About Sigurd H. Berven, M.D.

Dr. Sigurd Berven is a graduate of the Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency. After completion of his residency, he had further clinical training in spine surgery as a clinical fellow at UCSF, and in Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery as a Chief Resident at The Boston Children's Hospital. Dr Berven studied Human Biology as an undergraduate at Stanford University. He was a graduate student at Oxford University, earning a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. He received his Doctorate in Medicine from Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Berven has a strong clinical interest in spinal disorders of children and adults. He is interested in pediatric and adult deformity, degenerative conditions of the spine, spinal tumors, and spinal trauma. His research interests include assessment of clinical outcomes in spinal surgery. He is has established a database for pre-operative and post-operative general health status and disease-specific assessments for all patients undergoing spine surgery. He has studied access to healthcare in populations including Afghan refugees in Pakistan, NHS patients with osteoarthritis in the UK, and in patients with degenerative conditions involving the spine in the US. His research in basic science includes studies of intervertebral disc regeneration and spinal cord injury.

Dr. Berven's outcomes research includes assessment of perioperative care pathways, and he has worked closely with the hospitalists at UCSF in modifying existing pathways and in contributing to resident education.