Dr Yaron Berkowitz

Dr Yaron Berkowitz is a Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, including the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and a partner of Oxford Musculoskeletal Radiology (OMR). He graduated medicine from the University of Cambridge, and after obtaining his surgical qualification (MRCS) he undertook general and subspecialty MSK radiology training at Imperial College, London. He completed two MSK Fellowships at the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital in Oswestry, UK, and at the University of British Columbia (St Paul’s Hospital), Vancouver, prior to his consultant appointment in Oxford.

Dr Berkowitz has expertise in imaging led diagnosis and treatment of the full spectrum of conditions affecting the musculoskeletal system, with particular interest in spine conditions and back pain, sports injuries, bone and joint infections, major trauma, nerve entrapments and pain syndromes, bone & soft tissue sarcoma and bone metastatic disease, arthritis and rheumatological conditions. He regularly performs complex image guided interventions such as bone biopsy, tumour ablation and vertebroplasty, nerve ablation, and more routine ultrasound guided tendon, bursal and joint injections.
He is the lead radiologist for the Oxford regional spine, bone infection and shoulder multidisciplinary meetings, and the Oxford Metastatic Intervention and Treatment special interest group (OxMINT).

Dr Berkowitz is involved in ongoing clinical research as a member of the Experimental Medicine Division of Oxford University. He regularly publishes in peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters, and is an expert reviewer for the seminal British and International MSK radiology journals. He was deputy editor for the national iRefer guidelines published by the Royal College of Radiology.
Dr Berkowitz is a passionate teacher and is the RCR Clinical Tutor and MSK Fellowship lead for Oxford, as well as supervising medical students from Oxford University Medical School. He is a regularly invited speaker at British, European and international subspecialty conferences and serves on the OCAD committee, an international community and network of MSK radiology educators.

Society Memberships:

• British Society of Skeletal Radiology (BSSR)
• European Society of Skeletal Radiology (ESSR)
  • Interventional, Ultrasound and Arthritis subcommittees.
• North American Society of Skeletal Radiology (SSR)
• Royal College of Radiologists (RCR)
• Royal College of Surgeons (RCS)
• Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
• British Medical Association (BMA)