Professor, Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM
Dr. Murray R. Berkowitz currently is a professor of neuromusculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine at PCOM Georgia, where he was inaugural director of the Family Medicine/OMM Clerkships as well as the inaugural director of Preventive and Community-Based Medicine. He also served as the inaugural Associate Dean for Clerkships and Core Site Development.
Dr. Berkowitz had a private osteopathic medicine practice in Arlington, Virginia. and Annapolis, Maryland. He served as a staff physician at Delaware’s Stockley Center for the Developmentally Disabled. Previously, he worked for the Virginia Department of Health as director of a three-county health district. Before that, he worked for the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Community Health Administration and was a visiting assistant professor of computer and information sciences at Towson University.
Prior to that, Dr. Berkowitz served on active military duty as a Medical Corps officer in the United States Army. Before attending medical school, he served in numerous assignments in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Berkowitz is a disabled veteran and is a medically retired Army Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) due to service-connected combat-related disabilities. He was a military aviator and parachutist and also holds the Master Space Badge and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge. He has 26 military awards and decorations.
Dr. Berkowitz is serving a three-year term through 2020 as a member-at-large to the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Scientific Affairs and Public Health. He was appointed by AOA president Michael A. Baker, DO.
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About Murray R. Berkowitz
Dr. Murray R. Berkowitz currently is a professor of neuromusculoskeletal medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine at PCOM Georgia, where he was inaugural director of the Family Medicine/OMM Clerkships as well as the inaugural director of Preventive and Community-Based Medicine. He also served as the inaugural Associate Dean for Clerkships and Core Site Development.
Dr. Berkowitz had a private osteopathic medicine practice in Arlington, Virginia. and Annapolis, Maryland. He served as a staff physician at Delaware’s Stockley Center for the Developmentally Disabled. Previously, he worked for the Virginia Department of Health as director of a three-county health district. Before that, he worked for the State of Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Community Health Administration and was a visiting assistant professor of computer and information sciences at Towson University.
Prior to that, Dr. Berkowitz served on active military duty as a Medical Corps officer in the United States Army. Before attending medical school, he served in numerous assignments in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force.
Dr. Berkowitz is a disabled veteran and is a medically retired Army Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) due to service-connected combat-related disabilities. He was a military aviator and parachutist and also holds the Master Space Badge and the Office of the Secretary of Defense Identification Badge. He has 26 military awards and decorations.
Dr. Berkowitz is serving a three-year term through 2020 as a member-at-large to the American Osteopathic Association Bureau of Scientific Affairs and Public Health. He was appointed by AOA president Michael A. Baker, DO.
| Present | Professor, Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine & OMM, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ‐ Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | |
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| Associate Dean for Clerkships and Core Site Development, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine ‐ Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine | ||
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Professional Service and Affiliations
| Present | Member, AAO Medical Economics Committee | Present | Member, AAO Osteopathic Diagnosis and Treatment Education Committee | Present | Member, AAO Publications Committee | Present | Member, American Academy of Osteopathy | Present | Member, American Osteopathic Academy of Medical Informatics | Present | Member, American Osteopathic Association | Present | Member, American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine | Present | Member, Association of Military Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons | Present | Peer Reviewer, British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research | Present | Member, Georgia Osteopathic Medical Association | Present | Peer Reviewer, Journal of the American Osteopathic Association | Present | Peer Reviewer, Southern Medical Journal | 2011 - 2013 | Scientific Editor (Editor-in-Chief), American Academy of Osteopathy Journal | 2009 - 2011 | Associate Editor, American Academy of Osteopathy Journal | 2006 | Vice President, Maryland Association of Osteopathic Physicians | 2002 - 2003 | Secretary-Treasurer, Maryland Association of Osteopathic Physicians | 2002 | House of Delegates, American Osteopathic Association | 1993 - 1994 | President, Des Moines Chapter of AMOPS | 1992 - 1993 | Vice President, Des Moines Chapter of AMOPS | Chair, AAO Informational Technologies Committee |
| DO, Des Moines University - Osteopathic Medical Center ‐ College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery | ||
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| MPH, Johns Hopkins University ‐ Bloomberg School of Public Health | ||
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| MA, Columbia University | ||
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| MS, Columbia University | ||
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Contact Information
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