Physicians

Dr. Evan Roy Berger is a Board Certified physician in Medical Oncology and Hematology whose subspecialty interest is in the treatment of prostate cancer and genitor-urinary malignancies.

After receiving his B.S. in Chemistry from Bucknell University, Dr. Berger went on to get his M.D. from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY. He did his fellowship in Hematology at the Roosevelt Hospital, NYC, an affiliate of Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons. His post-graduate Fellowships in Hematology-Oncology was done at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y. He had been on the staff of Memorial Sloan- Kettering for over 25 years.

Dr. Berger has a faculty appointment of Clinical Assistant Professor with SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine.

Dr. Berger is the author of several books, his most critically acclaimed is Common Bonds: Reflections of a Cancer Doctor. By E. Roy Berger MD and Linda Mittiga; 1st Books Library. You may purchase the book by visiting www.1stbooks.com or calling 1-888-280-7715.

He has co-authored New Guidelines for Surviving Prostate Cancer, Health Education Literary Publishers, 1975.

His next book called Updated Guideline for Surviving Prostate Cancer will be available in the fall of 2003. This book was written with James Lewis, PhD, a prostate cancer patient himself to help patients through the difficult decisions they need to make at all stages of the disease.

Dr. Berger has been involved in extensive research in many different malignancies and has contributed to the knowledge that led to the FDA approval of Flutamide and Strutium, which are used to treat advanced prostate cancer.