Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University
Pulmonology
Dr. John L. Berk, MD
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John Berk works in the field of Pulmonology. He went to Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He has 3 awards "America's Top Doctors", "Boston Magazine" and "Super Doctor". John L. Berk is a published doctor as well. He has 46 publications published. The latest was: Dose-intensive melphalan with blood stem-cell support for the treatment of AL (amyloid light-chain) amyloidosis: survival and responses in 25 patients. He accepts Medicare payments and is listed with Medicare.gov.
Publications
- Clinical presentation and treatment responses in IgM-related AL amyloidosis.
- Cooperative Stabilization of Transthyretin by Clusterin and Diflunisal.
- Lymphadenopathy as a manifestation of amyloidosis: a case series.
- Retrospective study of a TTR FAP cohort to modify NIS+7 for therapeutic trials.
- Safety and efficacy of high-dose melphalan and auto-SCT in patients with AL amyloidosis and cardiac involvement.
- Repurposing diflunisal for familial amyloid polyneuropathy: a randomized clinical trial.
- A solitary mediastinal mass due to localized AL amyloidosis: case report and review of the literature.
- Amyloidosis of the gastrointestinal tract: a 13-year, single-center, referral experience.
- The Diflunisal Trial: study accrual and drug tolerance.
- Cardiac amyloidosis: evolving approach to diagnosis and management.
- Outcome of AL amyloidosis after high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation: long-term results in a series of 421 patients.
- Amyloidotic cardiomyopathy: multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and treatment.
- Oral cyclic melphalan and dexamethasone for patients with AL amyloidosis.
- Quantitative serum free light chain assay in the diagnostic evaluation of AL amyloidosis.
- Hypoxia suppresses elastin repair by rat Lung fibroblasts.
- Diaphragm paralysis in primary Systemic amyloidosis.
- Pleural effusions in Systemic amyloidosis.
- Improvement in quality of life of patients with AL amyloidosis treated with high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation.
- High-dose melphalan and autologous stem-cell transplantation in patients with AL amyloidosis: an 8-year study.
- Persistent pleural effusions in primary Systemic amyloidosis: etiology and prognosis.
- Tolerability and efficacy of thalidomide for the treatment of patients with light chain-associated (AL) amyloidosis.
- NF-kappaB induced by IL-1beta inhibits elastin transcription and myofibroblast phenotype.
- Pulmonary and tracheobronchial amyloidosis.
- Regression of cardiac wall thickness following chemotherapy and stem cell transplantation for light chain (AL) amyloidosis.
- Macroglossia - not always AL amyloidosis.
- Low-dose continuous oral melphalan for the treatment of primary Systemic (AL) amyloidosis.
- Intermediate-dose intravenous melphalan and blood stem cells mobilized with sequential GM+G-CSF or G-CSF alone to treat AL (amyloid light chain) amyloidosis.
- Hypoxia downregulates tropoelastin gene expression in rat Lung fibroblasts by pretranslational mechanisms.
- Hypoxia inhibits amino acid uptake in human Lung fibroblasts.
- Dose-intensive melphalan with blood stem-cell support for the treatment of AL (amyloid light-chain) amyloidosis: survival and responses in 25 patients.
- Effect of dose-intensive intravenous melphalan and autologous blood stem-cell transplantation on al amyloidosis-associated renal Disease.
- High-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation for AL amyloidosis: recent trends in treatment-related mortality and 1-year survival at a single institution.
- Effect of okadaic acid on elastin gene expression in interstitial Lung fibroblasts.
- Tracheobronchial amyloidosis. The Boston University experience from 1984 to 1999.
- Recombinant interleukin-1 beta inhibits elastin formation by a neonatal rat Lung fibroblast subtype.
- Retinoic acid-induced inhibition of type I collagen gene expression by human Lung fibroblasts.
- High-dose intravenous melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation as initial therapy or following two cycles of oral chemotherapy for the treatment of AL amyloi...
- Tandem cycles of high-dose melphalan and autologous stem cell transplantation increases the response rate in AL amyloidosis.
- An overview of the use of high-dose melphalan with autologous stem cell transplantation for the treatment of AL amyloidosis.
- Regulation of type I collagen production by insulin and transforming growth factor-beta in human Lung fibroblasts.
- The diflunisal trial: update on study drug tolerance and Disease progression.
- Regulation of lysyl oxidase expression in Lung fibroblasts by transforming growth factor-beta 1 and prostaglandin E2.
- The effect of retinoic acid on amino acid uptake and protein synthesis by Lung fibroblasts.
- Fevers, weight loss, and bilateral peripheral infiltrates in a young man.
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Modeling of MultiSystemic, Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis.
Schools
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
University HospVamc
Boston University Med Center
Procedures Preformed
- Bronchoscopy
- Ventilation Management
Conditions Treated
- Acidosis
- Alkalosis
- Asthma
- Atelectasis
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Doctors Specialties
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonology
Accepted Insurances
- Aetna HMO
- Choice Plus POS II
- Assurant Health
- Blue Card PPO
- BlueConnect HMO
- Blue with Managed Care Behavioral Health HMO
- Preferred Blue PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- LocalPlus
- Open Access Plus
- Commercial Insurance Company
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Kaiser Permanente
- Medicare MCR
- MultiPlan PPO
- MVP Health Care
- Neighborhood Health Plan
- Priority Health
- Tufts Health Plans
- Tufts PPO
- UniCare
- United Healthcare
Awards
- America's Top Doctors
- Boston Magazine
- Super Doctor
Education
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Boston University Medical Center -
University of California San Diego -
Case Western Reserve University - University Hospitals -
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Boston Medical Center
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