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Russell S. Berman, MD (he/him/his)

Professor
Department of Surgery, NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, United States

Dr. Berman is a Professor of Surgery at New York University Grossman School of Medicine where he also is Vice Chair for Surgical Education and Faculty Affairs, Chief of Surgical Oncology, and Director of the Surgery Residency. He graduated from the surgery residency program at NYU/Bellevue during which he also completed a 2-year postdoctoral research fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Following his residency, he completed his Surgical Oncology fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer where he spent additional time studying apoptosis-resistance in metastatic tumor progression. Dr. Berman’s clinical practice focuses on Melanoma, Sarcoma, and Peritoneal Surface Malignancies.

Dr. Berman has served the SSO in numerous capacities and is presently serving a 3-year term as SSO Vice President. Previously he chaired the Traininig Committee for 2 terms and also served on the Finance, Membership, Nominating, International, and Education Committees. He chaired the inaugural SCORE Committee. and was previiously elected to two terms on the SSO Executive Council. Dr. Berman was recently elected as President of the Global Forum of Cancer Surgeons (GFCS).

In 2022, Dr. Berman completed his term as Chair of the Complex General Surgical Oncology Board of the American Board of Surgery where he also chaired the ABS Nominating Committee, the Certifying Examination Committee, and served as Recorder of the ABS Council. Dr. Berman has been an Associate Editor for JNCI and presently holds editorial board positions on Annals of Surgical Oncology, Surgical Oncology Insight, UpToDate, and the NCI Physicians Data Query. He was previously co-chief editor of the CGSO SCORE. Dr. Berman was recently elected to serve on the ACGME Review Committee for Surgery. Dr. Berman lives in NY with his family including his wife Susan, daughter Talia, son Matthew, and rescue dog Nala.

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