James Robert McCord Professor and Chairman
Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Emory University School of Medicine
Phone: 404-727-8600
Fax: 404-727-8609
E-Mail: sberga@emory.edu
Mailing Address:1639 Pierce Drive, N.E., WMB 4208, Atlanta, GA 30322

Education
Echols Scholar, University of Virginia; undergraduate thesis on hormones and human behavior
Medical school: University of Virginia
Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital
Fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology, under the direction of Dr. Samuel S. C. Yen at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine

Board Certification
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Reproductive Endocrinology

Awards, honors, leadership positions 2007
Board of Directors, University of Virginia Medical Alumni Association, 2007-2010
Chairman, Board of the Society of Pelvic Reconstructive Surgeons, 2006-2007
Member, Board of Directors, Clifton Casualty Insurance Company (2006-2008)
Atlanta's Top Doctors, Atlanta Magazine, 2007

Professional Societies and Memberships
ICER (Integrated Clinical Endocrinology and Reproduction) Study Section at NICHD,
The Endocrine Society,
The Society for Gynecologic Investigation,
The American Society for Reproductive Medicine; member of the Board of Directors
The Society of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (SREI)

Research focus and special interests
Dr. Berga’s research focuses on understanding the impact of psychogenic and metabolic stresses upon the reproductive system and as a cause of infertility. She has been funded by the National Institutes of Health to study the neuromodulation of hypothalamic GnRH release by stressors in women and in female monkeys. Another research focus is elucidating the genesis of the aberrant GnRH drive responsible for anovulation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. In addition, she is an investigator for the Women’s Health Initiative, the NIH-funded, multi-center trial to document the impact of good nutrition and hormone replacement therapy upon the health of menopausal women. More recently, in an effort to better understand the panoply of effects sex steroids have upon brain function, she and her team have begun to define the impact using state-of-the-art neuroimaging techniques. This research is funded in part by a grant from Pfizer. She also is active clinically in treating couples with infertility, women with endocrine disorders, and menopausal women.

References
Abt JP, Sell TC, Laudner K, McCrory JL, Berga SL, Loucks TL, Lephart SM. Variations in neuromuscular characteristics throughout the menstrual cycle. Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc, 2007;15:901-907. Epub 2007 March 16.

Jain A, Polotsky A, Rochester D, Berga S, Loucks T, Zeitlan G, Gibbs K, Goodman E, Polotsky H, Feng S, Isaac B, Santoro N. The reproductive phenotype of obesity: evidence for decreased central pituitary reproductive drive. JCEM 2007; 92:2468-2473. Epub 2007 April 17.

Dorn LD, Lucke JF, Loucks, TL, Berga SL. Salivary cortisol reflects serum cortisol. Ann Clin Biochem, 2007;44:281-284.

Moses-Kolko EL, Wisner KL, Price JC, Berga SL, Drevets WC, Hanusa BH, Loucks TL, Meltzer CC. Serotonin-1A receptor reductions in postpartum depression: a PET study. Fertil Steril 2007, Jun 1(Epub ahead of print).

Wieser F, Cohen M, Gaeddert A, Yu J, Burks-Wicks C, Berga SL, Taylor RN. Evolution of medical treatment for endometriosis: back to the roots? Human Reproduction Update 2007;13:487-99. Epub 2007 June 16.

Bender CM, Sereika SM, Ryan CM, Casillo FE, Vogel VG, Berga SL, Cohen SM, Rasrogi P, Brufsky AM. Memory impairments with adjuvant anastrozole vs. tamoxifen in women with early stage breast cancer. Menopause 2007;14:995-8.

Scheier MF, Helgeson VS, Schultz R, Colvin S, Berga SL, Knapp J, Gerszten K. Moderators of interventions designed to enhance physical and psychobiological functioning among younger women with early stage breast cancer. J. Clinical Oncology 2007;25:5710-14. E-pub 2007 Nov 12.

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Y. Ahn, MD

J. Arluck, MD

K. Ault, MD

Mary S. Dolan, MD, MPH

T. Duong, MD

J. Ellis, MD, PhD

L. Flowers MD

J. Goedken, MD
K. Godwin, MD
V. Green, MD, MHSA, MBA, JD
R. Hatcher, MD

N. Sidell, PhD

D. Session, MD
C. Spann, MD
J. Spencer, MD

R. N. Taylor, MD PhD

S. Weiss, MD