John L. Berk, MD

Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Expertise in Amyloidosis with specific emphasis in Familial and localized amyloid disease; pulmonary fibrosis.

Publications

  • Published 5/1/2026

    Ambardekar AV, Sarswat N, Wright R, Berk J, Davis MK, Garcia-Pavia P, Gillmore JD, Grodin JL, Mitchell JD, Mooney D, Nativi-Nicolau J, Poulsen SH, Ruberg FL, Chen C, Ji A, Siddhanti S, Tamby JF, Castaño A, Katz L, Sinha U, Fox JC, Maurer MS, Cheng RK. Acoramidis, Serum Transthyretin, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Insights From the ATTRibute-CM Trial. J Card Fail. 2026 May; 32(5):864-876. PMID: 42128580.

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  • Published 4/15/2026

    Sanchorawala V, Greatsinger A, Staron A, Berk JL, Mendelson LM, Joshi T, J Burke N, Tabatabaeepour N, Smith J, Signorovitch J. Disease burden of ATTR amyloidosis based on the SF-36® health survey. Cardiooncology. 2026 Apr 15; 12(1). PMID: 41987333.

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  • Published 1/1/2026

    Alexander KM, Davis MK, Akinboboye O, Berk J, Bhatt K, Cappelli F, Cuddy SAM, Fontana M, Garcia-Pavia P, Gillmore JD, Griffin JM, Grodin JL, Judge DP, Khouri MG, Lam K, Masri A, Maurer MS, Obici L, Ruberg FL, Sarswat N, Shah K, Soman P, Stern L, Wright R, Xiong K, Cao X, Lystig T, Tamby JF, Castaño A, Katz L, Sinha U, Fox JC, Solomon SD, Grogan M. Efficacy of Acoramidis in Wild-Type and Variant Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy: Results From ATTRibute-CM and Its Open-Label Extension. JAMA Cardiol. 2026 Jan 01; 11(1):57-67. PMID: 41205147.

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  • Published 10/28/2025

    Wixner J, Conceição I, Berk JL, Adams D, Polydefkis MJ, Attarian S, Gillmore JD, Dyck PJB, Chen J, Kwoh TJ, Nåtman J, Zhou W, Cruz MW. Neuropathy impairment and nutritional status with eplontersen in patients with hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis. Amyloid. 2026 Mar; 33(1):85-89. PMID: 41147681.

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  • Published 8/12/2025

    Maurer MS, Berk JL, Damy T, Sheikh FH, González-Costello J, Morbach C, Delgado D, Bondue A, Azevedo O, Poulsen SH, Jankowska EA, Yang L, Bender S, Eraly SA, Jay PY, Vest J, Fontana M. Impact of Vutrisiran on Cardiac Biomarkers in Patients With Transthyretin Amyloidosis With Cardiomyopathy From HELIOS-B. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Aug 12; 86(6):459-475. PMID: 40769675.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Pulmonary Center
    Boston University
  • Assistant Director, Amyloidosis Center
    Boston University
  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University
  • Graduate Medical Sciences Educator and Mentor (Primary Mentor of Graduate Students)
    Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University, MD
  • Wesleyan University, BA