Massachusetts General Hospital

Biography

Dr. Berkson received his BA Summa Cum Laude from Brandeis University in 1994 and received an MA in Computer Science from Brandeis University in 1995. He graduated from the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine with an MD with Honors in June 2000. He completed an internship in general surgery followed by an orthopaedic residency at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. Dr. Berkson completed a fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Berkson is a member of the MGH Sports Medicine Service and is an Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He is a team physician for the Boston Red Sox and the New England Patriots and is the Head Team Physician for Wheaton College, Eastern Nazarene College, Foxborough High School and Archbishop Williams High School. Dr. Berkson was recognized in 2005 as an Emerging Leader by the American Orthopaedic Association.

Dr. Berkson is the Director of the MGH Sports Performance Center. The Center integrates state of the art technology with the clinical expertise of Mass General Sports Medicine physicians, certified athletic trainers, biomechanical engineers, therapists, cardiologists, nutritionists and certified strength and conditioning coaches. The Center recently was featured recently on the Discovery Channel.

Dr. Berkson specializes in advanced arthroscopic procedures of the shoulder, knee and elbow, and he has completed training in cartilage restoration procedures. His current research interests include pitching injuries and studies of shoulder and elbow biomechanics.

Research

Dr. Berkson's clinical and research interests include treatment of elbow and shoulder injuries in the throwing athlete, complex arthroscopic and reconstructive surgery of elbow/shoulder/knee, rotator cuff repairs, and complex knee ligament and meniscus surgery.

Dr. Berkson actively researches clinical outcomes as well as shoulder elbow and knee biomechanics with an emphasis on pitching inuries and recovery. He has a research appointment at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he works with a research team to develop new technology to measure real-world biomechanics.

Dr. Berkson is the Director of the MGH Sports Performance Center, a program integrating state of the art technology with the clinical expertise of MGH Sports Medicine physicians, certified athletic trainers, biomechanists, physical therapists, nutritionists and certified strength and conditioning coaches to critically and scientifically analyze athletic activities and to maximize recovery from injury, prevent injuries, and enhance and optimize performance.

Dr. Berkson was identified as an Emerging Leader by the American Orthopaedic Association and recently was the recipient of the Nicols Foundation Young Researcher Award by the International Society of Arthroscopy.

Publications

View my most recent publications at PubMed

Young Pitchers and Injuries: Throwing Overboard

Athletes, even Little Leaguers, are often accustomed to expecting some type of injury or discomfort from their sport, but that doesn’t have to be the case. Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital’s Sports Medicine Service explore how trauma injuries—like strains, sprains and overuse—can be avoided.

Life as a Red Sox team physician

The Sports Medicine Service at Massachusetts General Hospital provides comprehensive treatment and rehabilitation to injured recreational, amateur and professional athletes—and non-athletes—at all levels of activity.

MGH opens Sports Performance Center

The Mass General Orthopædics Sports Performance Center, which opened June 4 next to Gillette Stadium at the Brigham and Women’s/Mass General Health Care Center at Patriot Place in Foxborough.

Mass General Hospital Opens New Sports Performance Center

This state-of-the-art facility combines the most advanced 3-D biomechanical imaging technology with the clinical expertise of Massachusetts General Hospital.