Matthew R Berkman

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

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
• Promoted to Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs/Executive Medical Director
• UA DEM, Summer 2025
• 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