Nicholas L. Berlin, MD, MPH, MS, is a surgeon in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Mass General Brigham and Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Berlin is also a health policy and health services researcher with expertise in Medicare payment reform, as well as administrative, clinical, and survey-based research.
Before arriving in Boston, he completed residency training and fellowships at the University of Michigan and was selected for the National Clinician Scholars Program, a two-year health services research fellowship with independent funding. He was a post-doctoral fellow in the Center for Healthcare Outcomes and Policy, as well as the Center for Evaluating Health Reform at the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation. He has master’s degrees in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, as well as Health and Healthcare Research from Yale University and the University of Michigan.
He is passionate about incorporating the patient’s voice into value-based care policy, performance measurement, and payment reform. His work has been featured in leading journals, including JAMA, Health Affairs, Journal of Clinical Oncology, JAMA Surgery, and Annals of Surgery.