Richard Alan Berkman

Richard Alan Berkman, M.D. is a doctor specialising in Neurological Surgery. He resides at Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his Undergraduation with B.A. in Biology - Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts during 1979-1983. He completed his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine, New York during 1983-1987. He completed his Internship in general Surgery during 1987-1988 and Residency in Neurological Surgery during 1988-1993 from Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee. He completed his Medical Staff Fellowship in Surgical Neurology from Branch National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Massachusetts during 1990-1992 and Spine Fellowship from Department of Neurosurgery, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia in 1994. He was certified in Neurological Surgery by the American Board of Neurological Surgery in 1998. He is associated with the Research Society of Neurological Surgeons. He has been appointed as Provisional Staff at St. Thomas Hospital, , Nashville, Tennessee since 1994. He has been an Assistant Professor at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee during 1994-1997. Dr. Berkman rejoined as a surgical faculty in the Vanderbilt Department of Neurological Surgery on March 1, 2016.He has also served as Chief of Neurosurgery at TriStar Centennial Medical Center during 2014 - 2015. Dr. Berkman’s clinical interests are in all aspects of spinal surgery, with an emphasis on complex spinal reconstruction.