Roger Berkow, MD, FAAP

Roger Berkow, MD, FAAP 

Professor

Pediatrics

Location: Hurt Building
Phone: 404-756-1330
E-mail: rberkow@msm.edu

Education

POSTGRADUATE:
Indiana University
Appointments: Research Fellow - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Clinical Fellow of the American Cancer Society

Wyler's Children's Hospital, Chicago, IL
Residency: Senior Supervisory Resident

University of Chicago Hospitals/Clinics
Residency: Pediatrics

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Loyola University Stritch School of Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

UNDERGRADUATE
State University of New York at Stony Break
Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Clinical Interests

Hematology/Oncology

Specialties

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics
Sub-boards: Hematology/Oncology

Publications

Fialkow, P.J., Singer, J.W., Adamson, J.W., Berkow, R.L., Friedman, J.M., Jacobson, R.J., Moohr, J.W.: Acute nonlymphocytic leukemia, expression in cells restricted to granulocytic and monocytic differentiation. N Engl J Med 30l:l-5,l979.

Berkow, R.L. and Chilcote, R.B.: Bleeding and disseminated intra-vascular coagulation in the neonate (In) Perinatal Medicine, (Rathi/Kimar ed.) Hemisphere Publishing Corporation, Washington, D.C., l980.

Tuman, K.J., Chilcote, R.R., Berkow, R.L. and Moohr, J.W.: Mesothelioma in a child with prenatal exposure to Isoniazid. Lancet 2:362, l980.

Berkow, R.L. and Fleshman, J.K.: Retinoblastoma in Navajo Indian children. Am J Dis Child l37:l37-138, l983.

Berkow, R.L., Weisman, S.J., Provisor, A.J., Weetman, R.M. and Baehner, R.L.: Invasive aspergillosis of paranasal tissues in children with malignancy. J of Peds l03:49-53, l983.

Honors and Awards

  • 1994 UAB Presidential Award for Excellence in Education
  • 1994 Best Clinical Teaching Faculty 1996 Argus Society Award for Best Pediatric Faculty
  • 1998 Most Outstanding Clinical Professor (Chosen by UASOM Class of 1998)
  • 1998 UAB Presidential Award for Excellence in Education
  • 1999 Argus Society Award for Best Pediatric Faculty
  • 2000 Argus Society Award for Best Pediatric Faculty
  • 2008 Roger Berkow Award for Leadership
  • 2011 Special Recognition Certificate, American Academy of Pediatrics, Education Award Subcommittee
  • 2011 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2012 Department of Pediatrics Excellence in Teaching Award
  • 2013 Special Recognition Certificate, American Academy of Pediatrics, Education Award Subcommittee
  • 2013 Wallace Clyde Award for lifetime achievement in Pediatrics awarded by the Childrens Hospital of Alabama and the UAB Department of Pediatrics
  • 2014 Special Recognition Certificate, American Academy of Pediatrics, Education
  • 2014 Edith Levitt Distinguished Service Award from National Board of Medical Examiners
  • 2020 Department of Defense, Patriotic Employer Award for Training Military Personnel