Robert L. Berkowitz MD, Cardiologist
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Robert L. Berkowitz MD

Cardiologist | Interventional Cardiology

5/5(20)
20 Prospect Avenue Suite 200 Hackensack New Jersey, 7601
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About

Robert Berkowitz, MD, PhD, FACC, is the Chief of Hackensack University Medical Center's Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program. He received his MD from the prestigious Yale University Medical School and his PhD in cellular-molecular biology from the University of California. Dr. Berkowitz has been instrumental in the development of treatment for advanced heart failure, and is on the scientific advisory board of ADHERE, a national heart failure registry. Berkowitz's extensive research and clinical achievements have made him the recipient of the award for 'Physician Research Achievement' from the Home Health Assembly of New Jersey. Dr. Berkowitz' Heart Failure and Pulmonary Hypertension Program was also the recipient of the Robert Wood Johnson Pursuing Perfection grant.

Education and Training

Yale University Medical School

Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1984

Yale School of Medicine 1984

Board Certification

Internal Medicine

Cardiovascular Disease

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM

Provider Details

MaleEnglish 40 years of experience

Awards

  • Robert Wood Johnson Pursuing Perfection Grant   
  • 'Physician Research Achievement Award,' The Home Health Assembly of New Jersey   

Treatments

  • Heart Disease
  • Heart Failure
  • Cardiomyopathy
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Coronary Artery Disease (cad)

Internships

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Fellowships

  • Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center

Articles and Publications

  • Robert L. Berkowitz, MD, has published multiple articles concerned with both systolic and diastolic heart failure.

Hobbies / Sports

  • Health, Fitness, and Basketball

Robert L. Berkowitz MD's Practice location

20 Prospect Avenue Suite 200 -
Hackensack, New Jersey 7601
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