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Manijeh Berenji, MD

TitleClinical Assistant Professor
InstitutionCharles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
DepartmentInternal Medicine
Address1731 E. 120th Street
Los Angeles CA 90059
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    1. Berenji M, Kowalski-McGraw M, Ozeran L, Schreiber R. AI cannot fix a broken claims paradigm. Am J Manag Care. 2026 Jun 01; 32(6):e183-e184. PMID: 42335248.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    2. Zimmerman M, Tang T, Sirinara P, Thompson H, Berenji M. The Value Proposition: What OEM Physicians Bring to Healthcare Sustainability. J Occup Environ Med. 2026 Jun 01; 68(6):e442-e451. PMID: 41790223.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    3. Kiani CH, Kenleigh D, Berenji M. Bridging the Gap: A Call for Standardized Medical-Legal Competencies in Occupational Medicine Training. J Occup Environ Med. 2026 May 01; 68(5):e388-e389. PMID: 41556886.
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    4. Berenji M. National Academy of Medicine Publication Review: An Artificial Intelligence Code of Conduct for Health and Medicine Essential Guidance for Aligned Action (2025). J Occup Environ Med. 2026 Jul 01; 68(7):597. PMID: 42330485.
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    5. Sharip A, Papanek P, Conlon C, Gean CJ, Khan A, Harrison R, Berenji M. WOEMA Position Paper and Call-to-Action: California Needs More Physicians Specializing in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM). J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Sep 01; 67(9):e672-e673. PMID: 40893108.
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    6. McLellan RK, Berenji M, Egbuji A, Fagan K, Nabeel I, Perkison WB, Rabinowitz P, Santiago R, Sirinara P, Stoneman E, Thompson H, ACOEM Work Group on Climate Change Education. Harnessing Occupational and Environmental Medicine Expertise to Transform Medical Care: A Catalyst for Mitigating the Human Health Impacts of Climate Change. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Oct 01; 67(10):e743-e758. PMID: 40788780.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    
    7. Wisk DF, Gravenstein S, Mihale DPH, Berenji M. Artificial Intelligence Moves Health Care From Reactive Risk Transfer to a Proactive Risk Avoidance System. AJPM Focus. 2025 Dec; 4(6):100411. PMID: 41078997; PMCID: PMC12509740.
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    8. Schleyer T, Berenji M, Deck M, Chung H, Choi J, Cullen TA, Burdick T, Zaleski A, Craig KJT, Fayanju O, Islam MM. A call for the informatics community to define priority practice and research areas at the intersection of climate and health: report from 2023 mini-summit. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2025 May 01; 32(5):971-979. PMID: 40079825; PMCID: PMC12012334.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Sharip A, Papanek PJ, Conlon C, Gean CJ, Khan A, Harrison R, Berenji M. WOEMA Position Paper and Call-to-Action: California Needs More Physicians Specializing in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM). J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Sep 01; 67(9):705-710. PMID: 40245373.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    10. Khan A, Berenji M, Cloeren M, Goldman R, Wheat S, Ogunseitan O, Ayoub S, Rabinowitz P, Chekuri B, Solomon G. The Imperative to Incorporate Climate Change Competencies into Occupational and Environmental Medicine Training to Safeguard Worker Health. J Occup Environ Med. 2025 Jun 01; 67(6):414-424. PMID: 40063761.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    11. Khan A, Berenji M, Cloeren M, Solomon G, Goldman R. Climate Change and Health: Occupational and Environmental Medicine at the Frontlines. J Grad Med Educ. 2024 Dec; 16(6 Suppl):49-52. PMID: 39677911; PMCID: PMC11644586.
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    12. Berenji M, Baker B, Saberi P, McLellan RK, Wendland D, Trangle KL, Spaeth KR, Green-McKenzie J, Fagan KM. Addressing Environmental Health: Clinician Training and Practice of Environmental Medicine-ACOEM Guidance Statement. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Dec 01; 66(12):e668-e673. PMID: 39378588.
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    13. Fazen LE, Martin BE, Isakari M, Kowalski-McGraw M, McLellan RK, Ahsan R, Berenji M. Occupational Electronic Health Records: Recommendations for the Design and Implementation of Information Systems in Occupational and Environmental Medicine Practice-ACOEM Guidance Statement. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Nov 01; 66(11):e614-e627. PMID: 39378367.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    14. Gong S, Hu ZP, Ghaemi SN, Min D, Mapstone M, Sanbar SS, Berenji M, Rosenberg S, Phoenix D, Fisher M. Cognitive decline and political leadership. Politics Life Sci. 2024; 43(2):185-197. PMID: 39291658.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    15. Wilkenfeld M, Berenji M. Poisoned Waters of War: Ukraine's Invisible Victims. J Occup Environ Med. 2024 Jan 01; 66(1):9-10. PMID: 40758824.
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    16. Kowalski-Mcgraw M, McLellan RK, Berenji M, Saito K, Green-McKenzie J, Thompson H, Hudson TW. Electronic Health Records and Occupational Data: A Call for Promoting Interoperability. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 07 01; 65(7):e520-e526. PMID: 37235451.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Kosnett MJ, Berenji M, Burton AD, Durand-Moreau Q, Esty E, Fischman M, Hudson TW, Nabeel I, Papanek PJ, Sokas R. ACOEM Position Statement: Workplace Health and Safety Necessitates an Update to Occupational Lead Standard Provisions for Medical Removal Protection, Medical Surveillance Triggers, and the Action Level and Permissible Exposure Level for Lead in Workplace Air: ACOEM Response to OSHA. J Occup Environ Med. 2023 03 01; 65(3):e170-e176. PMID: 36603060.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    18. Livingston CJ, Berenji M, Titus TM, Caplan LS, Freeman RJ, Sherin KM, Mohammad A, Salisbury-Afshar EM. American College of Preventive Medicine: Addressing the Opioid Epidemic Through a Prevention Framework. Am J Prev Med. 2022 09; 63(3):454-465. PMID: 35750550.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    19. Tustin A, Sayeed Y, Berenji M, Fagan K, McCarthy RB, Green-McKenzie J, McNicholas J, Onigbogi CB, Perkison WB, Butler JW, ACOEM Work Group on Occupational Heat-Related Illness. Prevention of Occupational Heat-Related Illnesses. J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Oct 01; 63(10):e737-e744. PMID: 34597285.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    20. Nabeel I, Caraballo-Arias Y, Perkison WB, McCarthy RB, Saberi P, Berenji M, Goldman RH, Laestadius JG, Sokas RK, Das R, Senay E, Wilkenfeld M, Cook-Shimanek M, ACOEM Work Group on Mitigation/Adaptation Strategies Related to Climate Change. Proposed Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies Related to Climate Change: Guidance for OEM Professionals. J Occup Environ Med. 2021 Sep 01; 63(9):e650-e656. PMID: 34491973.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    21. Wizner K, Harrell M, Berenji M, Gaspar FW, Christian J. Managing work disability to help patients return to the job. J Fam Pract. 2021 07; 70(6):264-269. PMID: 34431771.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    22. Livingston CJ, Allison RD, Niebuhr DW, Sherin KM, Costales VC, Berenji M, Phares TM, Caplan LS, Nelkovski L, Seeff LC, Singleton CM. Preventive Medicine Physicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 6|18 Initiative. Am J Prev Med. 2019 07; 57(1):127-133. PMID: 31130464.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    23. Zaidel CS, Ethiraj RK, Berenji M, Gaspar FW. Health Care Expenditures and Length of Disability Across Medical Conditions. J Occup Environ Med. 2018 07; 60(7):631-636. PMID: 29465513; PMCID: PMC6075891.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    24. Darwish-Yassine M, Berenji M, Wing D, Copeland G, Demers RY, Garlinghouse C, Fagerlin A, Newth GE, Northouse L, Holmes-Rovner M, Rovner D, Sims J, Wei JT. Evaluating long-term patient-centered outcomes following prostate cancer treatment: findings from the Michigan Prostate Cancer Survivor study. J Cancer Surviv. 2014 Mar; 8(1):121-30. PMID: 24214413.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    25. Kwok-Oleksy C, Berenji M, Argerakis NG, Trepal M, Wallack MK. Subungual melanoma of the great toe in a Hispanic male with Down syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2012 May-Jun; 51(3):337-41. PMID: 22459425.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    26. Berenji M, Kwok-Oleksy C, Dang BN, Trepal MJ, Wallack MK. Chopart's amputation for resection of clear cell sarcoma of the foot: a case report and review of the literature. J Foot Ankle Surg. 2009 Nov-Dec; 48(6):677-83. PMID: 19857825.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    27. Iyer M, Berenji M, Templeton NS, Gambhir SS. Noninvasive imaging of cationic lipid-mediated delivery of optical and PET reporter genes in living mice. Mol Ther. 2002 Oct; 6(4):555-62. PMID: 12385291.
      Citations: 12     Fields:    Translation:Animals
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