OBGYN.net U.S. State Representative - Connecticut

Michael R. Berman, MD

OFFICE ADDRESS:

687 Main Street
Branford, Connecticut 06405
Telephone: 203-488-8306

UNIVERSITIES ATTENDED:

• Temple University
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  1962-1966

• New York Medical College
  New York, New York
  1966-1970

DEGREES:

• Bachelor of Arts, 1966
  Temple University
• Doctor of Medicine, 1970
  New York Medical College

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

Externship:

University of California School of Public Health
Berkeley, California
Department of Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Preceptor: Dr. Edwin Gold, 1969

Internship:

Type: Pediatrics
New York Medical College
Chairman: Dr. Edward Wasserman
1970-1971

Residency:

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Yale-New Haven Hospital
New Haven, Connecticut
Chairman: Dr. Nathan Kase
1973-1976

Fellowship:

Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Yale University School of Medicine
Dr. John Hobbins
1976-1977

MILITARY SERVICE:

United States Public Health Service
General Medical Officer
Honorable Discharge
1971-1973

MISCELLANEOUS EXPERIENCE:

• Co-Developed Comprehensive Pediatric Care Program for the East Harlem Community as Medical Student, 1968-1969.
• Coordinator of Health Care, Chicago Job Corps for Women, 1972-1973
• Emergency Room Physician, Highland Park Hospital, Highland Park, Illinois 1971-1973
• Medical Advisory Board, Biodyne Corporation, 1987-88

AWARDS:

• Merit Award
• March of Dimes-National Foundation for Birth Defects, 1970
• Distinguished Achievement Award in the Natural Sciences, Temple University, 1996
• Semi-Finalist, National Information Infrastructure Awards Competition, 1996

BOARD CERTIFICATION:

• Diplomate American Board of Medical Examiners, 1971
• Diplomate American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1978

BOARD RECERTIFICATION:

• Voluntary Recertification
• American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1989

STATE LICENSES:

• California
• Connecticut
• Illinois

PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS:

1. "Your Child's Health Today, His Future Tomorrow", A monograph on child health care in the East Harlem Community of New York City, written as a medical student, 1969.
2. "The Intrauterine Evaluation of Fetal Disorders", A review of the current literature, 1970.
3. "Temporary Widening of the Cranial Sutures during Recovery from Failure to Thrive", Clinical Pediatrics, vol.11,No.7, July, 1972.
4. "Cherished Purposes" (copyright, not published) A volume of original poems of perinatal grieving, 1994
5. The Physician as Poet, Five original poems published in Connecticut Medicine, Vol. 58, No. 11, November, 1994.
6. Hygeia, An Online Journal for Pregnancy and Neonatal Loss, 1995-, World Wide Web Home Page/Journal of Pregnancy Loss/Grieving, Author and Editor
7. Websites for Medical Professionals- The design and listing of Professional Practices and facilities on the Internet

LECTURES:

1. Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine, September 12, 1996.
2. Perinatal Bereavement Conference, North Shore University Hospital, October 20, 1996
3. Visiting Professor- Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, January 29, 1997
4. Visiting Professor-Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, January 30, 1997.

SOCIETY AFFILIATIONS:

• Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Fellow, American Fertility Society(American Society Reproductive Medicine)
• Obstetrical Society of New York Medical College
• Connecticut Medical Society
• New Haven Medical Association
• New Haven Obstetrical Society
• Secretary- 1981-1982
• President-1987-1988
• Connecticut Society for Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• Hastings Institute for Biomedical Ethics
• American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
• American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists

CURRENT PRACTICE ACTIVITIES:

• Private Practice
• County Obstetrics and Gynecology Group, P.C., President

ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS:

• Associate Clinical Professor
• Yale University School of Medicine

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

• Active involvement in resident and medical student clinical teaching on Labor Floor and in Operating rooms.
• Lecturer in each rotation of the medical student didactic lecture series.
• Resident Advisor 1994-

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Attending, Yale New Haven Hospital
• Courtesy Staff, Hospital of Saint Rafael
• Attending, Women's Surgical Center

COMMITTEES:

• Medical Board, Yale- New Haven Hospital 1990-1996
• Member Connecticut State Medical Society Perinatal Morbidity and Mortality Committee Chairman, 1993-1994
• Departmental Committee Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine,1989 to present
• Executive Committee Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale University School of Medicine,1989 to present
• Community Representative, Facilities Renewal Project, Yale New Haven Hospital, 1989
• New Haven Community Physicians Organization, President, 1993-94, Treasurer 1990-1993
• YNHH Tissue Committee
• YNNH Taskforce on Health Care Reform
• YNHH Practice Patterns Taskforce
• YNHH Quality Assurance Care Committee
• YNHH Physician Referral Service Steering Committee
• YNHH Advisory Group Physician to Physician Referral Service
• Board of Directors, Yale New Haven Hospital IPA- Treasurer
• Chairperson, Credentials Committee, Yale New Haven Hospital IPA
• Board of Directors, Yale New Haven Hospital PHO
• Board of Directors, Quinnipiac P.C.(Yale New Haven Health and Hospital Corporation)
• Steering Committee, Obstetrics and Gynecology Alliance
• Department of Ob-Gyn Subcommittee on Appointments and Promotions
• Department of Ob-Gyn Search Committee for Chief, Maternal and Fetal Medicine

AREA OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

• Emotional Issues of Pregnancy Loss
• High Risk Pregnancy
• Obstetrical Ultrasound/Fetal Monitoring
• Pelviscopic Surgery
• Internet Applications for Medical Education

NON-MEDICAL ACTIVITIES:

• Board of Directors, Suzuki School of New Haven, President, 1985-1986
• Medical Advisory Board, Jewish Community Center
• Board of Directors, Jewish Community Center of New Haven
• Student, Weslyan University Writers Workshop, 1993, 1994
• Member Eliot Society, Washington University, St. Louis
• Member, Conwell Society, Temple University
• Parents Council, Washington University, St. Louis-Executive Committee 1995-1996; Chairperson, 1996-1997

HOBBIES:

• Poetry
• Computers
• Sailing