Alan Berger, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Specialties
Interventional Cardiology

Medical School
Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Residency
University Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Fellowships
Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Yale-New Haven Medical Center, New Haven, Connecticut

Clinical Interests
Cardiac catheterization

Research Interests
Acute coronary syndromes and interventional catheterization, Utilization of reperfusion therapy for acute myocardial infarctions

Professional Organizations
American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, American Medical Association, Massachusetts Medical Society

Recent Publications
Ko D, Wang Y, Berger AK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs after acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2002; 143(3):475-481.

Berger AK, Radford MJ, Krumholz HM. Cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction in elderly patients: Does admission to a tertiary center improve survival? Am Heart J 2002; 143(5):768-776.

Apple FS, Murakami NM, Jesse RL, Levitt MA, Berger AK, Pearce LA, Collinson P. Near bedside whole blood cardiac troponin I assay for risk assessment of patients with acute coronary syndrome. Clin Chem 2002; 48:1784-1787.

Abbott BG, Afshar M, Berger AK, Wackers FJ. Prognostic significance of ischemic electrocardiographic changes during adenosine infusion in patients with normal myocardial perfusion imaging. J Nucl Cardiol 2003 Jan-Feb;10(1):9-16.

Book Chapter:
Berger AK, Krumholz HM. Thrombolytic therapy in elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction. In: E Braunwald (ed.) Harrison’s Advances in Cardiology. NY: McGraw-Hill. 2002. pp 175-179 (chapter 27).