BORN:
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital, 3245 E. Jefferson Detroit, MI
June 22, 1933
Father - Sydney S. Berke, M.D., FIAP, FICS, Physician & Surgeon
Mother - Dorothy E. Berke, B.A., Schoolteacher
OFFICE ADDRESS:
3333 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48207
RESIDENCE:
8900 E. Jefferson, Detroit, MI 48214
LICENSURE:
Michigan 1959 #23202
California 1960 #C21414
Minnesota State Board of Examiners 1959 #15,078
Montana State Board of Medicine 1976 #3943
National Board of Medical Examiners (Diplomat) 1960
Member State Board of Registration Medicine 1972-75 in Michigan 1959
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Neurological Surgery 1967
American Board of Nuclear Medicine 1974
HONORS & ACHIEVEMENTS
Detroit University School Magna Cum Laude, Valedictorian Class 1950
University of Michigan Bachelor Science in Zoology and History 1953
University of Michigan Master Science in Anatomy 1956
University of Michigan Merwin Gelston Fellowship-Anatomy 1957-58
University of Michigan Medical Doctorate 1957
University of Michigan Ph.D. in Neuroanatomy 1955-58
FICA
FACS
Rotary International-Paul Harris Fellowship
President, Anatomic Testing Services, Inc.
President, Jefferson Rehabilitation Center, Inc.
President, Berke Clinic, P.C.
President, Detroit Neurosurgical Foundation
Childrens Museum Friends-Board of Trustees
Boys & Girls Club of S.E. Michigan-Board of Directors
Boys & Girls Club of S.E. Michigan-Service Key Award
Executive Council of North Detroit General Hospital
Rotary International-Detroit Chapter Chairman Childrens Health
Certificate of Tribute State of Michigan Medical Practice Board
Fellowship American College of Surgeons
Charter Member American College of Nuclear Medicine
Certificate of Appreciation President of United States of American Selective Service System
STUDIES
Detroit University School
  Cook Road, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
University of Michigan 1950-1953
  College Literature, Science & Arts-Major Zoology
  Second Major History (Bachelor Science Degree)1953
University of Michigan-College of Medicine and Surgery 1953-1957
  Medical School-M.D.1957
University of Michigan-Horace Rackham Graduate School of Studies
  Dept. Anatomy -Dr. Russell Woodburne
  M.S. in Anatomy 1956
University of Michigan1953-1958
  Dept. Neuroanatomy-Dr. Elizabeth Crosby
  Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroanatomy 1958
Philadelphia General Hospital
  General Rotating Internship 1958-1959
University of Minnesota Graduate School
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
  Residency Neurological Surgery 1959-1964
State of Michigan-Board of Registration in Medicine
  License in Michigan 1959
University of Hawaii School of Medicine
  Diving Medicine Certificate
MEMBERSHIPS

American Electroencephalographic Society
Diplomat Member Pan American Medical Association
American Board of Neurological Surgery-Board Certification
State of Michigan-Board of Registration in Medicine
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Certification by
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Pathology
American Board of Radiology
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Detroit Surgical Society
American College of Nuclear Medicine-Charter Member
Fellowship American College of Surgery
Boys & Girls Club of Michigan
Detroit Rotary Club
Greater Detroit Chamber of Commerce
Childrens Museum Friends
Friends of Belle Isle
Wayne County Medical Society-Delegate
Michigan State Medical Society
American Medical Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
MDPAC-Medical Doctors Political Action Committee
Neurovascular Society-Founding Member
Radiological Society of North America
American College of Nuclear Physicians
Society of American Inventors
International College of Surgeons
American College of Surgeons
Pan American Medical Association
MSMS-Advisory Committee on Medical Economics

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
Conference on Medical Legal Issues
Atherosclerosis Beyond Cholesterol Conference
International College of Surgeons Annual Meetings
Advances in Internal Medicine Conference
Society of Nuclear Medicine
Risk Management Annual Conferences
American Epilepsy Society Seminar
Wayne State University School of Medicine Conference
American Association of Neurologic Surgeons Annual Meetings
Association of Operating Room Nurses
Epilepsy: Current Therapy and Considerations
Wayne County Medical Society-Delegates & Annual Meetings
American College of Surgeons Meetings
Endoscopic Surgery Conference
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Michigan State Medical Society Conventions
Medical Licensing Boards Annual Conference
American College of Nuclear Medicine Annual Meeting
Radiological Society of North American Meetings
World Congress of the International College of Surgeons Meeting
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS, BOOKS, EXHIBITS

1. The Claustrum External and Extreme Capsules of Macaca
Mulatta, JOURNAL COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, Volume 115, 1969; pp. 297-331.

2. Colloid Cysts of the Brain, MINNESOTA MEDICINE, September 1963; pp. 865-869 (with Dr. G.S. Baker).

3. Lecture at National Society of Abdominal Surgery, excerpts published in WORLD MEDICAL NEWS, Miami, 1979.

4. Lectures at International College of Surgeons, California 1978; Detroit 1979; Miami 1979.

5. Rotary powered Scalpel-Experimental Use of Preliminary Observations, SWISS MED, 1985.

6. Histopathologic Evaluation Following Chronic Implantation of Chromium &Steel Based Metal Alloys, 1986.

7. TPS Tissue Pneumatic Separator, MEDICAL ELECTRONICS, September 1988, pp. 86-87 (with G.H. Muller).

8. Guidelines for the Nursing and Medical Staff Care of Neurosurgical Patients, Detroit Neurosurgical Foundation, first edition, 1972; second edition, 1976.

9. Progress in Surgical Instruments Exhibit, INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM OF SURGEON SCIENCES AND HALL OF FAME, Chicago.

PUBLISHED BOOKS, HISTORICAL REVIEWS ETC.

1. The Bonus Is Yours, Harlo Press, 1983

2. Looking for a Better Way, Harlo Press, 1982

3. Jumping Rainbow Ranch, 2 Volumes, 1976

4. History of Friends of Belle Isle, 1993

5. Detroit Neurosurgical Foundation Scrapbook, 1989, 1994

6. The Best of Arthur Lipsitt, 1996

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS PAST AND PRESENT
Oakland General Hospital
North Detroit General Hospital
Evangelical Deaconess Hospital
Brent Hospital
Holy Cross Hospital
Saratoga Hospital
Doctors Hospital
Lakeside General Hospital
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Jennings Hospital
SOCIETIES
Society of Nuclear Medicine
American College of Nuclear Physicians
American Medical Association
Wayne County Medical Society
Radiological Society of North America
Michigan State Medicine Society
American EEG Society
American College of Surgeons
International College of Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
Society of American Inventors
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Detroit Rotary-Children's Health Chairman
Rotary International
Childrens Museum Friends
Friends of Belle Isle
HOBBIES
Canoeing
Philately
Deltiology
History of Medicine
Detroit History
Belle Isle History
Web Surfing
Inventing
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