In this episode of WDx, Dr Rebecca Berger joins Kara, Jane, & Sharmin to discuss a clinical unknown. Presented by Kara, the case starts with a young woman presenting with chronic isolated thrombocytopenia.
Dr. Rebecca Berger
Rebecca is an academic hospitalist and assistant professor of medicine at Weil Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital. In addition to her clinical work, she serves as the Director of Patient Safety for Inpatient Services for the Department ofMedicine and teaches medical students and residents, including leading small groups with students on their medicine clerkships focused on clinical reasoning and diagnosis.Rebecca obtained her undergraduate degree from Stanford University in 2009, her medical degree from Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in 2013, and completed her internal medicine internship and residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in 2016. She served as a NEJM Editorial Fellow from 2016-2017 and worked as a hospitalist at MGH before moving to Cornell in 2018.