• At A Glance
  • Education & Publications
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  • Clinical Interests

    Foot and Ankle Fellowship

  • Medical School

    Boston University School of Medicine, MA 1981

    Internship

    University of Medicine of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 1982

    Residency

    University of Medicine of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 1986

    Fellowship

    University of Maryland 1989

    Publications
    Title: Spontaneous relocation of a dislocation of a Neer prosthesis brachial plexus injury
    Authors: Rao, J.P., Berkman, A.R., and LaPilusa, S.
    Publisher: Orthopaedic Review
    Date: July 1986
    Issue: Vol. 15. No. 7, page 453-456
    Description: a case report
    Title: Extremity Fractures in "Quick Reference to Surgical Emergencies"
    Authors: Oppenheim, W., Berkman, A.R., and Weiss, A.B.
    Publisher: J.B. Lippincott Company
    Date: 1986
    Issue:
    Description:
    Title: Development of a Fast-Setting Ceramic-Based Grout Material for Filling Bone Defects
    Authors: Ricci, J.L., Bajpai, P.K., Berkman, A.R., Alexander, H., Parson, J.R.
    Publisher: Proc. 12th Ann. Mtg. Soc. Biomat.
    Date: 1986
    Issue:
    Description:
    Title: Development of a Fast-Setting Ceramic-Based Grout Material for Filling Bone Defects
    Authors: Ricci, J.L., Bajpai, P.K., Berkman, A.R., Alexander, H., Parson, J.R.
    Publisher: Biomedical Engineering V. Recent Developments
    Date: 1986
    Issue: page 475-481
    Description:
    Title: The Painful Heel Syndrome-An Entrapment Neuropathy
    Authors: Kenzora, J.E., Berkman, A.R.
    Publisher: Foot and Ankle Society
    Date: 1989
    Issue:
    Description: accepted for presentation
    Title: Tendon Problems of the Foot and Ankle
    Authors: Sheldon S. Lin, Avrill Roy Berkman, Thomas H. Lee
    Publisher: Orthopaedic Knowledge Update-Foot and Ankle
    Date: 1998
    Issue:
    Description:
    Title: Non-operative Treatment of Posterior Tibial Tendonitis Using the Arizona Brace
    Authors: Moni, K., Lin, S. Berkman, A.R.
    Publisher: Foot and Ankle Society
    Date: 1999
    Issue:
    Description: A Prospective Study
    Title: Clinical Outcomes of Mosaicplasty Procedure for OCD of The Talar Dome
    Authors: Sheldon S. Lin, M.D., David A. Blum, M.D., James A. Sanfilippo, Nicholas A. Abidi, M.D., Avrill R. Berkman, M.D., Wayne S. Berberian, M.D.
    Publisher: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society 17th Annual Summer Meeting, San Diego, California
    Date: July 2001
    Issue:
    Description: Presentation
    Title: Vacuum Assisted Closure in Calcanectomy for the Treatment of Chronic Calcaneal Osteomyelitis
    Authors: Sheldon S. Un, M.D., Pedro Vieira, M.D., Dipak V. Patel, M.D., Nicholas A. Abidi, M.D., Avrill R. Berkman, M.D., Richard Nitzberg, M.D..
    Publisher: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society 17th Annual Summer Meeting, San Diego, California
    Date: July 2001
    Issue:
    Description: Poster
    Title: Vacuum Assisted Closure in Calcanectomy for the Treatment of Chronic Calcaneal Osteomyelitis
    Authors: Sheldon S. Lin, M.D., Pedro Viera, M.D., Dipak V. Patel, M.D., Nicolas A. Abidi, M.D., Avrill R. Berkman, M.D., Richard Nitzberg, M.D.
    Publisher: American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 69th Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas
    Date: February 2002
    Issue:
    Description: Poster
    Title: Pseudo Os Trigonum Sign: Missed Posteromedial Talar Facet Fracture
    Authors: A. Ylenia Giufrida, B.S.E., Sheldon S. Lin, M.D., Nicholas Abidi, M.D., Wayne Berberian, M.D., Avrill R. Berkman, M.D., Fred F. Behrens, M.D.
    Publisher: Foot and Ankle International
    Date: 2003
    Issue: 24: 642-649
    Description: Article
    Title: American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Obesity Study
    Authors: Patrick J. O'Neill, M.D., Janet Yu-Yahiro, Ph.D., Nancy Kadel, M.D., Timothy Beals, M.D., Riachrd Cantrall, Glenn Pfeffer, M.D., David Kim, M.D.Osarertin Idusuyi, M.D., Avrill Berkman, M.D., Sharon Drebben, M.D.
    Publisher: AOFAS 21st Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts
    Date: July 15-17, 2005
    Issue:
    Description: Poster
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