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We are closed 11/28 & 11/29 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This includes both offices (Rockville and Olney) and the lab. We will resume normal business hours on Monday 12/2/24.

We are closed 11/28 & 11/29 due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This includes both offices (Rockville and Olney) and the lab. We will resume normal business hours on Monday 12/2/24.

Ira Berger, MD, FACCP

Ira Berger

Ira Berger, MD, FACCP

Accepts New Patients

Offers Virtual Visits

Location

Rockville Office

1201 Seven Locks Road
Suite 111
Rockville, MD 20854

Accepts New Patients

Offers Virtual Visits

Occupation

PHYSICIAN/PARTNER, INTERNIST/PULMONOLOGIST

“I believe that patients need to be involved in their health care decisions. My role as a physician is to educate and inform patients and to be their conscience. The doctor-patient relationship works best when it is a true partnership.”

Accepts new patients for Pulmonary

Board Certification

Internal Medicine

Areas of Expertise

Asthma
Chronic Cough
COPD

Education

Fellowship
Georgetown University Hospital
Internal Medicine
Washington, DC
1993

Residency
Drexel University College of Medicine
Internal Medicine
Philadelphia, PA
1990

Medical School
SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Doctor of Medicine
New York, NY
1983

Undergraduate
Tufts University
Bachelor of Science
Medford, MA
1983

Affiliated Hospitals

Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center
Suburban Hospital

Professional Associations

American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
Fellow

American College of Physicians (ACP)
Member
1993 - Present

Publications

  1. "NMDA receptors are involved in the ventrolateral nucleus tractus solitarii for termination of inspiration" European Journal Of Pharmacology (1995): 277:195-208. Berger, I.L., Gillis, R.A., Vitagliano, S., Panico, W.H., Magee, S., Kelly, M., Norman, W.P., McManigle, J.E., Dasilva, A.M.T.
  2. "Analgesia, sedation and paralysis in the intensive care unit" American Family Physician (1995): 166-172. Berger, I.L., Waldhorn, R.E.

Academic Appointment

Georgetown University
Clinical Instructor
2013 - Present

George Washington University
Clinical Instructor
2005 - 2013

Personal Interests

Dr. Berger enjoys spending time with his wife, 3 kids, dog and cat. He is a huge sports fan and roots for the Nationals, Wizards, Georgetown Hoyas and N.Y. Jets. He plays basketball, tennis, and softball and makes sure he gets his minimum 10,000 Fitbit steps every day. His hobby is collecting old baseball cards.

Awards and Honors

  • Washingtonian Top Doctor 2005 - Present
  • Top Doctor in the Washington Consumers Checkbook 2007 - Present

Washington Top Doctor

Biography

Dr. Berger received his BS from Tufts University in 1983. He received his MD degree from SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn in 1987. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Drexel University College of Medicine in 1990 and did his Pulmonary critical care fellowship at Georgetown University Hospital from 1990 to 1993. Dr. Berger has been a member of Rockville Internal Medicine Group since 1993. He enjoys teaching medical students and has been a clinical instructor at George Washington University School of medicine from 2005 to 2013 and has been a clinical instructor at Georgetown University School of Medicine from 2013 to present. He has been named a Washingtonian Top Doctor in every issue since 2005 and has been listed as a Top Doctor in the Washington Consumers Checkbook 2007 to present.