Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Chief of the Multiple Sclerosis Division
- Emeritus Professor CE of Neurology
My education and training
- Medical School: Thomas Jefferson University
- Residency: MedStar Georgetown University Hospital
- Residency: Jackson Health System - Jackson Memorial
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Neurology, 1983
- Internal Medicine, 1977
- Adcetris Millenium Pharmaceutical Inc., University of Pennsylvania, National
- Alpha Omega Alpha, National
- American Academy of Neurology, National
- Bayer/Schering/Berlex, Multiple Sclerosis, National
- Columbian Neurological Association, Honorary Member, National
- International Society of NeuroVirology, International
- PML Adjudication Committee for AMG181, Amgen, National
- PML Adjudication Committee for Vedolizumab, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia Magazine's Top Docs issue from 2020 through 2023
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Berger JR Functional improvement and symptom management in multiple sclerosis: clinical efficacy of current therapies. , Amer J Managed Care, 17: 2011,S146-S153
Berger JR, Pocoski J, Preblick R, Boklage S Fatigue heralding multiple sclerosis. , Mult Scler., 11: 2013,1526-1532
Berger JR, Aksamit AAJ, Clifford DB, Davis L, Koralnik IJ, Sejvar JJ, Bartt R, Major EO, Nath A PML diagnostic criteria: Consensus statement from the AAN neuroinfectious disease section. , Neurology, 80(15): 2013,1430-1438
Berger Joseph R, Houff Sidney A, Gurwell Julie, Vega Nubia, Miller Craig S, Danaher Robert J JC virus antibody status underestimates infection rates. , Annals of neurology, 74(1): 2013,84-90
Berger JR, Khalili K The pathogenesis of progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. , Discovery Medicine, 12: 2011,495-507
Patterson D, Vilensky JA, Robertson WM, Berger JR Treatment and diagnostic accuracy of neurosyphilis at Boston City Hospital‟s neurological unit, 1930-1979. , J Neurol Sci, 314: 2012,1-4.
Nath Avindra, Berger Joseph R Complications of immunosuppressive/immunomodulatory therapy in neurological diseases. , Current treatment options in neurology, 14(3): 2012,241-55
Hack N, Jicha GA, Abel A, Dean D, Vitek JL, Berger JR Substantia nigra depigmentation, Parkinsonism and birth cohort: remote effect of encephalitis lethargic? , Ann Neurol, 72(6): 2012,912-917
Berger JR, Nath A Neurologic Complications of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. (Chapt 402) , Goldman‟s Textbook of Internal Medicine, 24th Edition. Elsevier Saunders, Philadelphia, PA.: 2012,2218-2222
Berger JR, Choi D, Kaminski HJ, Gordon MF, Hurko O, D’Cruz ON, Pleasure S, Feldman E The importance and hurdles to drug discovery for neurological disease. , Ann Neurol , 74(3): 2013,441-446