Burton Berkson, MD, MD(H)

Dr. Burton Berkson, MD, MD(H), practices integrative medicine at the Integrative Medical Center of New Mexico, and he serves as an adjunct professor at Oklahoma State University College of Medicine. He is a former adjunct professor at New Mexico State University and a Clinical Assistant Professor at Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Berkson is also a prolific writer, researcher, and speaker.

Beyond his training as an MD, Dr. Berkson earned a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D. in biological sciences from the University of Illinois, Urbana. He has conducted research and taught at prestigious institutions, including the Max Planck Institute, the University of Illinois, and Rutgers University.

Moreover, Dr. Berkson has served as an expert consultant on lipoic acid and hepatic poisoning for the CDC and former FDA lipoic acid principal investigator as a prescription drug. He is also the medical mycology expert for the State of New Mexico poison control centers.

In 2007 and 2012, the National Cancer Institute invited Dr. Berkson to lecture on his innovative lipoic acid/low-dose naltrexone therapies, which correct mitochondrial dysfunction in various malignant diseases. For further details, please search "Berkson, NCI" on Google.

Dr. Berkson's extensive research has resulted in numerous scientific papers, and he has authored and co-authored four books: The Alpha-Lipoic Acid Breakthrough (Random House-Crown, 98), All About the B Vitamins (Avery, 98), Syndrome X (John Wiley, 2001, with co-authors), and A User's Guide to the B Vitamins.