Dr. Alan Berger, MD, FRCSC
Dr. Alan Berger
- Alan Richard Berger, BSc., MDCM, FRCSC, Dip. ABO
- Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology
- Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Ontario
- Vice Chairman, Clinical Services, University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences
Dr. Alan Berger was born and raised in Montreal , Quebec and received his Bachelor of Science in Human Genetics ( B.Sc. with Honours 1979 ) and his Doctor of Medicine (MD,CM 1983 ) from McGill University.
After completing his internship in Straight Medicine at Sunnybrook Hospital in 1963, he did 3 years of Ophthalmology Residency training at the University of Toronto in 1987. This was followed by an 18-month subspecialty fellowship in Diseases and Surgery of the Retina and Vitreous at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1989, he joined the University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology staff and spent the first 13 years of his career as an academic full-time vitreoretinal surgeon at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, where he was Post-Graduate Medical Education Representative and Director of The University of Toronto, Department of Ophthalmology Journal Club.
He accepted the position of Ophthalmologist-in- Chief at St. Michael’s Hospital, in April of 2002, and has held this position since that time. He is the President of the Medical Staff Association of St. Michael’s Hospital and is Vice-President and founding member of the Toronto Ophthalmological Society.
Dr. Berger has authored over 65 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles and has written 6 book chapters. He has given over 250 lectures and presentations at local, national and international meetings. His principal clinical, academic and research interests lie in the areas of vitreoretinal diseases and surgery, including Retinal Detachment, Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Diabetic Retinopathy, Macular Diseases and Ocular Trauma. He was Chairman of Retina Canada in 2004, and the Canadian Surgical Retinal Meetings in both 2005 and 2006.
His hobbies include golf, scuba diving, basketball and traveling. Alan is married to Wendy, a Landscape Architect and is the proud father of sons Jesse and Lee.
