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Gerard Berry

M.D., FACMG

Director, Metabolism Program

Boston Children’s Hospital Harvey Levy Chair in Metabolism

Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Dr. Berry is the Harvey Levy Chair in Metabolism at the Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Metabolism Program at BCH, and the Harvard Medical School Biochemical Genetics Training Program. He received an MD degree from the Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency in pediatrics at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1978. He then began a combined fellowship in biochemical genetics and pediatric endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 1981. Dr. Berry was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics in 1995. He was the recipient of the 2004 Emmanuel Shapiro SIMD Award. Dr. Berry is the president of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (“SIMD”). He is also co-chair of the Undiagnosed Disease Network‘s Metabolomics Working Group.

Gerard Berry

M.D., FACMG

Director, Metabolism Program

Boston Children’s Hospital Harvey Levy Chair in Metabolism

Boston Children’s Hospital Professor of Pediatrics

Harvard Medical School

Dr. Berry is the Harvey Levy Chair in Metabolism at the Boston Children’s Hospital, and Professor of Pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School. He is the Director of the Metabolism Program at BCH, and the Harvard Medical School Biochemical Genetics Training Program. He received an MD degree from the Jefferson Medical College and completed his residency in pediatrics at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in 1978. He then began a combined fellowship in biochemical genetics and pediatric endocrinology at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in 1981. Dr. Berry was promoted to Professor of Pediatrics in 1995. He was the recipient of the 2004 Emmanuel Shapiro SIMD Award. Dr. Berry is the president of the Society for Inherited Metabolic Disorders (“SIMD”). He is also co-chair of the Undiagnosed Disease Network‘s Metabolomics Working Group.

Recent Publications

Disease-specific growth charts capture characteristic growth patterns in children with PMM2 - CDG

Published On 2026 Apr 24

Journal article

CONCLUSION: PMM2-CDG specific reference charts can help enable the detection of deviations from peer growth patterns, aid in early detection of coexisting endocrinopathies, help guide treatment decisions and evaluate the effectiveness of new disease-modifying treatments in clinical trials.