Christopher Berger, MD

Assistant Professor
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Christopher Berger, MD, MSIMT is an assistant professor in the UCSF Division of Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, clinically based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. His research focuses on improving tuberculosis screening, diagnosis, and treatment programs globally through the use of implementation science and human-centered design principles. He works with Dr. Adithya Cattamanchi on projects in the Philippines to improve the diagnostic and clinical tools used in MDR and XDR TB and in Uganda designing improved versions of the globally utilized “Directly Observed Therapy” toolkit. Christopher completed his undergraduate degree in international health at the University of Pittsburgh where he went on complete his MD. He received his master’s in tropical medicine and international health at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain. He completed his internal medicine residency and pulmonary/critical care medicine fellowship at UCSF. He is currently completing a masters in Clinical Research at UCSF.

UCSF Center for Tuberculosis Initiatives:
TB RAMP Scholar | Class 2023
World TB Day Planning Committee 2022

Publications

Impact of heteroresistance on treatment outcomes of people with drug-resistant TB.

Crowder R, Kato-Maeda M, Schwem B, Dela Tonga A, Geocaniga-Gaviola DM, Lopez E, Valdez CL, Lim AR, Hunat N, Sedusta AG, Sacopon CA, Atienza GAM, Bulag E, Lim D, Bascuña J, Shah K, Basillio RP, Berger CA, Lopez MCDP, Sen S, Allender C, Folkerts M, Karaoz U, Brodie E, Mitarai S, Garfin AMC, Ama MC, Engelthaler DM, Cattamanchi A, Destura R

Comparison of 3 optimized delivery strategies for completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A single-center randomized trial.

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Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakimuli J, Ritar Kasidi J, Bishop O, Nakasendwa S, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A