Dr. Berman is a 1981 Graduate of the University of Michigan Dental School. He is a general dentist in private practice in Belleville, Michigan. He became a Fellow of the AAFS in 1997 and a Diplomate of the ABFO in 2002. He served as President of the American Society of Forensic Odontology in 2003, and was Chair of the Odontology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Science in 2008 and 2009. He served as President of the ABFO in 2015-16. He is on staff at the Wayne County Michigan Medical Examiners office and is a consultant to the Washtenaw, Genesse and Oakland Counties Medical Examiner’s Office in Michigan, and Sparrow Forensic Pathology Service in Lansing, Michigan. He is the assistant team leader to the Michigan Dental Association’s Forensic Dental Identification Team. Dr. Berman is a member of DMORT Region V, and was activated during the World Trade Center disaster and Katrina disaster. He has lectured on Mass Disaster throughout the United States. Dr. Berman is one of the instructors for the University of Detroit-Mercy Forensic Odontology course held every fall.