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Michel Berg

TitleAssociate Professor
InstitutionSchool of Medicine and Dentistry
DepartmentNeurology
AddressUniversity of Rochester Medical Center
School of Medicine and Dentistry
601 Elmwood Ave, Box 673
Rochester NY 14642
 
 Awards And Honors
1978     Raymond Hughes Physics Scholarship
1978     Sigma Pi Sigma, Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi
1980     Honors in Physics, Thomas Senior Scholarship, Cum Laude
1994     Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 1993-1994
1999     Volunteer of the Year, Epilepsy Foundation of the Rochester and Syracuse Regions - 1999
2000     Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 1999-2000
2002     American Academy of Neurology 2002 Teacher Recognition Certificate
2009     Fellow American Academy of Neurology  | American Academy of Neurology
2009     Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 2008-2009
 
 Overview
Dr. Michel J. Berg joined the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry faculty in 1993 and is currently an Associate Professor of Neurology and the Medical Director of the Strong Epilepsy Center. He has a special interest in technology for healthcare. He is involved in projects on enhancing medication adherence with smart medication dispensers, establishing the equivalence of generic anti-epilepsy drugs (AED), automating MRI analysis, seizure prediction from EEG, and the genetics of abnormalities of brain development with a focus on cerebral cavernous malformations. He is the chair of the American Epilepsy Society Task Force on Continuity of Medication Supply which is currently focused on the issue of generic equivalence of anti-epilepsy drugs. He is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Angioma Alliance. He is co-author of the text, 100 Maxims in Clinical Neuroradiology, and has authored and coauthored numerous scientific articles in the above fields.

Dr. Berg received a B.S. in Physics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He obtained his M.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY Health Science Center in Syracuse. At the University of Rochester, Dr. Berg completed both a residency in Neurology and a fellowship in Epilepsy. Dr. Berg is certified by several medical boards including the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the subspecialty Board of Clinical Neurophysiology; and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.

 
 Selected Publications
  • Scully MA, Yeaney GA, Compton ML, Berg MJ. SWAN MRI revealing multiple microhemorrhages secondary to septic emboli from mucormycosis. Neurology. 2012 Oct 30; 79(18):1932-3.
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  • Berg MJ, Abou-Khalil B. Childhood febrile status epilepticus: Chicken or egg? Does it matter? Neurology. 2012 Aug 28; 79(9):840-1.
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  • Janelsins MC, Roscoe JA, Berg MJ, Thompson BD, Gallagher MJ, Morrow GR, Heckler CE, Jean-Pierre P, Opanashuk LA, Gross RA. IGF-1 partially restores chemotherapy-induced reductions in neural cell proliferation in adult C57BL/6 mice. Cancer Invest. 2010 Jun; 28(5):544-53.
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  • Chan AC, Li DY, Berg MJ, Whitehead KJ. Recent insights into cerebral cavernous malformations: animal models of CCM and the human phenotype. FEBS J. 2010 Mar; 277(5):1076-83.
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  • Chahine LM, Berg MJ. Clinical reasoning: cerebral cavernous malformations. Neurology. 2009 Sep 1; 73(9):e44-9.
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  • Al-Shahi Salman R, Berg MJ, Morrison L, Awad IA. Hemorrhage from cavernous malformations of the brain: definition and reporting standards. Angioma Alliance Scientific Advisory Board. Stroke. 2008 Dec; 39(12):3222-30.
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  • Berg MJ, Gross RA, Haskins LS, Zingaro WM, Tomaszewski KJ. Generic substitution in the treatment of epilepsy: patient and physician perceptions. Epilepsy Behav. 2008 Nov; 13(4):693-9.
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  • Berg MJ, Gross RA, Tomaszewski KJ, Zingaro WM, Haskins LS. Generic substitution in the treatment of epilepsy: case evidence of breakthrough seizures. Neurology. 2008 Aug 12; 71(7):525-30.
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  • Berg MJ. What's the problem with generic antiepileptic drugs?: a call to action. Neurology. 2007 Apr 17; 68(16):1245-6.
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  • Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Squitieri F, Leedom TP, Ptacek L, Johnson EW, Marchuk DA. Deletions in CCM2 are a common cause of cerebral cavernous malformations. Am J Hum Genet. 2007 Jan; 80(1):69-75.
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  • Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Squitieri F, Ottenbacher M, Sorlie M, Leedom TP, Cannella M, Maglione V, Ptacek L, Johnson EW, Marchuk DA. Low frequency of PDCD10 mutations in a panel of CCM3 probands: potential for a fourth CCM locus. Hum Mutat. 2006 Jan; 27(1):118.
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  • Heatwole CR, Berg MJ, Henry JC, Hallman JL. Extreme spindles: a distinctive EEG pattern in Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis. Neurology. 2005 Mar 22; 64(6):1096-7.
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  • Janzen L, Sherman E, Langfitt J, Berg M, Connolly M. Preserved episodic memory in subcortical band heterotopia. Epilepsia. 2004 May; 45(5):555-8.
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  • Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Siegel AM, Huang E, Zawistowski JS, Stoffer T, Verlaan D, Balogun F, Hughes L, Leedom TP, Plummer NW, Cannella M, Maglione V, Squitieri F, Johnson EW, Rouleau GA, Ptacek L, Marchuk DA. Mutations in a gene encoding a novel protein containing a phosphotyrosine-binding domain cause type 2 cerebral cavernous malformations. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Dec; 73(6):1459-64.
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  • Laurans MS, DiLuna ML, Shin D, Niazi F, Voorhees JR, Nelson-Williams C, Johnson EW, Siegel AM, Steinberg GK, Berg MJ, Scott RM, Tedeschi G, Enevoldson TP, Anson J, Rouleau GA, Ogilvy C, Awad IA, Lifton RP, Gunel M. Mutational analysis of 206 families with cavernous malformations. J Neurosurg. 2003 Jul; 99(1):38-43.
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  • Stroup E, Langfitt J, Berg M, McDermott M, Pilcher W, Como P. Predicting verbal memory decline following anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL). Neurology. 2003 Apr 22; 60(8):1266-73.
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  • Lamperti C, Naini A, Hirano M, De Vivo DC, Bertini E, Servidei S, Valeriani M, Lynch D, Banwell B, Berg M, Dubrovsky T, Chiriboga C, Angelini C, Pegoraro E, DiMauro S. Cerebellar ataxia and coenzyme Q10 deficiency. Neurology. 2003 Apr 8; 60(7):1206-8.
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  • Ashton EA, Takahashi C, Berg MJ, Goodman A, Totterman S, Ekholm S. Accuracy and reproducibility of manual and semiautomated quantification of MS lesions by MRI. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2003 Mar; 17(3):300-8.
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  • Dockstader SL, Berg MJ, Tekalp AM. Stochastic kinematic modeling and feature extraction for gait analysis. IEEE Trans Image Process. 2003; 12(8):962-76.
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  • Gleeson JG, Luo RF, Grant PE, Guerrini R, Huttenlocher PR, Berg MJ, Ricci S, Cusmai R, Wheless JW, Berkovic S, Scheffer I, Dobyns WB, Walsh CA. Genetic and neuroradiological heterogeneity of double cortex syndrome. Ann Neurol. 2000 Feb; 47(2):265-9.
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  • Attarian HP, Berg MJ, McBride MC, Erickson SM, Erba G. Allergies to multiple antiseizure medications: a relationship to ANA and SSA. Neurology. 1999 Jul 22; 53(2):434-5.
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  • Gleeson JG, Minnerath SR, Fox JW, Allen KM, Luo RF, Hong SE, Berg MJ, Kuzniecky R, Reitnauer PJ, Borgatti R, Mira AP, Guerrini R, Holmes GL, Rooney CM, Berkovic S, Scheffer I, Cooper EC, Ricci S, Cusmai R, Crawford TO, Leroy R, Andermann E, Wheless JW, Dobyns WB, Walsh CA, et al. Characterization of mutations in the gene doublecortin in patients with double cortex syndrome. Ann Neurol. 1999 Feb; 45(2):146-53.
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  • Bidgood WD, Bray B, Brown N, Mori AR, Spackman KA, Golichowski A, Jones RH, Korman L, Dove B, Hildebrand L, Berg M. Image acquisition context: procedure description attributes for clinically relevant indexing and selective retrieval of biomedical images. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 1999 Jan-Feb; 6(1):61-75.
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  • Craig HD, Günel M, Cepeda O, Johnson EW, Ptacek L, Steinberg GK, Ogilvy CS, Berg MJ, Crawford SC, Scott RM, Steichen-Gersdorf E, Sabroe R, Kennedy CT, Mettler G, Beis MJ, Fryer A, Awad IA, Lifton RP. Multilocus linkage identifies two new loci for a mendelian form of stroke, cerebral cavernous malformation, at 7p15-13 and 3q25.2-27. Hum Mol Genet. 1998 Nov; 7(12):1851-8.
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  • Berg MJ, Schifitto G, Powers JM, Martinez-Capolino C, Fong CT, Myers GJ, Epstein LG, Walsh CA. X-linked female band heterotopia-male lissencephaly syndrome. Neurology. 1998 Apr; 50(4):1143-6.
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  • McBride MC, Bronstein KS, Bennett B, Erba G, Pilcher W, Berg MJ. Failure of standard magnetic resonance imaging in patients with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy. Arch Neurol. 1998 Mar; 55(3):346-8.
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  • Ashton EA, Parker KJ, Berg MJ, Chen CW. A novel volumetric feature extraction technique with applications to MR images. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 1997 Aug; 16(4):365-71.
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  • Valanne LK, Ketonen LM, Berg MJ. Pseudoprogression of cerebral cavernous angiomas: the importance of proper magnetic resonance imaging technique. J Neuroimaging. 1996 Jul; 6(3):195-6.
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  • Eksioglu YZ, Scheffer IE, Cardenas P, Knoll J, DiMario F, Ramsby G, Berg M, Kamuro K, Berkovic SF, Duyk GM, Parisi J, Huttenlocher PR, Walsh CA. Periventricular heterotopia: an X-linked dominant epilepsy locus causing aberrant cerebral cortical development. Neuron. 1996 Jan; 16(1):77-87.
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  • Berg MJ, Williams LS. The transient syndrome of headache with neurologic deficits and CSF lymphocytosis. Neurology. 1995 Sep; 45(9):1648-54.
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  • Oestreich LJ, Berg MJ, Bachmann DL, Burchfiel J, Erba G. Ictal contralateral paresis in complex partial seizures. Epilepsia. 1995 Jul; 36(7):671-5.
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  • Ashton EA, Berg MJ, Parker KJ, Weisberg J, Chen CW, Ketonen L. Segmentation and feature extraction techniques, with applications to MRI head studies. Magn Reson Med. 1995 May; 33(5):670-7.
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  • Berg MJ, Bronstein KS. Stabilizing seizure disorders. Contemp Intern Med. 1994 Sep; 6(9):18-30.
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  • Stiever J, Jones AG, Berg M. Wilson's disease: how it changed a young woman's life. J Neurosci Nurs. 1988 Oct; 20(5):278-83.
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