{"id":8344,"date":"2026-03-06T11:38:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T17:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/?page_id=8344"},"modified":"2026-03-13T11:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T16:21:58","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-dr-erika-berger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/new-faculty-spotlight-dr-erika-berger\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Erika Berger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div\n\tclass=\"paragraph-widget paragraph-widget--text-html\">\n\t<div class=\"text-content\">\n\t\t<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8345\" src=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Erika Berger in Oncology Suite\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-1024x708.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-768x531.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-1536x1062.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/wp-content\/uploads\/erikaberger1-2048x1416.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Erika Berger<br \/>\n<\/strong>Clinical Assistant Professor<br \/>\n<em>Oncology<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Education <\/strong><br \/>\nDVM, Ohio State University<br \/>\nBS, University of Findlay<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Experience<br \/>\n<\/strong>After graduating with her DVM, Dr. Berger completed a series of internships and residencies at Iowa State\u2019s College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a one-year rotating internship in 2016 and a medical oncology internship the following year. She was a medical oncology resident at Iowa State from 2017-20. After leaving Iowa State, Dr. Berger worked at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specialty Area<br \/>\n<\/strong>As a medical oncologist, Dr. Berger describes a cancer diagnosis as a scary time for families and their pets. \u201cBeing able to help during that time is very special. I like being able to provide several options to help pets live happy lives for a longer time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Interesting Fact<br \/>\n<\/strong>At the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Dr. Berger was the sole project manager responsible for canine comparative oncology clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. Berger says\u2026<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cThe study of cancer biology is fascinating to me and the many ways that we can fight cancer by targeting certain aspects of its biology. We get to put that into practice every day in the clinic. I also enjoy research and am able to pursue many avenues, especially comparative oncology. The companion animal represents an excellent model for a variety of human diseases, so the opportunity to work on new ways to treat these diseases for both species is very rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8344","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"site_sections":["VCS","VETMED","VMC"]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Erika Berger - News Articles<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/vetmed.iastate.edu\/article\/new-faculty-spotlight-dr-erika-berger\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Erika Berger - 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