Education and Training

Undergraduate Degree

BSE in Bioengineering & Electrical Engineering - University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA

Graduate Degree

PhD in Bioengineering - University of California, Berkeley & University of California, San Francisco, Joint Bioengineering Graduate Program, San Francisco, CA

Additional Training

Postdoctoral Scholar in Radiology - University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Titles and Academic Titles

Researcher

Research Assistant Professor of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Publications

Papers

2019

Port RG, Berman J, Liu S, Featherstone RE, Roberts TPL, Siegel SJ (2019 Apr). Parvalbumin Cell Ablation of NMDA-R1 Leads to Altered Phase, but not Amplitude, of Gamma-Band Cross Frequency Coupling. Brain Connectivity, 9 (3): 263-272. Doi: 10.1089/brain.2018.0639. PMID: 30588822. Electronically published: 2019 Mar 15.

Matsuzaki, Junko,  Ku, Matthew,  Berman, Jeffrey I,  Blaskey, Lisa,  Bloy, Luke,  Chen, Yu-han,  Dell, John,  Edgar, J Christopher,  Kuschner, Emily S,  Liu, Song: Abnormal auditory mismatch fields in adults with autism spectrum disorder. Neuroscience Letters 698: 140-145, 2019.

2018

Koppers, Simon,  Bloy, Luke,  Berman, Jeffrey I,  Tax, Chantal MW,  Edgar, J Christopher,  Merhof, Dorit: Spherical Harmonic Residual Network for Diffusion Signal Harmonization. arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01595 2018.

Gaetz, W.,  Kessler, S. K.,  Roberts, T. P. L.,  Berman, J. I.,  Levy, T. J.,  Hsia, M.,  Humpl, D.,  Schwartz, E. S.,  Amaral, S.,  Chang, B.,  Levin, L. S.: Massive cortical reorganization is reversible following bilateral transplants of the hands: evidence from the first successful bilateral pediatric hand transplant patient. Ann Clin Transl Neurol 5(1): 92-97, 2018.

Delgado, Jorge,  Berman, Jeffrey I,  Maya, Carolina,  Carson, Robert H,  Back, Susan J,  Darge, Kassa: Pilot study on renal magnetic resonance diffusion tensor imaging: are quantitative diffusion tensor imaging values useful in the evaluation of children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction? Pediatric radiology Page: 1-12, 2018.

2017

Owen, Julia P,  Bukshpun, Polina,  Pojman, Nicholas,  Thieu, Tony,  Chen, Qixuan,  Lee, Jihui,  D'Angelo, Debra,  Glenn, Orit A,  Hunter, Jill V,  Berman, Jeffrey I: Brain MR imaging findings and associated outcomes in carriers of the reciprocal copy number variation at 16p11. 2. Radiology 286(1): 217-226, 2017.

Bedoya Maria A, Delgado Jorge, Berman Jeffrey I, Chauvin Nancy A, Zurakowski David, Ramirez-Grueso Raul, Ntoulia Aikaterini, Jaramillo Diego: Diffusion-Tensor Imaging of the Physes: A Possible Biomarker for Skeletal Growth-Experience with 151 Children. Radiology 284(1): 210-218, July 2017.

de Blank Peter, Fisher Michael J, Gittleman Haley, Barnholtz-Sloan Jill S, Badve Chaitra, Berman Jeffrey I: Validation of an automated tractography method for the optic radiations as a biomarker of visual acuity in neurofibromatosis-associated optic pathway glioma. Experimental neurology Jun 2017 Notes: In Press.

2016

Berman Jeffrey I, Edgar James C, Blaskey Lisa, Kuschner Emily S, Levy Susan E, Ku Matthew, Dell John, Roberts Timothy P L: Multimodal Diffusion-MRI and MEG Assessment of Auditory and Language System Development in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Frontiers in neuroanatomy 10: 30, 2016.

Chang Yi Shin, Owen Julia P, Pojman Nicholas J, Thieu Tony, Bukshpun Polina, Wakahiro Mari L J, Marco Elysa J, Berman Jeffrey I, Spiro John E, Chung Wendy K, Buckner Randy L, Roberts Timothy P L, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Sherr Elliott H, Mukherjee Pratik: Reciprocal white matter alterations due to 16p11.2 chromosomal deletions versus duplications. Human brain mapping 37(8): 2833-48, Aug 2016.

Berman J I, Chudnovskaya D, Blaskey L, Kuschner E, Mukherjee P, Buckner R, Nagarajan S, Chung W K, Sherr E H, Roberts T P L: Relationship between M100 Auditory Evoked Response and Auditory Radiation Microstructure in 16p11.2 Deletion and Duplication Carriers. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology Feb 2016.

de Blank Peter Matthew Kennedy, Berman Jeffrey I, Fisher Michael Jay: Systemic Chemotherapy and White Matter Integrity in Tracts Associated with Cognition Among Children With Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Pediatric blood & cancer 63: 818-824, Jan 2016.

Richardson Andrew G, Attiah Mark A, Berman Jeffrey I, Chen H Isaac, Liu Xilin, Zhang Milin, Van der Spiegel Jan, Lucas Timothy H: The effects of acute cortical somatosensory deafferentation on grip force control. Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior 74: 1-8, Jan 2016.

2015

Edgar J Christopher, Fisk Iv Charles L, Berman Jeffrey I, Chudnovskaya Darina, Liu Song, Pandey Juhi, Herrington John D, Port Russell G, Schultz Robert T, Roberts Timothy P L: Auditory encoding abnormalities in children with autism spectrum disorder suggest delayed development of auditory cortex. Molecular autism 6: 69, 2015.

Chang Yi Shin, Owen Julia P, Pojman Nicholas J, Thieu Tony, Bukshpun Polina, Wakahiro Mari L J, Berman Jeffrey I, Roberts Timothy P L, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Sherr Elliott H, Mukherjee Pratik: White Matter Changes of Neurite Density and Fiber Orientation Dispersion during Human Brain Maturation. PloS one 10(6): e0123656, 2015.

Berman Jeffrey I, Chudnovskaya Darina, Blaskey Lisa, Kuschner Emily, Mukherjee Pratik, Buckner Randall, Nagarajan Srikantan, Chung Wendy K, Spiro John E, Sherr Elliott H, Roberts Timothy P L: Abnormal auditory and language pathways in children with 16p11.2 deletion. NeuroImage. Clinical 9: 50-7, 2015.

Gaballah Marian, Krishnamurthy Ganesh, Berman Jeffrey I, Edgar J Christopher, Adeb Melkamu, Keller Marc S, McIntosh Adeka, Nazario Maricarmen, Cahill Anne Marie: Lower Extremity Vascular Access in Neonates and Infants: A Single Institutional Experience. Journal of vascular and interventional radiology : JVIR 26(11): 1660-8, Nov 2015.

Berman Jeffrey I, Liu Song, Bloy Luke, Blaskey Lisa, Roberts Timothy P L, Edgar J Christopher: Alpha-to-gamma phase-amplitude coupling methods and application to autism spectrum disorder. Brain connectivity 5(2): 80-90, Mar 2015.

Jenkins Julian, Chow Vivian, Blaskey Lisa, Kuschner Emily, Qasmieh Saba, Gaetz Leah, Edgar J Christopher, Mukherjee Pratik, Buckner Randall, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Chung Wendy K, Spiro John E, Sherr Elliott H, Berman Jeffrey I, Roberts Timothy P L: Auditory Evoked M100 Response Latency is Delayed in Children with 16p11.2 Deletion but not 16p11.2 Duplication. Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 26(5): 1957-64, Feb 2015.

2014

C James, JI Berman, J Delgado, V Ho-Fung, D Jaramillo: Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the Growing Ends of Long Bones: Pilot Demonstration of Columnar Structure in the Physes and Metaphyses of the Knee. Radiology. Radiological Society of North America, 273(2): 491-501, November 2014.

Qureshi Abid Y, Mueller Sophia, Snyder Abraham Z, Mukherjee Pratik, Berman Jeffrey I, Roberts Timothy P L, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Spiro John E, Chung Wendy K, Sherr Elliott H, Buckner Randy L: Opposing brain differences in 16p11.2 deletion and duplication carriers. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 34(34): 11199-211, Aug 2014.

Mandelli Maria Luisa, Berger Mitchel S, Bucci Monica, Berman Jeffrey I, Amirbekian Bagrat, Henry Roland G: Quantifying accuracy and precision of diffusion MR tractography of the corticospinal tract in brain tumors. Journal of neurosurgery 121(2): 349-58, Aug 2014.

Owen Julia P, Chang Yi Shin, Pojman Nicholas J, Bukshpun Polina, Wakahiro Mari L J, Marco Elysa J, Berman Jeffrey I, Spiro John E, Chung Wendy K, Buckner Randy L, Roberts Timothy P L, Nagarajan Srikantan S, Sherr Elliott H, Mukherjee Pratik: Aberrant white matter microstructure in children with 16p11.2 deletions. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 34(18): 6214-23, Apr 2014.

Roberts T P L, Heiken K, Zarnow D, Dell J, Nagae L, Blaskey L, Solot C, Levy S E, Berman J I, Edgar J C: Left hemisphere diffusivity of the arcuate fasciculus: influences of autism spectrum disorder and language impairment. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 35(3): 587-92, Mar 2014.

Jaimes C, Darge K, Khirchenko D, Carson R, Berman JI: Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Tractography of the Kidney in Children: Feasibility and Preliminary Experience. Pediatric Radiology 44(1): 30-41  Jan 2014.

2013

Owen JP, Ziv E, Bukshpun P, Pojman N, Wakahiro M, Berman JI, Roberts TP, Friedman EJ, Sherr EH, Mukherjee P: Test-retest reliability of computational network measurements derived from the structural connectome of the human brain. Brain Connect 3(2): 160-76, 2013.

Roberts TPL, Lanza MR, Dell J, Qasmieh S, Hines K, Blaskey L, Zarnow DM, Levy SE, Edgar, JC,  Berman JI: Maturational differences in thalamocortical white matter microstructure and auditory evoked response latencies in autism spectrum disorders. Brain Res 6(1537): 79-85, Nov 2013.

de Blank PM, Berman JI, Liu GT, Roberts TP, Fisher MJ: Fractional Anisotropy of the Optic Radiations is Associated with Visual Acuity Loss in Optic Pathway Gliomas of Neurofibromatosis Type 1. Neuro-Oncology 15(8): 1088-95, Aug 2013.

Bucci, Monica,  Mandelli, Maria Luisa,  Berman, Jeffrey I.,  Amirbekian, Bagrat,  Nguyen, Christopher,  Berger, Mitchel S.,  Henry, Roland G.: Quantifying diffusion MRI tractography of the corticospinal tract in brain tumors with deterministic and probabilistic methods. NeuroImage: Clinical 3: 361-368, Aug 2013.

Berman JI, Lanza MR, Blaskey L, Edgar JC, Roberts TPL: High Angular Resolution Diffusion Imaging (HARDI) Probabilistic Tractography of the Auditory Radiation. American Journal of Neuroradiology 34(8): 1573-8, August 2013.

2012

Berman J, McDaniel J, Liu S, Cornew L, Gaetz W, Roberts TP, Edgar JC.: Variable Bandwidth Filtering for Improved Sensitivity of Cross-Frequency Coupling Metrics. Brain Connectivity 2(3): 155-63, 2012.

2011

Berman J, McDaniel J, Liu S, Cornew L, Gaetz W, Roberts TP, Edgar JC.: Variable Bandwidth Filtering for Improved Sensitivity of Cross-Frequency Coupling Metrics. Brain Connectivity 2(3): 155-63, 2012.

2010

Bonifacio SL, Glass HC, Chau V, Berman JI, Xu D, Brant R, Barkovich AJ, Poskitt KJ, Miller SP, Ferriero DM: Extreme premature birth is not associated with impaired development of brain microstructure. J Pediatr 157(5): 726-32, Nov 2010.

Glass HC*, Berman JI*, Norcia AM, Rogers EE, Henry RG, Hou C, Barkovich AJ, Good WV: Quantitative fiber tracking of the optic radiation is correlated with visual-evoked potential amplitude in preterm infants. AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology 31(8): 1424-9, Sept 2010 Notes: *JIB and *HCG contributed equally and are both first authors.  HCG is listed first in print edition.

Glenn O A, Quiroz E M, Berman J I, Studholme C, Xu D: Diffusion-Weighted Imaging in Fetuses with Unilateral Cortical Malformations and Callosal Agenesis. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 31(6): 1100-2, Jun 2010.

2009

Schneider, M.M., Berman, J.I., Baumer, F.M., Glass, H.C., Jeng, S., Jeremy, R.J., Esch, M., Biran, V., Barkovich, A.J., Studholme. C., Xu, D., Glenn, O.A.: Normative apparent diffusion coefficient values in the developing fetal brain. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 30(9): 1799-803, Oct 2009.

Tam EWY, Ferriero DM, Xu D, Berman JI, Vigneron DB, Barkovich AJ, Miller SP: Cerebellar development in the preterm neonate: effect of supratentorial brain injury. Pediatric research 66(1): 102-6, Jul 2009.

Berman, J.I., Glass, H.C., Miller, S.P., Mukherjee, P., Ferriero, D.M., Barkovich, A.J., Vigneron, D.B., Henry, R.G.: Quantitative fiber tracking analysis of the optic radiation correlated with visual performance in premature newborns. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 30(1): 120-4, Jan 2009.

2008

Ludeman, N.A., Berman, J.I., Wu, Y.W., Jeremy, R.J., Kornak, J., Bartha, A.I., Barkovich, A.J., Ferriero, D.M., Henry, R.G., Glenn, O.A.: Diffusion tensor imaging of the pyramidal tracts in infants with motor dysfunction. Neurology 71(21): 1676-82, Nov 2008.

Mukherjee P, Chung S W, Berman J I, Hess C P, Henry R G: Diffusion tensor MR imaging and fiber tractography: technical considerations. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 29(5): 843-52, May 2008.

Chung, S., Pelletier, D., Sdika, M., Lu, Y., Berman, J.I., Henry, R.G.: Whole brain voxel-wise analysis of single-subject serial DTI by permutation testing. NeuroImage 39(4): 1693-705, Feb 2008.

Berman, J.I., Chung, S., Mukherjee, P., Hess, C.P., Han, E.T., Henry, R.G.: Probabilistic streamline q-ball tractography using the residual bootstrap. NeuroImage 39(1): 215-22, Jan 2008.

2007

Glenn, O.A., Ludeman, N.A., Berman, J.I., Wu, Y.W., Lu, Y., Bartha, A.I., Vigneron, D.B., Chung, S.W., Ferriero, D.M., Barkovich, A.J., Henry, R.G.: Diffusion tensor MR imaging tractography of the pyramidal tracts correlates with clinical motor function in children with congenital hemiparesis. AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology 28(9): 1796-802, Oct 2007.

Berman, J.I., Berger, M.S., Chung, S.W., Nagarajan, S.S., Henry, R.G.: Accuracy of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography assessed using intraoperative subcortical stimulation mapping and magnetic source imaging. Journal of neurosurgery 107(3): 488-94, Sep 2007.

2006

Partridge, S.C., Vigneron, D.B., Charlton, N.N., Berman, J.I., Henry, R.G., Mukherjee, P., McQuillen, P.S., Karl, T.R., Barkovich, A.J., Miller, S.P.: Pyramidal tract maturation after brain injury in newborns with heart disease. Annals of neurology 59(4): 640-51, Apr 2006.

2005

Le Tuong, H., Mukherjee, P., Henry, R.G., Berman, J.I., Ware, M., Manley, G.T.: Diffusion tensor imaging with three-dimensional fiber tractography of traumatic axonal shearing injury: an imaging correlate for the posterior callosal "disconnection" syndrome: case report. Neurosurgery 56(1): 189, 2005.

Partridge, S.C., Mukherjee, P., Berman, J.I., Henry, R.G., Miller, S.P., Lu, Y., Glenn, O.A., Ferriero, D.M., Barkovich, A.J., Vigneron, D.B.: Tractography-based quantitation of diffusion tensor imaging parameters in white matter tracts of preterm newborns. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 22(4): 467-74, Oct 2005.

Berman, J.I., Mukherjee, P., Partridge, S.C., Miller, S.P., Ferriero, D.M, Barkovich, A.J., Vigneron, D.B., Henry, R.G.: Quantitative diffusion tensor MRI fiber tractography of sensorimotor white matter development in premature infants. NeuroImage 27(4): 862-71, Oct 2005.

2004

Henry, R.G., Berman, J.I., Nagarajan, S.S., Mukherjee, P., Berger, M.S.: Subcortical  tracking combined with intraoperative language mapping. Neuroimage 21(2): 616-622, 2004.

Partridge, S.C., Mukherjee, P., Henry, R.G., Miller, S.P., Berman, J.I., Jin, H., Lu, Y., Glenn, O.A, Ferriero, D.M., Barkovich, A.J., Vigneron, D. B.: Diffusion tensor imaging: serial quantitation of white matter tract maturity in premature newborns. NeuroImage 22(3): 1302-14, Jul 2004.

Berman, J.I., Berger, M.S., Mukherjee, P., Henry, R.G.: Diffusion-tensor imaging-guided tracking of fibers of the pyramidal tract combined with intraoperative cortical stimulation mapping in patients with gliomas. Journal of neurosurgery 101(1): 66-72, Jul 2004.

Henry, R.G., Berman, J.I., Nagarajan, S.S., Mukherjee, P., Berger, M.S.: Subcortical pathways serving cortical language sites: initial experience with diffusion tensor imaging fiber tracking combined with intraoperative language mapping. NeuroImage 21(2): 616-22, Feb 2004.

2003

Glenn, O.A., Henry, R.G., Berman, J.I., Chang, P.C., Miller, S.P., Vigneron, D.B., Barkovich, A.J.: DTI-based three-dimensional tractography detects differences in the pyramidal tracts of infants and children with congenital hemiparesis. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 18(6): 641-8, Dec 2003.

2000

McGowan, J.C., Berman, J.I., Ford, J.C., Lavi, E., Hackney, D.B.: Characterization of experimental spinal cord injury with magnetization transfer ratio histograms. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging : JMRI 12(2): 247-54, Aug 2000.

Abstracts

2017

de Blank P, Fisher MJ, Prelack M, Waldman A, Berman JI: Characterizing the Effect of Age on Measures of White Matter Integrity in the Optic Radiations of Children with and without Neurofibromatosis Type 1. ISMRM Hawaii  2017.

de Blank P, Berman JI, Prelack M, Waldman A, Fisher MJ: Effect of Age and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Status on White Matter Integrity in the Optic Radiations of Children. Children's Tumor Foundation annual meeting, Washington, DC 2017.

Peter de Blank, Jeffrey Berman, Marisa Prelack, Amy Waldman, Michael Fisher: Effect of Age and Neurofibromatosis Type 1 Status on White Matter Integrity in the Optic Radiations of Children. Neuro-Oncology 19(suppl_4): iv33-iv33, 2017.

Lee, Vincent  Panigrahy, Ashok  Schmithorst, Vincent  Chenevert, Thomas  Gagoski, Borjan  Qiu, Deqiang  LaViolette, Peter  Berman, Jeffrey  Verstynen, Timothy  Yeh, Fang-Cheng  : Robustness of Local Connectome Fingerprint Explored: Using a Multi-Center and Multi-Vendor Study. ISMRM Hawaii 2017.

Jeffrey I. Berman1, J. Christopher Edgar1, Lisa Blaskey, Emily Kuschner, Timothy P.L. Roberts  : Diffusion MR and MEG Assessment of Auditory and Language System Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder BIOMAG Seoul South Korea 2017.

Jeffrey I. Berman, J. Christopher Edgar, Lisa Blaskey, Emily Kuschner, Timothy P.L. Roberts: Relationship Between DTI of the Brainstem Auditory Pathway and Latency of the Auditory M100 Response is Altered in Autism Spectrum Disorder. ISMRM Hawaii 2017.

Jeffrey I Berman, Tim Roberts: Diffusion MR of the Auditory Pathway from Brainstem to Cortex and its Correlation with Conduction Velocity in Autism Spectrum Disorder. ASNR Long Beach, CA 2017.

2016

de Blank, Peter   Russell, Greg   Fisher, Michael   Berman, Jeffrey   : Comparison of Automated and Hand-Drawn Tractography of the Optic Radiations in Children with NF1-Associated Optic Pathway Gliomas. ISMRM Singapore 2016.

Books

Chapters

2013

Jeffrey I Berman: Advanced Diffusion MR Tractography for Surgical Planning. Functional Brain Tumor Imaging. Jay J. Pillai (eds.). Springer, 2013.

Posters and Presentations

Invited Lectures

2018

Berman JI. "Multimodal Imaging of Brain Structure and Function", ASNR, Vancouver Canada. Jun, 2018.

2016

Berman JI. "Demystifying Diffusion MRI", American Society of Neuroradiology, Annual Meeting, Washington DC. May, 2016.

Awards and Honors

2017, American Society of Neuroradiology Outstanding Presentation Award in Pediatric Neuroradiology, Derek Harwood Nash Award

2006, Finalist, CGS/UMI Distinguished PhD Dissertation Award (top 5 in nation)

2003, First Place, UCSF/UCB Bioengineering Dept. Poster Competition

2000, Hugo Otto Wolf Memorial Prize in Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

International

2003-present, International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

National

2011-present, American Society of Neuroradiology