Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Robert A Berg, M.D.

Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Contact information

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
Division of Critical Care
34th Street & Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399

Office: 267-426-3014
Fax: 215-590-4327

Email:
bergra@email.chop.edu

Education:
B.S. (Literature, Science, and Arts)
University of Michigan, 1971.
M.D. (Medicine)
University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 1975.

Post-Graduate Training
Intern in Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA , 1975-1976.
Resident in Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1976-1977.
Chief Resident in Pediatrics, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, 1977-1978.
Fellow in Pediatric Critical Care (4 months), Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 1985-1986.

Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (no need for recertification), 1979.
American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Critical Care Medicine (recertification 1995, 2003, 2009, 2013), 1987.
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), 2013.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), 2014.
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), 2016.

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Selected Publications

Topjian AA, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM: Advances in recognition, resuscitation, and stabilization of the critically ill child. Pediatric Clinics of North America 60(3): 605-20, June 2013.

Sutton RM, Fries SH, Bhalala UP, Maltese MR, Naim MY, Bratinov G, Noles DE, Nadkarni VM, Becker LB, Berg RA: Hemodynamic directed CPR improves short-term survival from asphyxia-associated cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 84(5): 696-701, May 2013.

Kurosawa H, Ikeyama T, Achuff P, Perkel M, Watson C, Monachino AM, Remy D, Anderson J, Deutsch E, Buchanan N, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A: Reliability and validity of scoring tools for skill and behavioral performance during pediatric advanced life support simulation scenarios. ** April 2013 Notes: Roundtable Discussion at 5th International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops in New York City, NY, April 2013.

Panchal AR, Bobrow BJ, Spaite DW, Berg RA, Stolz U, Vadebonecoeur TF, Sanders AB, Kern KB, Ewy GA: Chest compression-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation performed by lay rescuers for adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to non-cardiac aetiologies. Resuscitation 84(4): 435-439, April 2013.

Bhalala US, Bonafide CP, Coletti CM, Rathmanner PE, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Witzke AK, Kasprzak MS, Zubrow MT: Correlations between first documented cardiac rhythms and preceding telemetry in patients with code blue events. Journal of Hospital Medicine 8(4): 225-228, April 2013.

Berg RA, Bobrow BJ: Cardiac resuscitation: Is an advanced airway harmful during out-of-hospital CPR? Nat Rev Cardiology 10(4): 188-189, April 2013.

Sasson C, Meischke H, Abella BS, Berg RA, Bobrow BJ, Chan PS, Root ED, Heisler M, Levy JH, Link M, Masoudi F, Ong M, Sayre MR, Rumsfeld JS, Rea TD; on behalf of the American Heart Association Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research, Emergency Cardiovascular Care Committee, Council on Cardiopulmonary, Critical Care, Perioperative and Resuscitation, Council on Clinical Cardiology, and Council: Increasing cardiopulmonary resuscitation provision in communities with low bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation rates: A Science Advisory From the American Heart Association for Healthcare Providers, Policymakers, Public Health Departments, and Community Leaders. Circulation 127(12): 1342-1350, March 2013.

Nadkarni VM, Donoghue A, Berg RA: Bystander CPR: A Chance to Save a Life. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 14(2): 223-224, February 2013 Notes: Editorial.

Sutton RM, French B, Nishisaki A, Niles DE, Maltese MR, Boyle L, Stavland M, Eilevstjonn J, Arbogast KB, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM: American Heart Association cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality targets are associated with improved arterial blood pressure during pediatric cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 84(2): 168-172, February 2013.

Kilbaugh TJ, Diaz-Rodriguez N, Friess SH, Berg RA, Huh JW, Abend N, Topjian AA: Continuous electroencephalographic monitoring during extracorporeal life support in neonates and children. * February 2013 Notes: Poster Presentation at the 29th Annual ECMO Symposium, February 24-28, 2013, Keystone, CO.