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Michel J. Berg, M.D.

Michel J. Berg, M.D.

Neurology

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Locations

Epilepsy Center - Rochester

Strong Memorial Hospital
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 673
Rochester, NY 14642

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About Me

Dr. Michel J. Berg joined the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry faculty in 1992 and is currently Professor of Neurology. Dr. Berg is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the subspecialty Boards of Clinical Neurophysiology and of Epilepsy, and the Americ...
Dr. Michel J. Berg joined the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry faculty in 1992 and is currently Professor of Neurology. Dr. Berg is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, the subspecialty Boards of Clinical Neurophysiology and of Epilepsy, and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN) and the American Epilepsy Society (FAES). He has been the Director and Chief of the University of Rochester Epilepsy Center from 2016 to 2023.

Certified Specialties

Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Neurology - American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology

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Strong Epilepsy Center

Credentials

Residency & Fellowship

Fellowship, Epilepsy, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1990 - 1992

Residency, Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center. 1987 - 1990

Internship, Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate University Hospital. 1984 - 1987

Residency, Internal Medicine, SUNY Upstate University Hospital. 1984 - 1987

Awards

Epilepsy Pralid Frederick Wagner Lifetime Service Award. 2020

Fellow American Academy of Neurology. 2009

Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 2008-2009. 2009

American Academy of Neurology 2002 Teacher Recognition Certificate. 2002

Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 1999-2000. 2000

Volunteer of the Year, Epilepsy Foundation of the Rochester and Syracuse Regions - 1999. 1999

Neurology Faculty Teaching Award 1993-1994. 1994

Honors in Physics, Thomas Senior Scholarship, Cum Laude. 1980

Raymond Hughes Physics Scholarship. 1978

Sigma Pi Sigma, Lambda Delta, Phi Kappa Phi. 1978

Research

Dr. Berg has been involved in research projects on enhancing medication adherence with smart medication dispensers, establishing the equivalence of generic anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs), automating MRI analysis, seizure prediction from EEG, and the genetics of abnormalities of brain development with a ...
Dr. Berg has been involved in research projects on enhancing medication adherence with smart medication dispensers, establishing the equivalence of generic anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs), automating MRI analysis, seizure prediction from EEG, and the genetics of abnormalities of brain development with a focus on cerebral cavernous malformations. He co-authored the text, 100 Maxims in Clinical Neuroradiology, and has authored and co-authored numerous scientific articles in the above fields.

Patents

System and Method for Interactive Items Dispenser

Issue date: March 10, 2009

Items Dispenser

Issue date: September 08, 2009

Systems and Method for Interactive Items Dispenser

Issue date: November 15, 2011

Dispensing/Restocking Component for Automated Small Item Dispensers

Issue date: October 04, 2011

Publications

Journal Articles

Lack of Continuous Video EEG Surveillance Results in Delayed Event Reporting.

Selioutski O, Auinger P, Berg M, Cranmer R, Birbeck GL, Herman ST

The Neurodiagnostic journal.. 2024 September 64 (3):122-129. Epub 07/16/2024.

Coffee and cigarette smoking interactions with lamotrigine.

Welty TE, Gidal BE, Duan J, Privitera MD, Berg MJ, Krebill R, Szaflarski J, Diaz FJ

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B.. 2021 March 116 :107741. Epub 01/22/2021.

Nine-year prospective efficacy and safety of brain-responsive neurostimulation for focal epilepsy.

Nair DR, Laxer KD, Weber PB, Murro AM, Park YD, Barkley GL, Smith BJ, Gwinn RP, Doherty MJ, Noe KH, Zimmerman RS, Bergey GK, Anderson WS, Heck C, Liu CY, Lee RW, Sadler T, Duckrow RB, Hirsch LJ, Wharen RE, Tatum W, Srinivasan S, McKhann GM, Agostini MA, Alexopoulos AV, Jobst BC, Roberts DW, Salanova V, Witt TC, Cash SS, Cole AJ, Worrell GA, Lundstrom BN, Edwards JC, Halford JJ, Spencer DC, Ernst L, Skidmore CT, Sperling MR, Miller I, Geller EB, Berg MJ, Fessler AJ, Rutecki P, Goldman AM, Mizrahi EM, Gross RE, Shields DC, Schwartz TH, Labar DR, Fountain NB, Elias WJ, Olejniczak PW, Villemarette-Pittman NR, Eisenschenk S, Roper SN, Boggs JG, Courtney TA, Sun FT, Seale CG, Miller KL, Skarpaas TL, Morrell MJ

Neurology.. 2020 September 195 (9):e1244-e1256. Epub 07/20/2020.

Computerized seizure detection on ambulatory EEG: Finding the needles in the haystack.

Juhász C, Berg M

Neurology.. 2019 April 292 (14):641-642. Epub 03/06/2019.

Comment: Ghrelin and des-acyl ghrelin: Do they predict success of AED treatment?

Tollefson TJ, Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2018 July 391 (1):29. Epub 05/25/2018.

Letter re: Clinical Reasoning: A young woman with respiratory failure, hearing loss, and paraplegia.

Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2017 August 2989 (9):978. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bioequivalence Between Generic and Branded Lamotrigine in People With Epilepsy: The EQUIGEN Randomized Clinical Trial.

Berg M, Welty TE, Gidal BE, Diaz FJ, Krebill R, Szaflarski JP, Dworetzky BA, Pollard JR, Elder EJ, Jiang W, Jiang X, Switzer RD, Privitera MD

JAMA neurology.. 2017 August 174 (8):919-926. Epub 1900 01 01.

Brain-responsive neurostimulation in patients with medically intractable seizures arising from eloquent and other neocortical areas.

Jobst BC, Kapur R, Barkley GL, Bazil CW, Berg MJ, Bergey GK, Boggs JG, Cash SS, Cole AJ, Duchowny MS, Duckrow RB, Edwards JC, Eisenschenk S, Fessler AJ, Fountain NB, Geller EB, Goldman AM, Goodman RR, Gross RE, Gwinn RP, Heck C, Herekar AA, Hirsch LJ, King-Stephens D, Labar DR, Marsh WR, Meador KJ, Miller I, Mizrahi EM, Murro AM, Nair DR, Noe KH, Olejniczak PW, Park YD, Rutecki P, Salanova V, Sheth RD, Skidmore C, Smith MC, Spencer DC, Srinivasan S, Tatum W, Van Ness P, Vossler DG, Wharen RE, Worrell GA, Yoshor D, Zimmerman RS, Skarpaas TL, Morrell MJ

Epilepsia.. 2017 June 58 (6):1005-1014. Epub 04/07/2017.

Qualitative analysis of double inversion recovery MRI in drug-resistant epilepsy.

Wychowski T, Hussain A, Tivarus ME, Birbeck GL, Berg MJ, Potchen M

Epilepsy research.. 2016 November 127 :195-199. Epub 09/03/2016.

The place of generic modified-release formulations for epilepsy: Slow and steady.

French JA, Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2016 April 2686 (17):1572-3. Epub 03/25/2016.

Generic-to-generic lamotrigine switches in people with epilepsy: the randomised controlled EQUIGEN trial.

Privitera MD, Welty TE, Gidal BE, Diaz FJ, Krebill R, Szaflarski JP, Dworetzky BA, Pollard JR, Elder EJ, Jiang W, Jiang X, Berg M

The Lancet. Neurology.. 2016 April 15 (4):365-72. Epub 02/12/2016.

Lateralization of mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with chronic ambulatory electrocorticography.

King-Stephens D, Mirro E, Weber PB, Laxer KD, Van Ness PC, Salanova V, Spencer DC, Heck CN, Goldman A, Jobst B, Shields DC, Bergey GK, Eisenschenk S, Worrell GA, Rossi MA, Gross RE, Cole AJ, Sperling MR, Nair DR, Gwinn RP, Park YD, Rutecki PA, Fountain NB, Wharen RE, Hirsch LJ, Miller IO, Barkley GL, Edwards JC, Geller EB, Berg MJ, Sadler TL, Sun FT, Morrell MJ

Epilepsia.. 2015 June 56 (6):959-67. Epub 05/19/2015.

Long-term treatment with responsive brain stimulation in adults with refractory partial seizures.

Bergey GK, Morrell MJ, Mizrahi EM, Goldman A, King-Stephens D, Nair D, Srinivasan S, Jobst B, Gross RE, Shields DC, Barkley G, Salanova V, Olejniczak P, Cole A, Cash SS, Noe K, Wharen R, Worrell G, Murro AM, Edwards J, Duchowny M, Spencer D, Smith M, Geller E, Gwinn R, Skidmore C, Eisenschenk S, Berg M, Heck C, Van Ness P, Fountain N, Rutecki P, Massey A, O'Donovan C, Labar D, Duckrow RB, Hirsch LJ, Courtney T, Sun FT, Seale CG

Neurology.. 2015 February 2484 (8):810-7. Epub 01/23/2015.

Lesions from patients with sporadic cerebral cavernous malformations harbor somatic mutations in the CCM genes: evidence for a common biochemical pathway for CCM pathogenesis.

McDonald DA, Shi C, Shenkar R, Gallione CJ, Akers AL, Li S, de Castro N, Berg MJ, Corcoran DL, Awad IA, Marchuk DA

Human molecular genetics.. 2014 August 1523 (16):4357-70. Epub 04/03/2014.

How Do Clinicians Adjust Lamotrigine Doses and Use Lamotrigine Blood Levels?-A Q-PULSE Survey.

Privitera M, Welty T, Gidal B, Carlson C, Pollard J, Berg M

Epilepsy currents. 2014 July 14 (4):218-23. Epub 1900 01 01.

Random-effects linear modeling and sample size tables for two special crossover designs of average bioequivalence studies: the four-period, two-sequence, two-formulation and six-period, three-sequence, three-formulation designs.

Diaz FJ, Berg MJ, Krebill R, Welty T, Gidal BE, Alloway R, Privitera M

Clinical pharmacokinetics.. 2013 December 52 (12):1033-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Benign MRI findings and their pathologic mimics.

Meyers CW, Berg MJ

Neurology. Clinical practice.. 2013 April 3 (2):155-160. Epub 1900 01 01.

SWAN MRI revealing multiple microhemorrhages secondary to septic emboli from mucormycosis.

Scully MA, Yeaney GA, Compton ML, Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2012 October 3079 (18):1932-3. Epub 1900 01 01.

Childhood febrile status epilepticus: chicken or egg? Does it matter?

Berg MJ, Abou-Khalil B

Neurology.. 2012 August 2879 (9):840-1. Epub 07/25/2012.

Early Surgical Therapy fo Drug-Resistant Temporla Lobe Epilepsy - A Raondomized Trial

Engel J.; McDermott MP.; Wiebe S.; for the Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial (ERSET) Study Group.

JAMA. 2012; 307(9): 922-930.

Responsive cortical stimulation for the treatment of medically intractable partial epilepsy.

Morrell MJ; On behalf of the RNS System in Epilepsy Study Group.

Neurology. 2011; 77: 1295-1304.

IGF-1 partially restores chemotherapy-induced reductions in neural cell proliferation in adult C57BL/6 mice.

Janelsins MC, Roscoe JA, Berg MJ, Thompson BD, Gallagher MJ, Morrow GR, Heckler CE, Jean-Pierre P, Opanashuk LA, Gross RA

Cancer investigation.. 2010 June 28 (5):544-53. Epub 1900 01 01.

Recent insights into cerebral cavernous malformations: animal models of CCM and the human phenotype.

Chan AC, Li DY, Berg MJ, Whitehead KJ

The FEBS journal.. 2010 March 277 (5):1076-83. Epub 01/22/2010.

Recent insights into cerebral cavernous malformations: animal models of CCM and the human phenotype.

Chan, AC; Li, DY; Berg, MJ; Whitehead, KJ.

FEBS Journal. 2010; 277(5): 1076-1083.

Design considerations for a multicenter randomized controlled trial of early surgery for mesial temporal lobe epilepsy.

Engel J Jr, McDermott MP, Wiebe S, Langfitt JT, Erba G, Gardiner I, Stern J, Dewar S, Sperling MR, Jacobs M, Kieburtz K; Early Randomized Surgical Epilepsy Trial (ERSET) Study Group.

Epilepsia. 2010; 51(10): 1978-86.

Clinical reasoning: cerebral cavernous malformations.

Chahine LM, Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2009 September 173 (9):e44-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Hemorrhage from cavernous malformations of the brain: definition and reporting standards. Angioma Alliance Scientific Advisory Board.

Al-Shahi Salman R, Berg MJ, Morrison L, Awad IA,

Stroke.. 2008 December 39 (12):3222-30. Epub 10/30/2008.

Generic substitution in the treatment of epilepsy: patient and physician perceptions.

Berg MJ, Gross RA, Haskins LS, Zingaro WM, Tomaszewski KJ

Epilepsy & behavior : E&B.. 2008 November 13 (4):693-9. Epub 09/10/2008.

Hemorrhage From Cavernous Malformations of the Brain: Definition and Reporting Standards.

Al-Shahi Salman, R; Berg, MJ; Morrison, L; Awad, IA.

Stroke 2008;39(12):3222-30. 2008; .

Generic Substitution in the Treatment of Epilepsy - Case Evidence of Breakthrough Seizures.

Berg, MJ; Gross, RA; Tomaszewski, KJ; Zingaro, WM; Haskins, LS.

Neurology 2008;71(7):525-530. 2008; .

Generic Substitution in the Treatment of Epilepsy: Patient and Physician Perceptions

Berg, MJ; Gross, RA; Zingaro, WM; Tomaszewski, KJ; Haskins, LS.

Epilepsy & Behavior 2008;13(4):693-9. 2008; .

What's the problem with generic antiepileptic drugs?: a call to action.

Berg MJ

Neurology.. 2007 April 1768 (16):1245-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Deletions in CCM2 are a common cause of cerebral cavernous malformations.

Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Squitieri F, Leedom TP, Ptacek L, Johnson EW, Marchuk DA

American journal of human genetics.. 2007 January 80 (1):69-75. Epub 11/14/2006.

Low frequency of PDCD10 mutations in a panel of CCM3 probands: potential for a fourth CCM locus.

Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Squitieri F, Ottenbacher M, Sorlie M, Leedom TP, Cannella M, Maglione V, Ptacek L, Johnson EW, Marchuk DA

Human mutation.. 2006 January 27 (1):118. Epub 1900 01 01.

Extreme spindles: a distinctive EEG pattern in Mycoplasma pneumoniae encephalitis.

Heatwole CR, Berg MJ, Henry JC, Hallman JL

Neurology.. 2005 March 2264 (6):1096-7. Epub 1900 01 01.

Preserved episodic memory in subcortical band heterotopia.

Janzen L, Sherman E, Langfitt J, Berg M, Connolly M

Epilepsia.. 2004 May 45 (5):555-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Mutations in a gene encoding a novel protein containing a phosphotyrosine-binding domain cause type 2 cerebral cavernous malformations.

Liquori CL, Berg MJ, Siegel AM, Huang E, Zawistowski JS, Stoffer T, Verlaan D, Balogun F, Hughes L, Leedom TP, Plummer NW, Cannella M, Maglione V, Squitieri F, Johnson EW, Rouleau GA, Ptacek L, Marchuk DA

American journal of human genetics.. 2003 December 73 (6):1459-64. Epub 11/17/2003.

Mutational analysis of 206 families with cavernous malformations.

Laurans MS, DiLuna ML, Shin D, Niazi F, Voorhees JR, Nelson-Williams C, Johnson EW, Siegel AM, Steinberg GK, Berg MJ, Scott RM, Tedeschi G, Enevoldson TP, Anson J, Rouleau GA, Ogilvy C, Awad IA, Lifton RP, Gunel M

Journal of neurosurgery.. 2003 July 99 (1):38-43. Epub 1900 01 01.

Predicting verbal memory decline following anterior temporal lobectomy (ATL).

Stroup E, Langfitt J, Berg M, McDermott M, Pilcher W, Como P

Neurology.. 2003 April 2260 (8):1266-73. Epub 1900 01 01.

Cerebellar ataxia and coenzyme Q10 deficiency.

Lamperti C, Naini A, Hirano M, De Vivo DC, Bertini E, Servidei S, Valeriani M, Lynch D, Banwell B, Berg M, Dubrovsky T, Chiriboga C, Angelini C, Pegoraro E, DiMauro S

Neurology.. 2003 April 860 (7):1206-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Accuracy and reproducibility of manual and semiautomated quantification of MS lesions by MRI.

Ashton EA, Takahashi C, Berg MJ, Goodman A, Totterman S, Ekholm S

Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI.. 2003 March 17 (3):300-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

Stochastic kinematic modeling and feature extraction for gait analysis.

Dockstader SL, Berg MJ, Tekalp AM

IEEE transactions on image processing : a publication of the IEEE Signal Processing Society.. 2003 12 (8):962-76. Epub 1900 01 01.

Genetic and neuroradiological heterogeneity of double cortex syndrome.

Gleeson JG, Luo RF, Grant PE, Guerrini R, Huttenlocher PR, Berg MJ, Ricci S, Cusmai R, Wheless JW, Berkovic S, Scheffer I, Dobyns WB, Walsh CA

Annals of neurology.. 2000 February 47 (2):265-9. Epub 1900 01 01.

Allergies to multiple antiseizure medications: a relationship to ANA and SSA.

Attarian HP, Berg MJ, McBride MC, Erickson SM, Erba G

Neurology.. 1999 July 2253 (2):434-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Characterization of mutations in the gene doublecortin in patients with double cortex syndrome.

Gleeson JG, Minnerath SR, Fox JW, Allen KM, Luo RF, Hong SE, Berg MJ, Kuzniecky R, Reitnauer PJ, Borgatti R, Mira AP, Guerrini R, Holmes GL, Rooney CM, Berkovic S, Scheffer I, Cooper EC, Ricci S, Cusmai R, Crawford TO, Leroy R, Andermann E, Wheless JW, Dobyns WB, Walsh CA

Annals of neurology.. 1999 February 45 (2):146-53. Epub 1900 01 01.

Image acquisition context: procedure description attributes for clinically relevant indexing and selective retrieval of biomedical images.

Bidgood WD, Bray B, Brown N, Mori AR, Spackman KA, Golichowski A, Jones RH, Korman L, Dove B, Hildebrand L, Berg M

Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA.. 1999 6 (1):61-75. Epub 1900 01 01.

Multilocus linkage identifies two new loci for a mendelian form of stroke, cerebral cavernous malformation, at 7p15-13 and 3q25.2-27.

Craig HD, Günel M, Cepeda O, Johnson EW, Ptacek L, Steinberg GK, Ogilvy CS, Berg MJ, Crawford SC, Scott RM, Steichen-Gersdorf E, Sabroe R, Kennedy CT, Mettler G, Beis MJ, Fryer A, Awad IA, Lifton RP

Human molecular genetics.. 1998 November 7 (12):1851-8. Epub 1900 01 01.

X-linked female band heterotopia-male lissencephaly syndrome.

Berg MJ, Schifitto G, Powers JM, Martinez-Capolino C, Fong CT, Myers GJ, Epstein LG, Walsh CA

Neurology.. 1998 April 50 (4):1143-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Failure of Standard Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients with Regractory Temporal Lobe Epilepsy.

McBride MC, Berg MJ, Bronstein K and Erba G.

Arch Neurology. 1998; 55: 346-348.

A novel volumetric feature extraction technique with applications to MR images.

Ashton EA, Parker KJ, Berg MJ, Chen CW

IEEE transactions on medical imaging.. 1997 August 16 (4):365-71. Epub 1900 01 01.

Pseudoprogression of cerebral cavernous angiomas: the importance of proper magnetic resonance imaging technique.

Valanne LK, Ketonen LM, Berg MJ

Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging.. 1996 July 6 (3):195-6. Epub 1900 01 01.

Periventricular heterotopia: an X-linked dominant epilepsy locus causing aberrant cerebral cortical development.

Ek?io?lu YZ, Scheffer IE, Cardenas P, Knoll J, DiMario F, Ramsby G, Berg M, Kamuro K, Berkovic SF, Duyk GM, Parisi J, Huttenlocher PR, Walsh CA

Neuron.. 1996 January 16 (1):77-87. Epub 1900 01 01.

Bayesian Segmentation of Multislice Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging using 3-D Gibbsian Priors.

Chang MM, Sezan MI, Tekalp AM and Berg MJ.

Optical Engineering. 1996; 35: 3206-3221.

The transient syndrome of headache with neurologic deficits and CSF lymphocytosis.

Berg MJ, Williams LS

Neurology.. 1995 September 45 (9):1648-54. Epub 1900 01 01.

Ictal contralateral paresis in complex partial seizures.

Oestreich LJ, Berg MJ, Bachmann DL, Burchfiel J, Erba G

Epilepsia.. 1995 July 36 (7):671-5. Epub 1900 01 01.

Segmentation and Features Extraction Techniques, with Applications to MRI Head Studies.

Aston EA, Berg MJ, Parker KJ, Weisberg J, Chen CW and Ketonen LM.

Magentic Resonance in Medicine. 1995; 33: 670-677.

Stabilizing seizure disorders.

Berg MJ, Bronstein KS

Contemporary internal medicine. 1994 September 6 (9):18-30. Epub 1900 01 01.

Books

Cecils Essentials (2015)

Chapter: Epilepsy

Cavernous Malformations of the Nervous System (2011)

Chapter: Clinical features and medical management of cavernous malformations

Clinical Neurology (1998)

Chapter: Current Therapy

Clinical Neuroradiology (1997)

Clinical Neurology (1996)

Chapter: Current Therapy

Clinical Neurology (1994)

Chapter: Current Therapy

Clinical Neurology (1993)

Chapter: Current Therapy

Clinical Neurology (1992)

Chapter: Current Therapy

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