AARON BERGER, M.D., Ph.D.

<p>Aaron Berger, M.D., Ph.D., is a board-certified plastic surgeon and hand surgery specialist based in Oakland, California, where he practices at 744 52nd Street through UCSF Benioff Children&apos;s Hospitals. His NPI (1831385053) is recorded in the federal NPPES NPI Registry as active at this Oakland address, with a primary taxonomy of Plastic Surgery &mdash; Surgery of the Hand and a secondary code for Orthopaedic Surgery &mdash; Hand Surgery.</p><p>Dr. Berger earned his M.D. and Ph.D. from Yale University School of Medicine through the Medical Scientist Training Program, with doctoral research in experimental pathology, as described on his UCSF Department of Surgery faculty profile. He completed a plastic surgery residency at Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics and a subspecialty fellowship in hand surgery and microsurgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. An international hand surgery fellowship in China, sponsored by the American Society for Surgery of the Hand, further broadened his technical training.</p><p>At UCSF Benioff Children&apos;s Hospitals, Dr. Berger serves as Director of the Pediatric Hand Surgery Program and Director of the Pediatric Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Program, and holds an appointment as Associate Professor of Surgery in the UCSF Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The UCSF Benioff Children&apos;s Hospitals provider directory confirms his dual board certifications from the American Board of Plastic Surgery in Plastic Surgery and in Surgery of the Hand.</p><p>His clinical scope covers congenital hand differences, traumatic upper-extremity injuries, complex peripheral nerve conditions, brachial plexus injuries, and microsurgical reconstruction. The traumatic-injury and nerve-repair dimensions of this practice place it within the continuum of care that routinely intersects with personal injury, motor-vehicle, and workplace-accident matters. Dr. Berger appears in the Convene Healthcare lien-provider directory, a California-focused platform connecting attorneys and patients with specialists who work under letters of protection and medical lien arrangements.</p><p>Research contributions attributed to Dr. Berger and indexed in the National Library of Medicine&apos;s PubMed Central archive focus on optimizing treatment pathways for brachial plexus birth injuries and congenital upper-limb differences. Prior published outcomes and research activity are not predictive of results in any future individual patient encounter.</p>