Christine Dorothy Berg is an American radiation oncologist and physician-scientist who was chief of the early detection research group at the National Cancer Institute.

Christine Berg
Berg in 2004
Alma materNorthwestern University School of Medicine
Scientific career
FieldsRadiation oncology, cancer prevention
InstitutionsNational Cancer Institute

Life

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Berg completed a M.D. at the Northwestern University School of Medicine.[1] She completed a residency in internal medicine from 1977 to 1981 at the McGaw Medical Center.[1] Berg conducted a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology from 1981 to 1984 at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.[1] She was a resident in radiation oncology from 1984 to 1986 with MedStar Health.[1]

As of 2004, Berg was chief of the early detection research group in the division of cancer prevention at the National Cancer Institute.[2] In 2010, she was co-lead of the National Lung Screening Trial.[3] Berg retired from NCI in November 2012.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Dr. Christine D. Berg". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  2. ^ a b "Berg, Christine: Image Details - NCI Visuals Online". visualsonline.cancer.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-10.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Hobson, Katherine (2010-11-11). "A Bit More Info on that Lung-Cancer Screening Trial". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-10-10.
  This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the National Institutes of Health.