ClinicalAssociate Professor
University of British Columbia/ICORD
Dr. Mike Berger attended the combined MD/PhD program at Western University, completing his PhD in the Integrated Physiology of Exercise (2011) and undergraduate medical training (2013). Dr. Berger then went on to complete residency training in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of British Columbia. In his final year of training, he completed fellowship training in electrodiagnostic and neuromuscular medicine, in the Neuromuscular Diseases Unit at Vancouver General Hospital. Dr. Berger is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and is a Diplomate of the Canadian Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (certified in EMG).
Since completion of training in 2018, Dr. Berger is a consultant physiatrist with both Island Health Authority and Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, practicing with hospital privileges in both Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. Dr. Berger is also consultant physiatrist with two provincial complex nerve injury programs- the BC Centre for Complex Nerve Injury (Vancouver General Hospital) and the Upper Limb Functional Restoration Clinic (GF Strong Rehabilitation Centre) - where he provides physiatric and electrodiagnostic consultations in close collaboration with his neurology and surgery colleagues, for patients with traumatic nerve injuries and spinal cord injuries. His clinical practice is focused on neuromuscular diseases and electrodiagnosis, including patients with ALS, inflammatory neuromuscular diseases and common sports medicine conditions.
Dr. Berger is also appointed as a Principal Investigator at the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), a world-renowned spinal cord research institute. Dr. Berger has an active research laboratory using non-invasive neuromuscular assessment techniques to examine the effects of neurotrauma, surgical interventions and rehabilitation strategies, on various aspects of the neuromuscular system. Dr. Berger was the recipient of the 2022 Michael Smith Health Research BC Health Professional-Investigator Award (2023-27).
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Keynote: Nerve Transfers to Promote Function
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM PT
The Interdisciplinary Clinic for Peripheral Nerve Injury – from Bench to Bedside
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
10:00 AM - 1:30 PM PT
