Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Berkson joined the College of Medicine in 2006 as the program director of the Family Medicine Residency Program and an assistant professor in the Department of Family, Community and Preventive Medicine. He received his M.D. from Pennsylvania State University, then completed his Family Medicine residency at Abington Memorial Hospital and a Sports Medicine fellowship at the University of South Carolina, Palmetto-Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia, S.C. Dr. Berkson is board certified in Family Medicine and Sports Medicine and is the chief medical officer of Pennsylvania Senior Games and the team physician for Monsignor Bonner High School in Upper Darby. Dr. Berkson received the Degree of Fellow from the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2005. He gives national presentations and, most recently, was awarded the Heroes of York County Award from the American Red Cross for helping save the life of a high-school athlete whose heart stopped.