David J. Berkoff, MD

MEDICAL SCHOOL

• Yeshiva University, Bronx, 1993 - 1997

FELLOWSHIP

• Duke Sports Medicine, 2005 - 2006
• Area: Primary Care Sports Medicine

INTERNSHIP

• Beth Israel Medical Center, 1997 - 1998

RESIDENCY AND CHIEF RESIDENCY

• Jacobi Medical Center and Montefiore Medical Center, 1998 - 2001
• Area: Emergency Medicine

CERTIFICATIONS

• Certificate of Added Qualification-Sports Medicine, Board Certified
• Emergency Medicine, Board Certified

• Tenex-minimally invasive partial tenotomy for chronic tendon problems
• Cytokine treatments
• Novel non-operative treatments for orthopaedic issues and sports medicine
• All general musculoskeletal issues as well as injuries specific to athletes of all types
• Special interests in MSK ultrasound; platelet rich plasma; endurance athletes
• Chronic tendinopathy

• PRP
• Cytokines
• Tendinopathy
• Non-operative management of MSK injuries

• 2006- present Consultant; Assistant to Chief of Medical Affairs in ongoing medical issues and on-site medical assistance; NBA
• 2011- present Professor of Orthopaedics, UNC School of Medicine
• 2015- present Division Chief of Primary Care and Interventional Sports Medicine
• 2020- present Vice Chair of Clinical Operations

• Fellow Royal College of Surgeons Ireland, 2018
• Best Doctors in America recipient, 2018
• FALD Leadership Course Attendant UNC, 2017
• Best Doctors in America recipient, 2017
• Accepted into UNC Faculty Leadership Course Taught by Dr. Haupt and Eringhaus, 2017
• Carolina Cares Excellence Leader, 2015
• Best Overall Research Award. AMSSM national conference, Las Vegas, NV, 2007
• NCAA Best Research Poster Award. AMSSM national conference, Santa Fe, NM, 2006
• Harry Galanty Young Investigator Award. AMSSM national conference, Austin, TX, 2005

• Fibrin glue as a non-invasive outpatient treatment for post-arthroscopic knee seromas. Berkoff DJ, Kanaan M, Kamath G. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2013 Apr 12.
• Boggess BR, Berkoff, DJ. Dorsal Wrist Mass: The Carpal Boss. BMJ Case Reports 2011; doi:10.1136/bcr.01.2011.369
• Berkoff, DJ, Boggess BR. Carpal contusions in an elite platform diver. BMJ Case Reports 2011; doi:10.1136/bcr.01.2011.3691
• Sanchez L, Pereira J, Berkoff DJ . The evaluation of cardiac complaints in the marathon runner. Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2009 May;36(4)396-76.
• Berkoff, DJ et al Heart Rate Variability in Elite American Track and Field Athletes. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 2007 Feb;21(1):227-31.
• Sanchez L, Corwell, Berkoff DJ. Ischemic colitis in marathon runners: a case-based review. J Emerg Med. 2006 Apr;30(3):321-6.
• Sanchez l, Berkoff DJ. Medical Problems of Marathon Runners. American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2006 Sep;24(5):608-15.
• Berkoff, DJ Sanchez L Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma: An uncommon presentation of a common problem. JEM, June 2005
• Berkoff, DJ, Bytomski J, Toth A. Intramuscular Pectoralis Major Tear in a Lacrosse Player Performing The Bench Press; a Case Report In Press Journal of Athletic Training News

David Berkoff, MD

General

Pediatric