Michael Scott Berkoben | Scholars@Duke

Michael Scott Berkoben
Professor of Medicine

As a clinician/educator in the Division of Nephrology, my clinical activities are mainly focused on the care of patients with end-stage renal disease. I am a Medical Director of a dialysis unit in Henderson, NC which cares for approximately 155 patients. I am a rounding nephrologist at a dialysis unit in Warrenton, NC where I and my partners care for roughly 35 patients. When at Duke, my clinical activities are focused on inpatient care of maintenance dialysis patients and general consultative nephrology. In addition, I see outpatients with a variety of nephrologic problems (chronic kidney disease, proteinuria, and hypertension) in the Private Diagnostic Clinic. I mentor fellows in this outpatient clinic. In recent years, I have been an attending physician for a Duke General Medicine inpatient service six weeks per year.

In regard to educational activities, I am a lecturer for Normal Body, the physiology course for first-year medical students. I am the course director for Fluids and Electrolytes, an elective course for third- and fourth-year medical students. I give several lectures per year for our Lecture Series for Renal Fellows.

Key words: end-stage renal disease, vascular access for hemodialysis, renal osteodystrophy, consultative Nephrology.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2019

Contact Information

2424 Erwin Road - Suite 605, Durham, NC 27705
Duke Box 2747, Durham, NC 27710
berko004@mc.duke.edu (919) 660-6860

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Fellow in Nephrology, Medicine, Duke University 1989 - 1992
- Medical Resident, Medicine, Duke University 1986 - 1989
- M.D., University of Pennsylvania 1986
Duke Appointment History
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2006 - 2019
- Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2004 - 2006
- Associate Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 2001 - 2004
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 1995 - 2001
- Associate in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Nephrology, Medicine 1993 - 1995
Research
Selected Grants
- Hemodialysis Vascular Access Clinical Trials Consortium awarded by National Institutes of Health 2000 - 2009
- Morbidity and Mortality in Hemodialysis Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 2003
- Morbidity And Mortality In Hemodialysis Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 1994 - 1999
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Roberts, John K., Saumil M. Chudgar, Deborah Engle, Elizabeth K. McClain, Emma Jakoi, Michael Berkoben, and Ruediger W. Lehrich. “Digital chalk-talk videos improve knowledge and satisfaction in renal physiology..” Adv Physiol Educ 42, no. 1 (March 1, 2018): 146–51. https://doi.org/10.1152/advan.00131.2017.
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  - Cheung, Alfred K., Mark J. Sarnak, Guofen Yan, Michael Berkoben, Robert Heyka, Allen Kaufman, Julia Lewis, et al. “Cardiac diseases in maintenance hemodialysis patients: results of the HEMO Study..” Kidney Int 65, no. 6 (June 2004): 2380–89. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1755.2004.00657.x.
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  - Berkoben, M. “Patient mortality in chronic dialysis: comparisons between hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis..” Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 8, no. 6 (November 1999): 681–83.
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  - Berkoben, M., and S. Schwab. “Dialysis or transplantation: fitting the treatment to the patient..” Annu Rev Med 50 (1999): 193–205. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.med.50.1.193.
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  - Kovalik, E. C., J. R. Raymond, F. J. Albers, M. Berkoben, D. W. Butterly, B. Montella, and P. J. Conlon. “A clustering of epidural abscesses in chronic hemodialysis patients: risks of salvaging access catheters in cases of infection..” J Am Soc Nephrol 7, no. 10 (October 1996): 2264–67.
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  - Indridason, O. S., L. Thomas, and M. Berkoben. “Medullary sponge kidney associated with congenital hemihypertrophy..” J Am Soc Nephrol 7, no. 8 (August 1996): 1123–30.
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  - Berkoben, M., and J. Provenzale. “A hemodialysis patient with excruciating back pain.” Seminars in Dialysis 9, no. 3 (May 1, 1996): 286–88.
  - Berkoben, M., and S. J. Schwab. “Maintenance of permanent hemodialysis vascular access patency..” Anna J 22, no. 1 (February 1995): 17–24.
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  - Berkoben, M. S., and S. J. Schwab. “Intravascular Ultrasound Imaging in the Evaluation and Treatment of Hemodialysis Fistula Stenoses.” Seminars in Dialysis 8, no. 3 (January 1, 1995): 148–51. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1525-139X.1995.tb00365.x.
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  - Brown, A. J., M. Berkoben, C. Ritter, N. Kubodera, Y. Nishii, and E. Slatopolsky. “Metabolism of 22-oxacalcitriol by a vitamin D-inducible pathway in cultured parathyroid cells..” Biochem Biophys Res Commun 189, no. 2 (December 15, 1992): 759–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/0006-291x(92)92266-z.
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  - Slatopolsky, E., M. Berkoben, J. Kelber, A. Brown, and J. Delmez. “Effects of calcitriol and non-calcemic vitamin D analogs on secondary hyperparathyroidism..” Kidney Int Suppl 38 (October 1992): S43–49.
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  - Brown, A. J., M. Berkoben, C. S. Ritter, and E. Slatopolsky. “Binding and metabolism of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 in cultured bovine parathyroid cells..” Endocrinology 130, no. 1 (January 1992): 276–81. https://doi.org/10.1210/endo.130.1.1309332.
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  - Brown, A. J., M. Berkoben, C. S. Ritter, and E. Slatopolsky. “Binding and metabolism of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃ in cultured bovine parathyroid cells.” Endocrinology 130, no. 1 (1992): 276–81.
- Book Sections
  - Reisinger, N., and M. Berkoben. “Volume disorders and assessment.” In Nephrology Secrets: Fourth Edition, 487–500, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-47871-7.00080-0.
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  - Berkoben, M. “Infections in the dialysis patient.” In Medical Management of Infectious Disease, 695–708, 2003.
- Conference Papers
  - Farber, Alik, Tze-Woei Tan, Bo Hu, Laura M. Dember, Gerald J. Beck, Bradley S. Dixon, John W. Kusek, Harold I. Feldman, Harold I. Dialysis Access Consortium (DAC) Study Group, and Harold I. Dialysis Access Consortium DAC Study Group. “The effect of location and configuration on forearm and upper arm hemodialysis arteriovenous grafts..” In J Vasc Surg, 62:1258–64, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvs.2015.06.132.
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Teaching & Mentoring
Recent Courses
- MEDICINE 424C: Fluids and Electrolytes 2019

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Education, Training, & Certifications

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Selected Grants

Selected Publications

Academic Articles

Book Sections

Conference Papers

Recent Courses