Pam Berkson

Pamela Berkson is an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California Irvine Medical Center in Orange, California. Berkson is a sought after lecturer on many topics, specializing in the care of the geriatric patients.

Throughout her career, Berkson has held many prestigious roles that have provided her with a rich clinical background in both research and patient care. She was the Project Coordinator for the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, at the UCI Chao Clinical Cancer Center, a large multi-site study on the use of Proscar for the prevention of prostate cancer. She also participated as a clinician/investigator for the study entitled “Challenges to giving care and community-dwelling people with Dementia,” within the Geriatrics program at the UCI Medical Center.

Currently, Berkson is a consultant and lecturer at the Alzheimer’s Association of Orange County and the Council on Aging in Orange County as well as the owner of PSB Consulting, a private case management business in southern California. Her empathetic and respectful approach to her patients, and their families, is revealed during her interactive lectures and consultations. With great insight and a sense of humor, Berkson shares her patients’ stories to help her educate and highlight important issues.

Berkson received an AB in Psychology Washington University in St. Louis, a BS in Nursing from Boston University, and her MSN from California State University in Long Beach. She is a Certified Adult Nurse Practitioner as well as a Certified Case Manager.