{"id":553,"date":"2016-10-07T16:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T20:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-dev.med.unc.edu\/orthodev\/directory\/berkowitz\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T15:52:28","slug":"berkowitz","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/directory\/berkowitz\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshua N. Berkowitz, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"margin: 0;padding: 0;width: 100%\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><!-- Video Box --><\/p>\n<div class=\"topbox\">\n<table style=\"margin: 0px;padding: 0px;width: 100%;height: 132px\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"padding: 0px\">\n<th class=\"right\" style=\"width: 26.0803%;height: 132px\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/01\/Berkowitz-J-pro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/01\/Berkowitz-J-pro-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/01\/Berkowitz-J-pro-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/ortho\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/406\/2022\/01\/Berkowitz-J-pro-731x1024.jpg 731w, 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Musculoskeletal Medicine<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End Video Box --><\/p>\n<div class=\"healthcare-link\"><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/findadoc.unchealthcare.org\/nc\/chapel-hill\/joshua-norstrom-berkowitz-md-6011-farrington-road\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i> UNC Healthcare Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"healthcare-link\"><a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/uncch.hosted.panopto.com\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=6cb49a44-1b75-4b0f-89a5-ae200140df4f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i class=\"fa fa-external-link\"><\/i> Video Profile<\/a><\/div>\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"panel-group yourcustomclass oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"unc-accordion-0\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-0\" 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Carolina<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fellowship<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Primary Care Sports Medicine, UNC School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-1\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-1\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-1\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-1\">\n                Current Appointments            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-1\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div 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care.<\/li>\n<li>Providing medical coverage at sporting events.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-3\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-3\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-3\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-3\">\n                Clinic Location            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-3\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-4\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-4\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-4\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-4\">\n                Research Interests            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-4\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li>Managing athletes with blood clotting problems<\/li>\n<li>Exploring ways to treat musculoskeletal problems without surgery<\/li>\n<li>Minimizing risks\/harms associated with treatment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-5\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-5\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-5\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-5\">\n                Selected Publications            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-5\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p class=\"Pa2\"><b>Peer-reviewed <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Stafford, H., <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Berkowitz,<\/span><\/b> <b><span data-contrast=\"none\">J<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">., Adams, N., Porras, L., Sandbulte, Z., Fisher, B., Felton, C., Booth, J., Reed, W., Wells, S., Johnson, L., Nelson-Chavis, J., Kettterly, J., &amp; Berkoff, D. The effect of a sports nutrition didactic session on division I athletes. Medical Research Archives.2020;8(6):2-13.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Berkowitz JN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Skinner AC, Lohr JA. Carrying the Weight: Athletics and Obesity in High School Football Players. Clinical Pediatrics. 2019 Nov;58(13):1409-1414. doi: 10.1177\/0009922819850495. Epub 2019 May 29.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Moll S, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Berkowitz JN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">, Miars CW. Elite athletes and anticoagulant therapy: an intermittent dosing strategy. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2018 Nov 30;2018(1):412-417. doi: 10.1182\/asheducation-2018.1.412.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Berkowitz JN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Moll S. Athletes and blood clots: individualized, intermittent anticoagulation management. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2017 Jun;15(6):1051-1054. doi: 10.1111\/jth.13676. Epub 2017 Apr 27.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Berkowitz J<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, Moll S. Athletes and Anticoagulation: Return to Play After DVT\/PE. http:\/\/www.acc.org. October 19, 2016. Accessed October 19, 2016. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acc.org\/latest-in-cardiology\/articles\/2016\/10\/19\/15\/13\/athletes-andanticoagulation\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">http:\/\/www.acc.org\/latest-in-cardiology\/articles\/2016\/10\/19\/15\/13\/athletes-andanticoagulation<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Berkoff DJ, Sandbulte ZW, Stafford HC, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Berkowitz JN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. Fibrin Glue for Olecranon Bursitis:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">A Case Report. Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease. 2016 Feb; 8(1): 28-30.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Willett CS, <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Berkowitz JN<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">. Viability effects and not meoitic drive cause dramatic departures from Mendelian inheritance for malic enzyme in hybrids of Tigriopus californicus populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2007 May; 20(3): 1196\u20131205.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-6\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-6\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-6\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-6\">\n                Honors, Awards, and Achievements            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-6\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<ul>\n<li>UNC Health Care and Faculty\u00a0Physicians\u00a0Award for Carolina Care Excellence (2018-2019)<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">Floyd W. Denny Pediatric Society Resident Award (2014)<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">Robert C. Cefalo House Officer of the Year Award (2013)<\/li>\n<li class=\"Pa0\">Janet J. Fischer Award (2013)<\/li>\n<li class=\" \">University of North Carolina School of Medicine Academy of Educators (2013)<\/li>\n<li class=\"Default\">Alpha Omega Alpha (2010)<\/li>\n<li class=\"Pa0\">Gold Humanism Honor Society (2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"Pa0\"><\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-7\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-7\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-7\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-7\">\n                Contact            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-7\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><strong>Appointments:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone: (984) 974-5700<br \/>\nReferral Fax: (919) 966-7956<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provider Office<br \/>\n<\/strong>Phone:\u00a0(919) 966-7095<br \/>\nFax:\u00a0(919) 966-6730<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Division Chief Nonoperative Sports and Musculoskeletal Medicine UNC Healthcare Profile Video Profile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":554,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-553","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Joshua N. 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