Brian Berman

Brian M. Berman is a tenured professor of family medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is known for his research into acupuncture.[1][2][3]

Education

Berman received his medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He completed his residencies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and at the University of California, Los Angeles.[4]

Career

Berman was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991. He was appointed an associate professor there in 1997, a full professor in 2000, and was awarded tenure in 2003.[5] He also founded the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Medicine in 1991,[6] and is currently its director.[7]

In 2010, Berman published a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine which recommended the use of acupuncture for lower back pain.[8] The article was criticized by Steven Salzberg in Forbes.[9]

Awards and honors

Berman was named a "top doctor" in a 2013 survey of peers published in Baltimore,[10] and the Center for Integrative Medicine was named a Research Center for Excellence by the National Institutes of Health under Berman's direction.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Acupuncture Helps Ease Arthritis". CBS News. 20 December 2004. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Okie, Susan (27 December 2000). "Study Aims to Pinpoint How Acupuncture Works". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Foreman, Judy (4 April 2005). "Acupuncture gains respect". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Brian M. Berman, MD". University of Maryland. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Horrigan, Bonnie (May 2010). "University Professors Awarded Tenure for Integrative Medicine Accomplishments". EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing 6 (3): 131–134. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2010.03.004.
  6. ↑ Redwood, Daniel (January 2013). "Interview with Brian Berman, MD". Cleveland Chiropractic College. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Brian M. Berman M.D.". University of Maryland. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Berman, Brian M.; Langevin, Helene M.; Witt, Claudia M.; Dubner, Ronald (29 July 2010). "Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain". New England Journal of Medicine 363 (5): 454–461. doi:10.1056/NEJMct0806114.
  9. ↑ Salzberg, Steven (25 August 2010). "Acupuncture Infiltrates the University of Maryland and NEJM". Forbes. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Elective/Cosmetic Specialties". Baltimore Magazine. November 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Freedman, David H. (7 June 2011). "The Triumph of New-Age Medicine". The Atlantic. Retrieved 10 January 2015.