CURRICULUM VITAE
Marcie G. Berger MD
Marcie G. Berger MD
Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiology
OFFICE ADDRESS: |
Froedtert Hospital Center for Advanced Care |
9200 92nd Street |
Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
EDUCATION: |
09/1984 - 06/1988 B.S., Northwestern University, Evanston, IL |
09/1989 - 06/1992 M.D., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI |
09/1996 - 06/1999 Grad School - Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Physiology, Milwaukee, WI |
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS: |
07/1992 - 06/1995 Residency, Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/1995 - 06/1999 Fellowship, Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin |
07/1999 - 06/2000 Fellowship, Electrophysiology, Univ. of Wisconsin |
Sinai Samaritan M.C., Milwaukee, WI |
FACULTY APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2002 - 08/2008 Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Disease Section University of Wisconsin Medical School, Aurora Sinai Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI |
07/2007 - 08/2008 Clinical Faculty Physician's Assistant Program, Marquette University, Milwaukee WI |
08/2008 - 06/2014 Assistant Professor, Milwaukee WI, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Medical College of Wisconsin |
08/2014 - Present Associate Professor,, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2009 - Present Coordinator Electrophysiiology Rotation CV Fellowship, Medicine, Cardiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
08/2010 - Present Faculty Council Continuing Medical education Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
04/2011 - Present Discovery Curriculum, M2 Assocation Work Group Leader, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
04/2011 - Present Discovery Curriculum Steering Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
04/2011 - Present M2 Assocation Work Group Leader, Discovery Curriculum, Medical Colelge of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
03/2012 - Present Expert Panel Cardiovascular Unit Discovery Curriculum, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
2013 - 2014 Chairman of Faculty Council of Continuing Medical Education Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226 |
10/2015 - Present Search Committee Chief, General Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS: |
08/2008 - Present Director, Electrophysiology Laboratory, Froedtert Hospital |
06/2011 - Present Out of OR Anesthesia Committee, Representative, Department of Medicine, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
05/2012 - Present Clinical Subject Matter Expert Cardiac Rhythm Management Upper Midwest Consolidated Services Center |
06/2012 - Present MCP Patient Services and Practice Operations Committee, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI |
10/2014 - Present Director, Dysrhythmia Protocol and Policy Subcommittee, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI |
Milwaukee, WI |
HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES: |
05/2002 - Present Community Memorial Hospital, W180 N8085 Town Hall Road, Menomonee Falls, WI |
08/2008 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W. Wisconsin Avenue, Miilwaukee, WI |
08/2009 - Present St. Joseph's Hospital, 3200 Pleasant Valley Road, West Bend, WI |
08/2009 - Present Zablocki V.A. Memorial Medical Center, 5000 W. National Avenue, Milwaukee, WI |
SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION: |
Certificates | Issued By | Issue Date | Expiration |
American Board of Internal Medicine | 1995 | None | |
ABIM - Cardiology | 1999 | None | |
ABIM - Cardiac Electrophysiology | 2001 | None | |
AWARDS AND HONORS: |
1988 - Present Phi Beta Kappa Undergraduate Honor Society |
1992 - Present Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society |
1993 - Present Intern of the Year Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine |
1995 - Present Charles L Junkerman Award, Medical College of Wisconsin, Department of Internal Medicine |
1996 - Present Institutional NIH Cardiovascular Training Grant Award, HL 09798 |
1997 - Present Midwest Physiological Society Award |
1997 - Present Individual NIH Postdoctoral Fellowship Award (F33 HL 07792, Intracellular acidosis: Effect on Vascular K+ channels |
1998 - Present American College of Cardiology Young Investigator Award Finalist - Physiology and Pharmacology |
MEMBERSHIPS IN HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES: |
Heart Rhythm Society |
American College of Cardiology (Fellow) |
NATIONAL ELECTED/APPOINTED LEADERSHIP AND COMMITTEE POSITIONS: |
05/2015 - Present Member, CME Compliance Subcommittee, Heart Rhythm Society |
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INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS: |
Local |
Weekly EKG teaching rounds with Cardiology house staff, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, 2008 - 2010 |
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series - Cardiology Fellows, Medical College of Wisconsin, Miwlaukee, WI, - 01/2011 |
Arrhythmias, TBL Sesesion M1 Pilot Course, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 01/2011 |
Treatment of Arrhythmias, M2 Medical Pharmacology Pilot Course, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 02/2010 |
Treating Atrial Fibrillation in the Heart Failure Patient, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 10/2009 |
Pacemaker and ICD Troubleshooting, Nurseing Staff presentation, St Joseph's, West Bend, WI, - 12/12/2008 |
Update on Atrial Fibrillation Management, Medicine Grand Rounds, Community Memorial Hospital, Menomonee Falls, WI, - 09/2008 |
Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy and Catheter Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, - 08/2014 |
Bundle Branch Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 11/2011 |
Cardiac Cellular Electrophyiology Part 1, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 11/2011 |
Common Brady and Tachy-arrhythmias, Pulmonary and Critical Care Lecture Series, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/2010 |
Long QT, Short QT, Brugada, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of WIsconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 06/2009 |
Cardiac Electric System: Keeping the Beat, Community Presentation, Milwaukee, WI, - 05/2009 |
An Introduction to Pacemakers for the Internist: Indications, Components, Trouble Shooting and Complications, Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, - 01/2015 |
Interesting EKGs, Grand Rounds, Columbia Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, - 03/2010 |
Channelopathies, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 12/2011 |
Arrhythmia Mechanisms, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 03/2012 |
Cryoablation of Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 03/2012 |
Surgical and Catheter Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 02/2012 |
Trouble Shooting Pacemaker and ICD Problems, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 10/2011 |
Heart Disease in Women: Risk Reduction and Prevention, Community presentation, mini medical school series, UW extension - Washington County, - 02/2010 |
Bradyarrhythmias, Department of Medicine Academic half-day, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 10/2009 |
Emergency Arrhythmia Management, Paramedic Preceptorship, Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, - 01/2009 |
Pacemaker and ICD Trouble Shooting, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 10/06/2008 |
EP Board Review Questions, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 06/14/2010 |
Update on Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Cardiology Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 12/2009 |
Update on Atrial Fibrillation Management, Grand Rounds, St Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/2009 |
Cardiac Cellular Electrophysiology Part II, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 01/2011 |
EP Board Review Questions, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 06/13/2011 |
Interesting EKGs, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 05/17/2010 |
Update Electric Therapy - CHF, Grand Rounds, St Joseph's, West Bend, WI, - 02/2009 |
Pacemaker and ICD Troubleshooting, Nursing Staff presentation, St Joseph's, West Bend, WI, - 01/23/2009 |
Pacemaker and ICD Troubleshooting, Nursing Staff presentation, St Joseph's, West Bend, WI, - 09/20/2010 |
Role of Ablation, Device Therapy, and Drug Therapy in Treatment of Ventricular Tachycardia, Ventricular Tachycardia Symposium, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/2013 |
Electrophysiology Emergencies, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of WIsconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 07/2011 |
Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 01/2011 |
Interesting EKGs, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 11/22/2010 |
Emergency Management of Tachy and Brady- arrhythmias, Cardiology Fellows Core Curriculum Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 08/2009 |
Update on AF Management, Grand Rounds, St Joe's,. West Bend, WI, - 04/2010 |
New Developments in EP: A Case-based Approach, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/2009 |
Ablation and Watchman Trial, Watertown Hospital Grand Rounds, Watertown, WI, - 06/30/2016 |
EP Emergencies, Fellows Core Conference, Miwlaukee, WI, - 07/28/2015 |
EKGs, EP Conference, Milwaukee, WI, - 12/21/2015 |
Treating Cardiovascular Symptoms in Dysautonomia, Department of Neurology Dysautonomia Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Miilwaukee, WI, - 11/02/2016 |
AF: New Guidelines, EP Conference, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/11/2016 |
Cardiology Baord Review Questions - Electrophysiology II, EP Core Culliculum Lecture Series, Milwakee, WI, - 06/2012 |
SVT - Interpretations and Response of SVT on Telemetry, Frodtert Hospital Nursing Telemetry Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, - 05/31/2016 |
M2 Lecture CV Unit: Antiarrhythmic Drugs Clinical Correlates, M2 CV Unit - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 10/06/2015 |
Cardiology Board Review Questions - Electrophysiology I, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Milwaukee, WI, - 06/2012 |
Leader Pig Heart Dissection, Medical College of Wisconsin, Step-Up Program Mentoring program for MPS students interested in medicine, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/29/2017 |
Intersting EKGs, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series - Cardiology Fellows, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 11/2011 |
Update Atrial Fibrillation Management, Grand Rounds, St Mary's Hospital, Milwaukee, WI, - 04/2013 |
Cardiology Board Review Questions-Electrophysiology II, EP Core Curriculum Lecture Series, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, - 06/2012 |
MEDICAL COLLEGE TEACHING ACTIVITIES: |
Medical Student Education |
2010 - 2011 Session Leader, PIC Arrhythmia Sessions |
2010 - Present M4 Clinical Preceptor |
2011 - Present M2 Associate Work Group Leader for Discovery Curriculum |
01/2013 - Present M1-2 Clinical Apprenticeship Preceptor |
2014 - Present M3 Clinical Preceptor |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2009 - Present Cardiology Fellowship Core Electrophysiology Curriculum Coordinator |
2009 - Present Cardiology Fellowship Summer Lecture Series |
Director EP Rotation General Cardiology Fellows |
EKG Teaching Rounds |
Pulmonary Critical Care Lecture Series - Emergency Arrhythmia Management |
Established the first ACGME-accredited Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship Program |
Internal Medicine Residency Academic Half Day - Bradycardia Management |
Neurology Lecture Series - Common tachy- and brady- arrhytmias |
Surgery Residency Core Curriculum - Peri-operative cardiac evaluation of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery |
EXTRAMURAL TEACHING: |
Medical Student Education |
Froedtert Hospital, Inpatient Cardiology - Supervise and educate students during daily bedside and small group sessions |
Medical College, Session Leader M2 Discovery Cardiovascular Unit |
Resident and Fellow Education |
2008 - Present Froedtert Hospital, Inpatient Cardiology - EP service supervising and educating residents |
BIBLIOGRAPHY |
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers |
1. Tyagi S, Curley M, BERGER M, Fox J, Strath S, Rubenstein J, Roth J, Widlansky M. Pacemaker quantified physical activity predicts all-cause mortality. J Am Coll Cardiol, Accepted for publication 2015 |
2. Curley M, BERGER M, Roth J, Benjamin I, Rubenstein S. Predictors of mortality and major in-hospital adverse events associated with electrophysiology catheter ablation. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2014:174:815-17 |
3. Bowers M, BERGER M, Direct recording of concealed ventricular extrasystoles producing pacer inhibition. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. In Press |
4. Badhwar N, Kalma J, Sparks P, Kistler P, Attari M, BERGER M, Lee R, Sra J, Scheinman M. Atrial tachycardia arising from the coronary sinus musculature. Electrophysiological characteristics and long-term outcomes of radiofrequency ablation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2005;45:1921-30 |
5. BERGER M, Vandier C, Bonnet P, Jackson WF, Rusch N. Intracellular acidosis differentially regulates Kv channels in coronary and pulmonary vascular muscle. Am J Physiol. 1998;275:H1351-9 |
6. Hahn D, BERGER M. Implementation of a systemic health maintenance protocol in a private practice. J Fam Pract. 1990;31:492-504 |
Books, Chapters, and Reviews |
1. Bhatia A, Cooley R, BERGER M, Blanck Z, Chala A, Axtell-McBride K, Vandervort C, Aktar M. The implantable cardioverter defibrillator: technology, indications and impact on cardiovascular survival. Curr Prob Cardiol. 2004;29:303-56 |
2. Blanck Z, Georgakopoulis N, BERGER M, Cooley R, Dhala A, Sra J, Deshpande S, Aktar M. Electrical therapy in patients with congestive heart failure. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2002;27(2):45-93 |
3. BERGER M, Rusch N. Voltage and calcium-grated potassium channels; functional expression and therapeutic potential in the vasculature. Perspectives in Drug Discovery and Design. 15/16. 1999;313:32 |
4. BERGER M. Syncope: mechanisms and management. Ann Intern Med. 1998;129:839 |
5. Roth J, BERGER M, Rubenstein J. Cardiac Arrhythmia. In Benjamin, Griggs, Wing, Fitz, Editors. 9th Edition. Andreoli and Carpenter's Cecil Essentials of Medicine. Elsevier, in press |
6. BERGER M, Sra J, Cooley R, Blanck Z, Deshpande S, Dhala A, Aktar M. Ventricular Tachycardia. In: Camm AJ, Saksena S (eds). Electrophysiological Disorders of the Heart. Churchill-Livingston (Harcourt), Inc., St Louis, 2005;Pg. 917-931 |
7. BERGER M, Aktar M. Elefector de los cambios abruptos en la longitude del ciclo sobre la conduccio intraventricular aberrante. In: Elizari, Chiale Editors. Arritmias Cardiacas. Fundamentos Celulares y Moleculares. Diagnostico y Tratamiento. Editorial Panamericana, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2003;2969-302 |
8. BERGER M, Rusch N. Induction of Ca2+ -activated K+ channel expression during systemic hypertension: protection against pathological vasoconstriction. In Archer S, Rusch NJ (eds): Potassium Channels in Cardiovascular Biology. Kluwer Academic-Plenum Publishers. New York, NY 1999;853-67 |
Abstracts |
1. Tyagi S, Curley M, BERGER M, Fox J, Strath S, Rubenstein J, Roth J, Widlansky M. Pacemaker quantified physical activity predicts all-cause mortality. Circ. 2014;130:A18222 |
2. Curley M, Rubenstein J, Roth J, Oujiri J, BERGER M. Reproducibility of adenosine response following pulmonary vein isolation - a randomized controlled trial. Poster Presentation @ 2014 Heart Rhythm |
3. Ashine A, BERGER M, Malmsten C. Which came first, the chicken or the egg? High degree AV block and Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy. JACC. 2014;63(12):A660 |
4. Toluie K, BERGER M, Barnett C, Matthews S, Barbert N. Clinical characteristics of patients receiving CRT devices: do gender differences exist? Oral presentation @ 2010 Heart Rhythm meeting |
5. Bindra S, Cooley R, Bhatia A, Dhala A, Jabbarzadeh M, BERGER M. Initial experience with a novel bipolar coronary venous LV lead (acute pacing characteristics and electronic repositioning). Heart Rhythm. 2005;2(5);318 |
6. Mortada M, Bhatia A, Bangash A, Nangia V, Sra J, Blanck Z, Dhala A, BERGER M, Cooley R, Aktar M. Effect of biventricular pacing on B-type natriuretic peptide levels in patients with heart failure. Heart Rhythm. 2005;2(5);S101 |
7. Osorio H, Bhatia A, Pubbi D, Blanck Z, Dhala A, Sra J, BERGER M, Cooley R, Aktar M. Biventricular implantable cardioverter-defibrillator in the elderly. Heart Rhythm. 2005;2(5) |
8. Osorio H, Bhatia A, Nangia V, Solis J, Cooley R, BERGER M, Sra J, Aktar M. Transvenous left ventricular epicardial pacing leads: a two-year experience of pacing thresholds and lead performance. Heart Rhythm. 2004;1:S83 |
9. Chekanov V, Hare J, Maternovsky M, BERGER M, Kress D, Sra J, Aktar M. Comparison of seven models of chronic heart failure. Intl J Artifical Organs. 2002;25;(7):669 |
10. BERGER M, Liu Y, Knaus H, Rusch NJ. Expression of Shaker type K+ channels in small coronary arteries from human left ventricular. FASEB Journal. 1998 |
11. BERGER M, Gauthier-Rein K, Liu Y, Jackson WF, Kanus HG, Rusch N. Expression of two K+ channel families regulates the excitability of small coronary arteries from human left ventricle. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998;31A:406 |
12. BERGER M, Vandier C, Bonnet P, Rusch N. Intracellular acidosis: K+ channel mechanism for coronary vasodilatation but pulmonary vasoconstriction. Circulation. 1997:96:1-296 |
13. BERGER M, Roth J, Hoettels J, Gadhoke A. Distinct characteristics of the inner and outer T-wave shock induction zones in patients with ventricular tachycardia and fibrillation. Circulation. 1996;94A:1-100 |
14. Halbe H, Fox J, Oujiri J, BERGER M, Rubenstein J. Clinical outcomes after cardiac MRI scans of non-MRI-safe cardiac implantable electronic devices. JACC 2016;67:704 |
