Ariel Berlinski, MD

Ariel Berlinski, M.D. is a pediatric pulmonologist at Arkansas Children's and a professor of pediatrics at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Dr. Berlinski also serves as medical director for Respiratory Care Services and as director of the Arkansas Children's Hospital Cystic Fibrosis Center.

Dr. Berlinski received his medical degree from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1989. He completed his residency training in Pediatrics at the Hospital de Niños Pedro de Elizalde in 1994 and Long Island College Hospital at Beth Israel Medical Center in 2004. He completed a Pediatric Pulmonology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital in 1998.

Dr. Berlinski is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Pulmonology, and he currently meets requirements for maintenance of certification. He is a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics/Pulmonology Section, Arkansas Medical Society, International Society for Aerosols in Medicine, American Association of Respiratory Care, European Respiratory Society, Latin-American Pediatric Pulmonology Society, and Society for Pediatric Research.

Dr. Berlinski areas of interest include Implementation of new technology to enhance patient care, optimization of aerosol delivery in children and evaluation of “real life” use of inhaled medication, asthma and cystic fibrosis with a focus on quality improvement and device use, and implications of changes in pulmonary function test recommendations.

Dr. Berlinski also participates as a Principal Investigator in industry-sponsored trials and is the co-Principal Investigator of the Therapeutics Development Network (a national network focused on Cystic Fibrosis research).

In addition, Dr. Berlinski enthusiastically contributes to the education of fellows, residents, and students at UAMS by participating in the educational mission of the Department of Pediatrics in many capacities. He has mentored many pediatric pulmonary fellows, medical students, pharmacy students, and respiratory therapists in their research endeavors.

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