University of North Carolina Athletics
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Dr. Josh Berkowitz
- Title:
- Team Physician
- Email:
- Phone:
- 919-966-3655
Dr. Josh Berkowitz is a Tar Heel through and through, receiving both his undergraduate and medical degrees at UNC before completing combined residency training in Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at UNC Hospitals. After residency he served as Chief Resident and subsequently completed the UNC Sports Medicine Fellowship program.
Appointed to the UNC School of Medicine faculty as an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Berkowitz is the Chief of the Division of Nonoperative Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine and a member of the Sports Medicine Institute.
He serves as a team physician for UNC Athletics, with primary responsibilities for football, women's basketball, men's lacrosse and men's and women's swimming and diving. He also works closely with UNC student-athletes from all 28 athletics programs who require point-of-care ultrasound for diagnostics and/or procedural intervention.
Berkowitz’s professional interests include patient care, event coverage, medical education and advancing minimally-invasive management of musculoskeletal conditions. He co-operates a specialty clinic devoted to managing professional, collegiate and other high-level athletes nationwide who have developed blood clots and require anticoagulation, producing several publications and speaking nationally on the topic. He is a member of both the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Outside of the university, Berkowitz serves as team physician for Chapel Hill High School and local professional ultimate teams the Carolina Flyers and the Raleigh Radiance. A longtime ultimate player and three-time world champion, he is a member of the Medical Advisory Group for USA Ultimate. He also serves as an Event Physician for the National Basketball Association. He routinely provides medical coverage at major sporting events nationally and internationally, with experience spanning 4 continents and including NCAA Championships, CONCACAF Women’s Championships, NBA All-Star and Basketball without Borders events among many others.
Berkowitz and his wife, Christina, have two sons and make their home in Chapel Hill.
Appointed to the UNC School of Medicine faculty as an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Berkowitz is the Chief of the Division of Nonoperative Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine and a member of the Sports Medicine Institute.
He serves as a team physician for UNC Athletics, with primary responsibilities for football, women's basketball, men's lacrosse and men's and women's swimming and diving. He also works closely with UNC student-athletes from all 28 athletics programs who require point-of-care ultrasound for diagnostics and/or procedural intervention.
Berkowitz’s professional interests include patient care, event coverage, medical education and advancing minimally-invasive management of musculoskeletal conditions. He co-operates a specialty clinic devoted to managing professional, collegiate and other high-level athletes nationwide who have developed blood clots and require anticoagulation, producing several publications and speaking nationally on the topic. He is a member of both the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine and the American College of Sports Medicine, as well as a fellow of both the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Outside of the university, Berkowitz serves as team physician for Chapel Hill High School and local professional ultimate teams the Carolina Flyers and the Raleigh Radiance. A longtime ultimate player and three-time world champion, he is a member of the Medical Advisory Group for USA Ultimate. He also serves as an Event Physician for the National Basketball Association. He routinely provides medical coverage at major sporting events nationally and internationally, with experience spanning 4 continents and including NCAA Championships, CONCACAF Women’s Championships, NBA All-Star and Basketball without Borders events among many others.
Berkowitz and his wife, Christina, have two sons and make their home in Chapel Hill.
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