Matthew R Berkman
- Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine - (Clinical Series Track)
Contact
- (520) 626-5569
- UA South, Rm. 2218
- Tucson, AZ 85721
- mberkman@aemrc.arizona.edu
Biography
Matthew R. Berkman, MD, joined the department in 2007. He currently serves as the Emergency Department Medical Director and Trauma Medical Director at Banner - University Medical Center South, as well as the faculty adviser for the University of Arizona College of Medicine Emergency Medicine Interest Group. He is a core faculty member of the South Campus Residency Program.
Dr. Berkman, born and raised in Tucson, is a University of Arizona alumnus. He received his bachelor’s degree in molecular and cellular biology, graduating summa cum laude, and his medical degree as a Regent’s Scholar. During medical school he completed the Post Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology. He completed his training at Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.
In 2013, as part of the Clinical Medical Student Teaching Faculty (CMSTF), he received the Academy of Medical Education Scholars (AMES) Block and Clerkship Award. He also was honored with the inaugural Faculty Leadership Award from the University of Arizona Medical Center – South Campus Emergency Medicine Residency.
He has authored and co-authored book chapters and journal articles and has presented at national and international conferences.
Degrees
- M.D. Medicine
- The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, United States
- B.S. B.S. Molecular and Cellular Biology
- The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Work Experience
- Banner University Medical Center - South Campus Emergency Department (2016 - Ongoing)
- Banner University Medical Center - South Campus Emergency Department (2015 - Ongoing)
- The University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine University Medical Center South Campus (2013 - 2015)
- The University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine University Medical Center South Campus (2011 - 2012)
- Townsville Hospital (2009 - 2010)
- Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona (2007 - Ongoing)
- The University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine University Medical Center (2007 - Ongoing)
- Memorial Hermann Southwest/Woodlands Medical Center (2006 - 2007)
Awards
- Dean's Scholarship
- The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Fall 1998
- Phi Beta Kappa
- The University of Arizona, Fall 1997
- National Honor Society
- The University of Arizona, Fall 1993
- Regent's Scholarship
- Arizona Board of Regents, Fall 1993
- BUMCS Emergency Medicine Residency Clinical Excellence Award
- BUMCS Residency, Spring 2023
- BUMCS residnecy, Spring 2022
- BUMCS residency, Spring 2020
- Chair of BUMCS Peer Review Committee
- BUMC South Campus, Winter 2022
- BUMCS Emergency Medicine Residency Faculty Leadership Award
- BUMCS Residency, Spring 2022
- BUMCS Residency, Spring 2021
- BUMCS, Spring 2020
- BUMCS Emergency Medicine Residency, Spring 2018
- Chief of Staff BUMC South Campus
- BUMC South Campus, Spring 2022
- Elected the Chief of Staff Elect of BUMCS
- BUMCS Hospital Staff, Fall 2019
- Promoted to the rank of Clinical Professor
- University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2019
- Best Doctors in America® List for 2017-18
- Best Doctors in America®, Spring 2018
- Chair’s Award for Leadership Excellence
- University of Arizona Department of Emergency Medicine, Winter 2017
- Advanced Leadership Program
- Banner Health, Spring 2015
- Academy of Medical Education Scholars (AMES) Block and Clerkship Award, year III/IV
- Clinical Medical Student Teaching Faculty (CMSTF), Summer 2013
- Faculty Leadership Award
- University of Arizona Medical Center South Campus Emergency Medicine Residency, Spring 2013
- Fellow
- American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), Summer 2011
- Outstanding Teaching by a Resident Award
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Fall 2004 (Award Nominee)
- Post Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology
- The University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2001
Licensure & Certification
- State of Arizona Medical License #36929, Arizona Medical Board (2007)
- Fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, American College of Emergency Physicians (2011)
- Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine (2007)
Interests
No activities entered.
Courses
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Scholarly Contributions
Chapters
- Berkman, M. R. (2013). Aphthous Ulcers. In Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult(pp 86-87). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.More infoFourth Edition
- Berkman, M. R. (2005). Aphthous Ulcers. In Rosen and Barkin's 5-Minute Emergency Medicine Consult(pp 88-89). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.More infoThird Edition
- Berkman, M. R., & Corrigan, K. J. (2005). Viral Encephalitides (Alphaviruses) Attack. In Disaster Medicine(pp 661-662). Philadelphia, PA: Mosby.
Journals/Publications
- Waterbrook, A. L., Nuno, T., Stolz, U., Keogh, A., Barnett, L., Bouska, M., Shekell, T., Verbunker, D., Berkman, M. R., & Lane, A. (2017). Retrospective analysis of concussion discharge instructions in the emergency department. Journal of Emergency Medicine.
- Sobel, J., Bates, J., Ng, V., Berkman, M. R., Nuno, T., Denninghoff, K. R., & Stoneking, L. R. (2019). Effect of Real-time Surveys on Patient Satisfaction Scores in the Emergency Department. . Educational Research International, 2019, 5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6132698More infoApproximately 10 hours spent on project for 2015Approximately 16 hours spent on project for 2016Approximately 7.5 hours spent on project for 2017Approximately 1 hour spent on project for 2019
- Stoneking, L. R., Denninghoff, K. R., Nuno, T., Berkman, M. R., Ng, V., Bates, J., & Sobel, J. (2019). Effect of Real-time Surveys on Patient Satisfaction Scores in the Emergency Department. Educational Research International, 2019, 5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6132698More infoApproximately 10 hours spent on project for 2015Approximately 16 hours spent on project for 2016Approximately 7.5 hours spent on project for 2017Approximately 1 hour spent on project for 2019
- Stoneking, L. R., Denninghoff, K. R., Nuño, T., Berkman, M. R., Ng, V., Bates, J., & Sobel, J. (2019). Effect of Real-Time Surveys on Patient Satisfaction Scores in the Emergency Department. Education Research International, 2019, 5. doi:https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/6132698
- Bradshaw, H. R., Harris, S., Dander, S., Saxman, Z., Berkman, M. R., & Gaither, J. B. (2017). Effects of a Transit Strike on EMS Transports and Emergency Department Resource Utilization. Prehospital Emergency Care.
- Lane, A. D., Berkman, M. R., Verbunker, D., Shekell, T., Bouska, M., Barnett, L., Keogh, A., Nuno, T., Stolz, U., & Waterbrook, A. L. (2017). Retrospective Chart Analysis of Concussion Discharge Instructions in the Emergency Department. The Journal of emergency medicine, 52(5), 690-698.More infoRecognition and diagnosis of concussion is increasing, but current research shows these patients are discharged from the emergency department (ED) with a wide variability of recommendations and instructions.
- Beskind, D. L., Hiller, K. M., Stolz, U., Bradshaw, H., Berkman, M., Stoneking, L. R., Fiorello, A., Min, A., Viscusi, C., & Grall, K. J. (2014). Does the experience of the writer affect the evaluative components on the standardized letter of recommendation in emergency medicine?. The Journal of emergency medicine, 46(4), 544-50.More infoThe Standardized Letter of Recommendation (SLOR) was developed in an attempt to standardize the evaluation of applicants to an emergency medicine (EM) residency.
- Hiller, K., Viscusi, C., Beskind, D., Bradshaw, H., Berkman, M., & Greene, S. (2014). Cost of an acting intern: clinical productivity in the academic emergency department. The Journal of emergency medicine, 47(2), 216-22.More infoA few studies suggest that an increasing clinical workload does not adversely affect quality of teaching in the Emergency Department (ED); however, the impact of clinical teaching on productivity is unknown.
- Svirsky, I., Stoneking, L. R., Grall, K., Berkman, M., Stolz, U., & Shirazi, F. (2013). Resident-initiated advanced triage effect on emergency department patient flow. The Journal of emergency medicine, 45(5), 746-51.More infoEmergency Department (ED) overcrowding is a national problem. Initiating orders in triage has been shown to decrease length of stay (LOS), however, nurse, physician assistant, and attending physician advanced triage have all been criticized.
- Waterbrook, A. L., Hiller, K., Berkman, M., & Hays, D. P. (2013). In reply. Annals of emergency medicine, 61(4), 502-3.
- Waterbrook, A. L., Hiller, K., Hays, D. P., & Berkman, M. (2013). Do topical antibiotics help prevent infection in minor traumatic uncomplicated soft tissue wounds?. Annals of emergency medicine, 61(1), 86-8.
- Berkman, M., Ufberg, J., Nathanson, L. A., & Shapiro, N. I. (2009). Anion gap as a screening tool for elevated lactate in patients with an increased risk of developing sepsis in the Emergency Department. The Journal of emergency medicine, 36(4), 391-4.More infoSerum lactate levels are a useful tool in monitoring critically ill patients, especially those who are septic. However, lactate levels are often not routinely drawn or rapidly available in some institutions. The objective of this study was to determine if a readily available anion gap (AG) could be used as a surrogate marker for abnormal lactate level in Emergency Department (ED) patients at risk for sepsis.
- Barkin, A. Z., Fischer, C. M., Berkman, M. R., & Rosen, C. L. (2007). Blunt abdominal trauma and a diaphragmatic injury. The Journal of emergency medicine, 32(1), 113-7.
- Klein, R. D., Borchers, A. H., Sundareshan, P., Bougelet, C., Berkman, M. R., Nagle, R. B., & Bowden, G. T. (1997). Interleukin-1beta secreted from monocytic cells induces the expression of matrilysin in the prostatic cell line LNCaP. The Journal of biological chemistry, 272(22), 14188-92.More infoMatrilysin is a matrix metalloprotease that is overexpressed in cancer cells of epithelial origin and in normal tissues during events involving matrix remodeling such as the cycling endometrium. We previously observed that inflamed ductule and acinar epithelia in the prostate also overexpress matrilysin. The presence of infiltrating macrophages in these areas prompted us to determine if factors secreted from monocytes could induce matrilysin expression in a human prostatic cell line. Conditioned media collected from the monocyte cell line THP-1 following lipopolysaccharide treatment substantially induced matrilysin protein and mRNA expression in LNCaP prostate carcinoma cells. Matrilysin expression in LNCaP cells was also induced by recombinant interleukin (IL)-1 (50 pM), but not by equimolar concentrations of recombinant tumor necrosis factor-alpha or IL-6. The matrilysin-inducing activity of THP-1 conditioned medium was completely abrogated by preincubation with a neutralizing antibody to IL-1beta. Transient transfection analyses with a chimeric human matrilysin promoter-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter construct demonstrated that IL-1beta activates transcription through the matrilysin promoter in LNCaP cells. This is the first report of matrilysin induction by an inflammatory cytokine in a cell line of epithelial origin, and the results suggest a potential mechanism for the overexpression of matrilysin in inflamed ducts and glands of the prostate.
Presentations
- Stoneking, L. R., Nuno, T., Berkman, M. R., Ng, V., Sobel, J., & Bates, J. (2017, April). Effect of Real-time Patient Satisfaction Surveys on Emergency Physician Behavior. Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Annual Meeting. Fort Lauderdale, FL.More infoApproximately 7.5 hours spent on project for 2017Abstract invited and presented at AMES, April 28, 2017.Abstract submitted, accepted and presented at CORD, April 28, 2017.
- Hiller, K. M., Beskind, D. L., Bradshaw, H. R., Berkman, M. R., Viscusi, C. D., Min, A. A., Grall, K., & Stoneking, L. R. (2013, June). How Much do Students Cost? Clinical Productivity in the Academic Emergency Department. Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference.More infoLong Beach, CA
Poster Presentations
- Keim, S. M., Tolby, N., Plitt, J., Min Simpkins, A. A., Ng, V., Berkman, M. R., Williams, C., Medina, T., Stea, N., Bradshaw, H. R., Situ-LaCasse, E. H., & Amini, R. (2023). Emergency Medicine Advising Program 2.0: An Innovative Approach to Medical Student Advising. Association of American Medical Colleges Learn Serve Lead. Seattle, Washington.
- Bates, J., Sobel, J., Ng, V., Berkman, M. R., Nuno, T., & Stoneking, L. R. (2017, April). Effect of Real-time Patient Satisfaction Surveys on Emergency Physician Behavior. Arizona Medical Education Scholars Research Day. Tucson, AZ.More infoApproximately 7.5 hours spent on project for 2017Abstract invited and presented at AMES, April 28, 2017.
- Bradshaw, H. R., Harris, S., Dander, S., Saxman, Z., Berkman, M. R., & Gaither, J. B. (2017, January). Effects of a Transit Strike on EMS Transports and Emergency Department Resource Utilization. National Association of EMS Physician Annual Meeting.
- Berkman, M. R., Denninghoff, K. R., Larsen, J., Stolz, U., Smith, J., Waterbrook, A. L., Caldwell, J., Caldwell, J., Smith, J., Waterbrook, A. L., Larsen, J., Stolz, U., Denninghoff, K. R., & Berkman, M. R. (2014, June). Ketamine and Morphine versus Morphine Alone for Treatment of Acute Pain in the Emergency Department. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Conference.More infoChicago, IL
- Berkman, M. R., Lane, A., Shekell, T., Barnett, L., Keogh, A., VerBunker, D., Bouska, M., Stolz, U., & Waterbrook, A. L. (2014, June). Retrospective Analysis of Concussion Discharge Instructions in the Emergency Department. American College of Emergency Physicians Annual Conference.More infoChicago IL
- Svirsky, I., Svirsky, I., Stoneking, L. R., Stoneking, L. R., Stolz, U., Stolz, U., Berkman, M. R., Berkman, M. R., Grall, K., Grall, K., Shirazi, F., Shirazi, F., DeBeche, J., & DeBeche, J. (2013, June). Resident-initiated advanced triage effect on emergency department efficiency. Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference.More infoLong Beach, CA
Others
- Hiller, K. M., Beskind, D. L., Bradshaw, H. R., Berkman, M. R., Viscusi, C. D., Min, A. A., Grall, K., & Stoneking, L. R. (2013, June). How Much do Students Cost? Clinical Productivity in the Academic Emergency Department. Western Regional Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Conference.More infoLong Beach, CA
- Berkman, M. R., Nathanson, L. A., Nicolet, J., Wicks, F. E., Spear, J., & Shapiro, N. I. (2004, June). Anion gap as a screening tool for elevated lactate in patients with an increased risk of developing sepsis in the Emergency Department. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting.More infoSociety for Academic Emergency Medicine Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL
