Education | Laboratory Personnel | General Research Interest | Selected Research Projects
Research and Clinical Interests | Major Specialized Equipment Items Available | Selected Publications

Robert J. Berg
Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Soft Tissue Surgery
Phone: 508-839-7960
Fax: 508-839-7922
Email: john.berg@tufts.edu

Education
MS - Colorado State University - 1985
DVM - Colorado State University - 1981

Board Certification
American College of Veterinary Surgeons

General Research Interest

  • Surgical oncology

Research Sponsor Interest

  • Corporations and Foundations

Selected Research Projects

  • Evaluation of a novel tumor imaging system for intraoperative assessment of the completeness of tumor excision
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Research & Clinical Interests

  • Strategies for improving local control of surgically excised tumors
  • Canine osteosarcoma as a naturally occurring model for human osteosarcoma
  • Outcome following surgical excision of naturally occurring tumors of dogs and cats
  • Clinical veterinary soft tissue surgery and surgical oncology

Major Specialized Equipment Items Available

  • MRI, CT, linear accelerator, surgical laser, laparoscopic and thoracoscopic equipment

Selected Publications

  1. Berg J. Surgical treatment of pericardial diseases and cardiac neoplasms. In Bojrab MJ, ed. Current techniques in small animal surgery. Fifth edition, Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, in press.
  2. Berg J. Mandibulectomy and maxillectomy. Small Animal Surgical Practice, Elsevier, in press.
  3. Zacher LA, Berg J, Shaw SP, Kudej RK. Association between outcome and changes in plasma lactate concentration during presurgical treatment in dogs with gastric dilatation-volvulus: 64 cases (2002-2008). J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2010; 236:892-897.
  4. Pike FS, Berg J, King NW, Penninck D, Webster CRL. Gall Bladder mucoceles in dogs: 30 cases (2000-2002). J Amer Vet Med Assoc. 2004; 224:1615-1622.
  5. DeRegis CJ, Moore AS, Rand WM, Berg J. Cisplatin and doxorubicin toxicosis in dogs with osteosarcoma. J Vet Int Med. 2003; 17:668-673.
  6. Garzotto CK, Berg J. Tumors of the musculoskeletal system. In Slatter DE, ed. Textbook of small animal surgery. Third edition. WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 2003; 2460-2474.
  7. Berg J. Surgical therapy of cancer. In Slatter DE, ed. Textbook of small animal surgery. Third edition. WB Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 2003; 2324-2328.

 

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