oncology. 1995 Jan 1
7 citations
A Clinically Applicable Technique to Study Cytoskeletal Dynamics in Normal and Abnormal Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes Isolated From Small Volume Blood Samples
Raymond G. Watts, Barry M. Gray, Harlan S. Patterson, Samuel J. Tilden, Walter H. Johnson, Roger L. Berkow, Thomas H. Howard> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 1994 Dec 1
10 citations
Radioimmunometric Quantification of Surface Lactoferrin in Blood Mononuclear Cells
Thomas W. Butler, Louis W. Heck, Roger L. Berkow, James C. Barton> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 1994 Feb 1
35 citations
In Vivo Administration of the Anticancer Agent Bryostatin 1 Activates Platelets and Neutrophils and Modulates Protein Kinase C Activity
Roger L. Berkow, Larry Schlabach, Robert W. Dodson, William H. Benjamin, George R. Pettit, Pradip K. Rustagi, Andrew S. Kraft> ;Cancer Research. 1993 Jun 15
15 citations
Regulation of neutrophil respiratory burst by protein phosphatases.
Roger L. Berkow, Robert W. Dodson> ;Life Sciences. 1993 Jan 1
20 citations
Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor induces a staurosporine inhibitable tyrosine phosphorylation of unique neutrophil proteins
Roger L. Berkow> ;Blood. 1992 May 1
12 citations
Neutrophil function in chronic neutrophilic leukemia: defective respiratory burst in response to phorbol esters.
Sandra S. Kaplan, Roger L. Berkow, Robert A. Joyce, R.E. Basford, James C. Barton> ;Acta Haematologica. 1992 Jan 1
19 citations
Alterations in tyrosine protein kinase activities upon activation of human neutrophils.
Roger L. Berkow, Robert W. Dodson> ;Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 1991 Jun 1
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Lectures

Bridging the Gap: Assess and Improve Your Pediatric Knowledge
National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/28/2019

Hospital Affiliations

Children's Healthcare of AtlantaAtlanta, Georgia