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PhD, University of Pittsburgh
MS, Touro College
BS, Touro College

Websites

	Physician Assistant Program Profile
	Personal Website

ORCID : 0000-0002-7192-7917

Publications
Mentoring

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

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Cohen HA, Gerstein M, Shkalim Zemer V, Heiman S, Richenberg Y, Jacobson E, Berkowitz O. Trends in Pediatric Ambulatory Practice during COVID-19 Lockdown. Isr Med Assoc J. 2022 May; 24(5):277-283. PMID: 35598049

Lang T, Berkowitz O, Heistermann P. A Comparison of German and United States Physician Assistant Curricula. J Physician Assist Educ. 2022 Mar 01; 33(1):66-71. PMID: 35170561

Showstark M, Hix LR, Kereto L, John S, Uakkas S, Berkowitz O. IFPACS: Creating a Global Federation of Physician Assistant and Comparable Students. J Physician Assist Educ. 2021 Mar 01; 32(1):65-69. PMID: 33605693

Berkowitz O, Maoz-Breuer R, Tal-Or E, Nissanholtz-Gannot R. Are the new PA students helpful to emergency medicine physicians in Israel? JAAPA. 2021 Jan 01; 34(1):39-44. PMID: 33332833

Hooker RS, Berkowitz O. A global census of physician assistants and physician associates. JAAPA. 2020 Dec; 33(12):43-45. PMID: 33234895

Berkowitz O, Hooker RS, Nissanholtz-Gannot R, Zigdon A. Israeli Willingness to be Treated by a Physician Assistant. J Community Health. 2020 12; 45(6):1283-1290. PMID: 32405904

Gur-Hartman T, Berkowitz O, Yosovich K, Roubertie A, Zanni G, Macaya A, Heimer G, Dueñas BP, Sival DA, Pode-Shakked B, López-Laso E, Humbertclaude V, Riant F, Bosco L, Cayron LB, Nissenkorn A, Nicita F, Bertini E, Hassin S, Ben Zeev B, Zerem A, Libzon S, Lev D, Linder I, Lerman-Sagie T, Blumkin L. Clinical phenotypes of infantile onset CACNA1A-related disorder. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2021 Jan; 30:144-154. PMID: 33349592

Ashkenazi S, Livni G, Klein A, Kremer N, Havlin A, Berkowitz O. The relationship between parental source of information and knowledge about measles / measles vaccine and vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine. 2020 10 27; 38(46):7292-7298. PMID: 32981777

Berkowitz O, Hoffmann M. Development of the European Physician Assistant/Associate Collaboration and the First EuroPA-C Conference. J Physician Assist Educ. 2020 Sep; 31(3):172-176. PMID: 32732662

White SE, Altongy-Magee K, Cooper C, Hixon J, Honda T, Milch C, Murphy R, Riethle T, Walker L, Berkowitz O. Adopting Graduate Competencies in Opioid Prescribing for Massachusetts Physician Assistant Programs: A Statewide Public Health Response. J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Dec; 30(4):207-213.View Related Profiles.

Berkowitz, Oren
White, Susan

PMID: 31664008

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Berkowitz O, Goldgar C, White SE, Warner ML. A National Survey of Quality Improvement Education in Physician Assistant Programs. J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Mar; 30(1):1-8.View Related Profiles.

Warner, Mary
Berkowitz, Oren
White, Susan

PMID: 30801553

Berkowitz O, Ditoro R, Pedersen K. Hosting Global Physician Assistant Students in the United States. J Physician Assist Educ. 2019 Mar; 30(1):67-71. PMID: 30801559

Maoz-Breuer R, Berkowitz O, Nissanholtz-Gannot R. Integration of the first physician assistants into Israeli emergency departments - the physician assistants' perspective. Isr J Health Policy Res. 2019 Feb 15; 8(1):4. PMID: 30764865; PMCID: PMC6376766; DOI: 10.1186/s13584-018-0275-3;

Berkowitz O, Kussmaul CJL. Take Two of These and Call Me in the Morning: How Global Physician Assistants Cope With Limited Medication Prescribing Rights. J Physician Assist Educ. 2018 Sep; 29(3):184-187. PMID: 30086125

Berkowitz O, Gelbshtein U, Segal I, Jacobson E. The new Israeli PA. JAAPA. 2018 Jul; 31(7):46-48. PMID: 29957607

Park HY, Berkowitz O, Symes K, Dasgupta S. The art and science of selecting graduate students in the biomedical sciences: Performance in doctoral study of the foundational sciences. PLoS One. 2018; 13(4):e0193901.View Related Profiles.

Park, Hee-Young
Symes, Karen
Berkowitz, Oren
Dasgupta, Shoumita

PMID: 29614110; PMCID: PMC5882097; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0193901;

Berkowitz O, White SE. An opportunity for PAs as obstetrical laborists. JAAPA. 2018 Feb; 31(2):40-43.View Related Profiles.

Berkowitz, Oren
White, Susan

PMID: 29369928; DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000529774.75649.c1;

Berkowitz O, Han YY, Talbott EO, Iyer AK, Kano H, Kondziolka D, Brown MA, Lunsford LD. Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Vestibular Schwannomas and Quality of Life Evaluation. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2017; 95(3):166-173. PMID: 28531896

Berkowitz O, Brisotti MF, Gascon L, Henshaw M, Kaufman LB. The Impact of an Interprofessional Oral Health Curriculum on Trainees. J Physician Assist Educ. 2017 Mar; 28(1):2-9.View Related Profiles.

Kaufman, Laura
Henshaw, Michelle
Berkowitz, Oren

PMID: 28207581; DOI: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000104;

Dehn RW, Berkowitz O, Coombs JM. Commentaries on health services research. JAAPA. 2016 Dec; 29(12):1-2. PMID: 27898564

Stern RA, Seichepine D, Tschoe C, Fritts NG, Alosco ML, Berkowitz O, Burke P, Howland J, Olshaker J, Cantu RC, Baugh CM, Holsapple JW. Concussion Care Practices and Utilization of Evidence-Based Guidelines in the Evaluation and Management of Concussion: A Survey of New England Emergency Departments. J Neurotrauma. 2017 Feb 15; 34(4):861-868.View Related Profiles.

Seichepine, Daniel
Holsapple, James
Howland, Jonathan
Olshaker, Jonathan
Alosco, Michael
Berkowitz, Oren
Burke, Peter
Stern, Robert
Cantu, Robert

PMID: 27112592; PMCID: PMC5314982; DOI: 10.1089/neu.2016.4475;

Berkowitz O, Iyer AK, Kano H, Talbott EO, Lunsford LD. Epidemiology and Environmental Risk Factors Associated with Vestibular Schwannoma. World Neurosurg. 2015 Dec; 84(6):1674-80. PMID: 26171891; DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.07.007;

Daum AM, Berkowitz O, Renner JA. The evolution of chronic opioid therapy and recognizing addiction. JAAPA. 2015 May; 28(5):23-7.View Related Profiles.

Daum, Akiva
Renner, John
Berkowitz, Oren

PMID: 25853674; DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000464268.60257.ad;

Berkowitz O, Kaufman LB, Russell M. Introduction of an interprofessional oral health curriculum. J Physician Assist Educ. 2015 Mar; 26(1):43-6.View Related Profiles.

Kaufman, Laura
Russell, Matthew
Berkowitz, Oren

PMID: 25715015; DOI: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000014;

Berkowitz O, Jacobson E, Fire G, Afek A. Physician assistants in Israel. JAAPA. 2014 Dec; 27(12):7-8. PMID: 25373394; DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000456577.54756.e8;

Berkowitz O. The future of physician assistant data? JAAPA. 2014 Jul; 27(7):12-3. PMID: 24879332; DOI: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000450809.28954.33;

Berkowitz O, White SE, Goldgar C, Brisotti MF, Warner ML. Defining quality improvement education for physician assistants. J Physician Assist Educ. 2014; 25(4):55-60.View Related Profiles.

Warner, Mary
Berkowitz, Oren
White, Susan

PMID: 25622377

Berkowitz O, Jones K, Lunsford LD, Kondziolka D. Determining the elements of procedural quality. J Neurosurg. 2013 Aug; 119(2):373-80. PMID: 23394334; DOI: 10.3171/2013.1.JNS111681;

Berkowitz O, Kondziolka D, Bissonette D, Niranjan A, Kano H, Lunsford LD. The evolution of a clinical registry during 25 years of experience with Gamma Knife radiosurgery in Pittsburgh. Neurosurg Focus. 2013 Jan; 34(1):E4. PMID: 23278265; DOI: 10.3171/2012.11.FOCUS12295;

Han YY, Berkowitz O, Talbott E, Kondziolka D, Donovan M, Lunsford LD. Are frequent dental x-ray examinations associated with increased risk of vestibular schwannoma? J Neurosurg. 2012 Dec; 117 Suppl:78-83. PMID: 23211211; DOI: 10.3171/2012.5.GKS12615;

Monaco EA, Faraji AH, Berkowitz O, Parry PV, Hadelsberg U, Kano H, Niranjan A, Kondziolka D, Lunsford LD. Leukoencephalopathy after whole-brain radiation therapy plus radiosurgery versus radiosurgery alone for metastatic lung cancer. Cancer. 2013 Jan 1; 119(1):226-32. PMID: 22707281; DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27504;

Park KJ, Kondziolka D, Berkowitz O, Kano H, Novotny J, Niranjan A, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Repeat gamma knife radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Neurosurgery. 2012 Feb; 70(2):295-305; discussion 305. PMID: 21811188; DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318230218e;

Park KJ, Kondziolka D, Kano H, Berkowitz O, Ahmed SF, Liu X, Niranjan A, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD. Outcomes of Gamma Knife surgery for trigeminal neuralgia secondary to vertebrobasilar ectasia. J Neurosurg. 2012 Jan; 116(1):73-81. PMID: 21962163; DOI: 10.3171/2011.8.JNS11920;

Park KJ, Kano H, Berkowitz O, Awan NR, Flickinger JC, Lunsford LD, Kondziolka D. Computed tomography-guided ? knife stereotactic radiosurgery for trigeminal neuralgia. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2011 Aug; 153(8):1601-9. PMID: 21538196; DOI: 10.1007/s00701-011-1026-1;

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Dr. Berkowitz is pleased to mentor students, PA/NPs, residents, and fellows on a variety of projects. He has experience advising students on master's theses and has advised fellows on neurosurgery and opioid misuse projects, leading to several publications. He served as the academic advisor to an Albert Schweitzer Fellow. He is also happy to give professional and scholarly mentoring to PAs and NPs.

Available to Mentor as: (Review Mentor Role Definitions):

Advisor
Career Mentor
Co-Mentor or Peer Mentor
Education Mentor
Project Mentor
Research / Scholarly Mentor

Contact for Mentoring:

Email (see 'Contact Info')