Dr. Aaron Berkowitz is a professor of clinical neurology at UCSF, where he serves as a neurohospitalist, general neurologist, and clinician-educator at San Francisco General Hospital. He previously served as director of global neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital and associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School after graduating from the Harvard Brigham and Women's Hospital-Massachusetts General Hospital neurology residency, where he served as chief resident.
Dr. Berkowitz has worked tirelessly to improve access to neurologic care and education worldwide, collaborating with organizations including Partners In Health, Doctors Without Borders, and the Indian Health Service of the Navajo Nation. This work has been recognized by the Mridha Humanitarian Award from the American Brain Foundation in 2018 and the Viste Patient Advocate of the Year Award from the AAN in 2019.
Dr. Berkowitz's work as a neurology educator has been recognized by the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Teaching Award in 2024, Residency Teacher of the Year Award from the Harvard Neurology Residency program in both 2019 and 2020, the O’Hara Excellence in Preclinical Teaching award from Harvard Medical School in 2016, and appointment to the editorial boards of Continuum and Practical Neurology. He has published over 90 peer-reviewed articles, several book chapters including the neurology chapter for the Oxford Manual of Humanitarian Medicine, and four books including the neurology textbook Clinical Neurology and Neuroanatomy: A Localization-Based Approach and One by One by One: Making a Small Difference Amid a Billion Problems about his work caring for patients with brain tumors in rural Haiti.
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM ET
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM ET
