Jennifer Berliner, MD

Director of Physician Well-Being • UPMC

Dr. Jennifer Berliner received her undergraduate degree from Tufts University in 1997. She then completed her M.D. degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in New York in 2001. During medical school, she was selected to the Alpha Omega Alpha chapter of the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. Subsequently, she completed her internship and medical residency at the New York Presbyterian-Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. She then completed her fellowship in cardiovascular disease at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois in 2007. She focused on non-invasive imaging. She completed an additional fellowship in advanced cardiac imaging at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and trained at the University of Erlangen in Erlangen, Germany, learning specialized cardiac computed tomography techniques, achieving Level III certification in echocardiography, cardiovascular computed tomography, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, as well as certification in nuclear cardiology. During her fellowship she won the Siemens Outstanding Academic Research Award and Grant. In March 2018, she started her current position as a Clinical Assistant Professor at UPMC and the Director of Physician Well-Being. In this role, she has developed a physician well-being program for UPMC physicians. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Disease, Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. She is currently a member of the Scientific Board and the Administrative Board of the Physician Wellness Academic Consortium.