Amber Berning, MD

Associate Professor, Pathology

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Medical School
  • MD, Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science (2011)
Undergraduate School
  • BS, Iowa State University (IA) (2007)
Residency
  • University of Colorado, Anatomic and Clinical (2015)
Fellowships
  • Washington University in St. Louis, Selective Pathology (2016)
Department
Pathology

Publications

  • Sylvester MA, Spinosa D, Encarnacion A, Berning A, Alldredge J. Diagnosis and treatment of a mixed ovarian malignant germ cell tumor with glioblastoma transformation. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2025 Oct;61:101945. PubMed PMID: 41169947
  • Dun H, Sticco-Ivins M, Terada Y, Berning A, Lavine KJ, Kreisel D, Kopecky BJ. Cervical heterotopic heart transplantation in mice using a novel suture technique. JHLT Open. 2025 Feb;7:100164. PubMed PMID: 40144858
  • Altman NL, Gill EA, Kahwash R, Meyer LK, Wagner JA, Karimpour-Fard A, Berning AA, Minobe WA, Carroll IA, Jonas ER, Slavov D, Emani S, Abraham WT, Gollah AR, Ellis SL, Taylor MRG, Graw SL, Mestroni L, McKinsey TA, Buttrick PM, Kao DP, Bristow MR. Heart Rate Reduction Is Associated With Reverse Left Ventricular Remodeling and Mechanism-Specific Molecular Phenotypes in Dilated Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Apr;18(4):e012484. PubMed PMID: 40052260
  • Davies KD, Smith LP, Guimaraes-Young A, Corr BR, Fisher CM, Guntupalli SR, Berning AA, Post MD, Pino D, Aisner DL, Wolsky RJ. Prospective Clinical Prognostication of Endometrial Carcinomas Based on Next-Generation Sequencing and Immunohistochemistry-Real-World Implementation and Results at a Tertiary Care Center. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2024 Jul 1;43(4):335-348. PubMed PMID: 37922951
  • Altman NL, Berning AA, Mann SC, Quaife RA, Gill EA, Auerbach SR, Campbell TB, Bristow MR. Vaccination-Associated Myocarditis and Myocardial Injury. Circ Res. 2023 May 12;132(10):1338-1357. PubMed PMID: 37167355
  • Davies KD, Smith LP, Guimaraes-Young A, Corr BR, Fisher CM, Guntupalli SR, Berning AA, Post MD, Pino D, Aisner DL, Wolsky RJ. Prospective Clinical Prognostication of Endometrial Carcinomas Based on Next-Generation Sequencing and Immunohistochemistry-Real-World Implementation and Results at a Tertiary Care Center. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2023 Oct 4. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 37922951
  • Nguyen KA, DePledge LN, Bian L, Ke Y, Samedi V, Berning AA, Owens P, Wang XJ, Young CD. Polymorphonuclear myeloid-derived suppressor cells and phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase gamma are critical to tobacco-mimicking oral carcinogenesis in mice. J Immunother Cancer. 2023 Sep;11(9). PubMed PMID: 37734878
  • Hall KC, Post MD, Alldredge J, Aisner DL, Berning A. Molecular Evidence for Epithelial Origin of Mixed Ovarian Epithelial-Germ Cell Neoplasms: Report of 2 Cases and Review of Literature. Int J Gynecol Pathol. 2022 Oct 28. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36305517
  • Altman NL, Berning AA, Saxon CE, Adamek KE, Wagner JA, Slavov D, Quaife RA, Gill EA, Minobe WA, Jonas ER, Carroll IA, Huebler SP, Raines J, Messenger JC, Ambardekar AV, Mestroni L, Rosenberg RM, Rove J, Campbell TB, Bristow MR. Myocardial Injury and Altered Gene Expression Associated With SARS-CoV-2 Infection or mRNA Vaccination. JACC Basic Transl Sci. 2022 Oct 19. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36281440
  • McMellen A, Yamamoto TM, Qamar L, Sanders BE, Nguyen LL, Ortiz Chavez D, Bapat J, Berning A, Post MD, Johnson J, Behbakht K, Nurmemmedov E, Chuong EB, Bitler BG. ATF6-mediated signaling contributes to PARP Inhibitor Resistance in Ovarian Cancer. Mol Cancer Res. 2022 Sep 23. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 36149636
  • Sanders BE, Yamamoto TM, McMellen A, Woodruff ER, Berning A, Post MD, Bitler BG. Targeting DUSP Activity as a Treatment for High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma. Mol Cancer Ther. 2022 Aug 2;21(8):1285-1295. PubMed PMID: 35587258
  • Mundo W, Berning A, Koullias Y, Chastain DB, Stone N, Franco-Paredes C, Henao-Martínez AF, Vargas Barahona L. Disseminated Cryptococcal Disease in A Patient With Chronic Chylothorax and a Pleurovenous Catheter, a Case Report With Autopsy Findings. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jun;8(6):ofab258. PubMed PMID: 34189175
  • Haag J, Hardie L, Berning A, Fishbein L, Corr BR. Case report of a paraganglioma arising from a mature cystic teratoma of the ovary. Gynecol Oncol Rep. 2020 May;32:100537. PubMed PMID: 32042879
  • Kondapalli L, Berning A, Clasen S, Miyasaka R. Carcinoid Heart Disease. In Tricuspid Valve Disease, Mathelier H, Lilly S, Shreenivas S, eds. Springer Nature, 2020.
  • Moroney MR, Davies KD, Wilberger AC, Sheeder J, Post MD, Berning AA, Fisher C, Lefkowits C, Guntupalli SR, Behbakht K, Corr BR. Molecular markers in recurrent stage I, grade 1 endometrioid endometrial cancers. Gynecol Oncol. 2019 Jun;153(3):517-520. PubMed PMID: 30910249
  • Wheeler LJ, Watson ZL, Qamar L, Yamamoto TM, Post MD, Berning AA, Spillman MA, Behbakht K, Bitler BG. CBX2 identified as driver of anoikis escape and dissemination in high grade serous ovarian cancer. Oncogenesis. 2018 Nov 26;7(11):92. PubMed PMID: 30478317
  • Lynch AM, Berning AA, Thevarajah TS, Wagner BD, Post MD, McCourt EA, Cathcart JN, Hodges JK, Mandava N, Gibbs RS, Palestine AG. The role of the maternal and fetal inflammatory response in retinopathy of prematurity. Am J Reprod Immunol. 2018 Sep;80(3):e12986. PubMed PMID: 29797537
  • Moroney MR, Post MD, Berning AA, Sheeder J, Corr BR. An Evaluation of Frozen Section and Lymph Node Dissection Results for Mucinous Ovarian Tumors. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2018 Jan;28(1):92-98. PubMed PMID: 29194190
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Practice Locations

UCHealth Anschutz Outpatient Pavilion - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Anatomic and Clinical, Board Certification (2015)

School of Medicine

CU Anschutz

Fitzsimons Building

13001 East 17th Place

Campus Box C290

Aurora, CO 80045


303.724.5375