Abiona Berkeley

Abiona Berkeley is a Professor in Clinical Anesthesiology at Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University. She serves as the Interim Senior Associate Dean in the Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, focusing on advancing equitable practices in healthcare education and delivery.

• MD, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco (2004)
• JD, Law School, University of Pennsylvania (1993)
• BA, English Literature, Swarthmore College (1990)

Her research bridges anesthesiology and legal medicine, emphasizing medical ethics, conflict-of-interest policies in clinical trials, and pain management. She has contributed to understanding medicolegal risks in epidural steroid injections and diagnostic challenges in complex regional pain syndrome.

Recent publications highlight her interdisciplinary expertise, addressing intraoperative cardiovascular complications, ethical frameworks in clinical research, and postoperative pain differentiation. She holds certifications in anesthesiology and has trained in pain medicine at Cornell University.