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Board Certification

1981 American Board of Urology

Honors

Dr. Berger has won several research awards. He has been elected to the “Best Doctors in America” on multiple occasions. His research has been funded both privately and by the National Institutes of Health. He has developed innovative procedures in genital and reproductive reconstruction and in vasectomy. He is invited to lecture nationally and internationally.

Education & Training

Dr. Berger received his undergraduate and medical training at the University of Chicago. He completed his residency in urology at the University of Washington. He has been on the faculty at the University of Washington since 1979.

Selected Publications

Matthiesson, K, Amory, JK, Berger, RE, Ugoni, A, McLachlan, RI, Bremner, WJ: Novel male hormonal contraceptive combinations: The hormonal and spermatogenic effect of testosterone and levonorgesterel combined with a 5-reductase inhibitor or gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonist. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90: 91-97, 2005.
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Berger RE and Deck AJ: Should vasectomy reversal be performed for men with older female partners? J Urol 163:105-106, 2000.
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Deck AJ and Berger RE: Fertility outcome after repeat vasoepididymostomy. J Urol 163(1):105-6, 2000.

Berger, R: Triangulation end-to-side vasoepididymostomy. J Urol 159:1951-3, 1998.
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Shapiro R, Muller C, Chen G, and Berger R: Vasectomy reversal is associated with increased reactive species production by seminal fluid leukocytes and sperm. J Urol 160:1341-1346, 1998.
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Hetrick DC, Glazer H, Liu YW, Turner JA, Frest M, Berger RE. Pelvic floor electromyography in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome: a case-control study. Neurourol Urodyn. 2006;25(1):46-49.
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Hetrick DC, Ciol MA, Rothman I, Turner JA, Frest M, Berger RE. Musculoskeletal dysfunction in men with chronic pelvic pain syndrome type III: a case-control study. J Urol Sep 2003;170(3):828-831.
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Yang CC, Lee JC, Kromm BG, Ciol MA, Berger RE. Pain sensitization in male chronic pelvic pain syndrome: why are symptoms so difficult to treat? J Urol Sep 2003;170(3):823-826; discussion 826-827.
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Awards & Honors

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