Jennifer Berman

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Jennifer Berman
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Maryland
Boston University
Hollins College (now known as Hollins University)
OccupationUrologist
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Jennifer Ruth Berman [1] is an American sexual health expert, urologist and female sexual medicine specialist. She is also a former co-host on the television show The Doctors . [2]

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Media

Berman and her sister Laura Berman [3] [4] hosted a US national television program titled Berman and Berman on Discovery Health in 2002 and 2003. She has also appeared on Good Morning America , The Oprah Winfrey Show , The Today Show, CNN, CNBC, Conan, Below Deck Mediterranean and HLN. [5] [6] [ better source needed ]

Education and training

Berman graduated from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1986 [7] and the University of Maryland Medical Center where she received her Master of Science degree in 1989. [1] She went on to receive her medical degree from Boston University School of Medicine. [8] After obtaining her medical degree, she returned to the University of Maryland to complete her post-graduate urology residency and then completed her fellowship training at UCLA Medical Center for Female Urology and Female Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery. In 2001, she was hired as the first director of the Female Sexual Medicine Center at UCLA, and was also an assistant professor of urology, which closed in 2005. [9] [10]

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