# Brian Berman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Berman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Brian_Berman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Berman > Source revision: 1345405429 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American acupuncture researcher}} {{Infobox person | name = Brian Berman | image = | caption = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | education = [Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_in_Ireland)
[University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) | occupation = Professor at the [University of Maryland School of Medicine](/source/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Medicine) }} '''Brian M. Berman''' is a tenured professor of family medicine at the [University of Maryland School of Medicine](/source/University_of_Maryland_School_of_Medicine). ==Education== Berman received his medical degree from the [Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland](/source/Royal_College_of_Surgeons_in_Ireland). He completed his residencies at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and at the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles).{{cite web | url=http://findadoctor.umm.edu/Details/24026 | title=Brian M. Berman, MD | work=University of Maryland | accessdate=5 January 2015}} ==Career== Berman was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991. He was appointed an associate professor there in 1997 and a full professor in 2000, and was awarded tenure in 2003. He also founded the University of Maryland's Center for Integrative Medicine in 1991,{{cite web | url=http://www.cleveland.edu/hit/janfeb-2013-vol-6-no-1/integrative-medicine-research-interview-brian-berman-md/ | title=Interview with Brian Berman, MD | work=Cleveland Chiropractic College | date=January 2013 | accessdate=5 January 2015 | author=Redwood, Daniel | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20150106050807/http://www.cleveland.edu/hit/janfeb-2013-vol-6-no-1/integrative-medicine-research-interview-brian-berman-md/ | archivedate=6 January 2015 }} where he is professor emeritus now.{{cite web | url=https://tiih.org/who/people/staff/brian-berman/ | title=Brian Berman, MD | work=Institute for Integrative Health | accessdate=25 October 2021 }} He founded the Institute for Integrative Health in 2007, now known as Nova Institute for Health. ==Research== Berman is known for his research into [acupuncture](/source/acupuncture).{{cite web | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/acupuncture-helps-ease-arthritis/ | title=Acupuncture Helps Ease Arthritis | work=CBS News | date=20 December 2004 | accessdate=5 January 2015}}{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A52592-2000Dec26_2.html | title=Study Aims to Pinpoint How Acupuncture Works | newspaper=Washington Post | date=27 December 2000 | accessdate=5 January 2015 | author=Okie, Susan}}{{cite web | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-apr-04-he-acupuncture4-story.html | title=Acupuncture gains respect | work=Los Angeles Times | date=4 April 2005 | access-date=5 January 2015 | author=Foreman, Judy}} In 2010, Berman published a paper in the ''[New England Journal of Medicine](/source/New_England_Journal_of_Medicine)'' which recommended the use of acupuncture for lower back pain.{{cite journal|last1=Berman|first1=Brian M.|last2=Langevin|first2=Helene M.|last3=Witt|first3=Claudia M.|last4=Dubner|first4=Ronald|title=Acupuncture for Chronic Low Back Pain|journal=New England Journal of Medicine|date=29 July 2010|volume=363|issue=5|pages=454–461|doi=10.1056/NEJMct0806114|pmid=20818865}} The article was criticized by [Steven Salzberg](/source/Steven_Salzberg) in ''[Forbes](/source/Forbes)''.{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sciencebiz/2010/08/25/acupuncture-infiltrates-the-university-of-maryland-and-nejm/ | title=Acupuncture Infiltrates the University of Maryland and NEJM | work=Forbes | date=25 August 2010 | accessdate=18 February 2015 | author=Salzberg, Steven}} ==Awards and honors== Berman was named a "top doctor" in a 2013 survey of peers published in ''[Baltimore](/source/Baltimore_(magazine))'',{{cite web | url=http://www.baltimoremagazine.net/2013/12/top-doctors-2013-elective-cosmetic-specialties | title=Elective/Cosmetic Specialties | work=Baltimore Magazine | date=November 2013 | accessdate=10 January 2015}} and the Center for Integrative Medicine was named a Research Center for Excellence by the [National Institutes of Health](/source/National_Institutes_of_Health) under Berman's direction.{{cite web | url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/07/the-triumph-of-new-age-medicine/308554/ | title=The Triumph of New-Age Medicine | work=The Atlantic | date=7 June 2011 | accessdate=10 January 2015 | author=Freedman, David H.}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Berman, Brian M.}} Category:University of Maryland, Baltimore faculty Category:American primary care physicians Category:University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty Category:Living people Category:Medical doctors from Baltimore Category:Alumni of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Category:Alternative medicine researchers Category:Acupuncturists Category:Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-physician-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Brian Berman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Berman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Berman?action=history)). 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