David Berkowitz, MD

Background

Dr. Berkowitz received his undergraduate degree in Biophysical Chemistry and Economics from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire in 1998. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, Texas in 2002.  He completed his residency at Harvard Medical School and a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in 2008.  In 2009, he completed an additional one-year fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center dedicated to the subspecialty of Interventional Pulmonology.

Dr. Berkowitz began practicing at Emory University Hospital in 2009 and is affiliated with the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, Emory St Joseph's Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University Hospital Midtown.  He is board certified in Internal Medicine (2005, 2015), Pulmonary Disease (2007, 2017), Critical Care Medicine (2009, 2019), and Interventional Pulmonology (2016).  His clinical interests are in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy and the management of patients with cancer involving the lung. He specializes in the diagnosis, staging, and endoscopic management of lung cancer by using minimally invasive endoscopic procedures including flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, laser assisted bronchoscopy, and photodynamic therapy. He also performs bronchial thermoplasty, transtracheal oxygen catheter placement, endoscopic lung volume reduction, and tracheostomy placement and management. 

Dr. Berkowitz has been the Principle Investigator on multiple clinical research projects examining airway and lung diseases including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, asthma, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and lung cancer.  His main research focus involves the evaluation and management of pleural disease and disorders of the airways such as complications of placement of tracheostomy tubes and airway stents.   Through his research, he aims to advance the safety of performing medical procedures and improving healthcare quality and delivery.

He serves on the Association of Interventional Pulmonology Program Directors (AIPPD) Fellowship Accreditation Committee in order to help standardize Interventional Pulmonary fellowship training and curriculum. He has been invited to speak at the international meetings for the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians as well as many continuing medical education courses for practicing physicians throughout the United States. As Director of the Interventional Pulmonology Fellowship Program at Emory University, he has trained nearly a dozen practicing Interventional Pulmonologists.  He has also mentored numerous residents and fellows and routinely lectures at Emory Medical School.

Titles & Roles

• Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Surgery

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Director, Interventional Pulmonology Program

  Emory University Hospital Midtown
• Director, Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship

  Emory University School of Medicine

Education & Training

Education

• Fellowship, Pulmonary/Critical Care Med, 2008

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Residency, Internal Medicine, 2005

  Beth Israel Deaconess Med Ctr - East Campus
• Medical Education, MD, 2002

  University of Texas Hlth Sci Ctr at San Antonio

Board Certifications

• Critical Care Medicine

  American Board of Internal Medicine, 2009
• Pulmonary Disease

  American Board of Internal Medicine, 2007
• Internal Medicine

  American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005

Professional Memberships

• Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship Program Accreditation Committee
• Association of Interventional Pulmonary Program Directors (AIPPD) 
• American Associated for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (AABIP)

Research

Publications

Awards

• Atlanta’s Top Doctors (Pulmonology), 2016-2021
• Award of Excellence, Emory University Division of Pulm and CCM, 2017
• Provider Excellence Award (Top 10% of Patient Satisfaction scores in the Emory Physician Group Practice), 2019
• Emory School of Medicine Doctors’ Day Recognition, 2020
• GA Top Doctors, 2021, 2022

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