Alan Berkman (September 4, 1945 – June 5, 2009) was an American physician and activist in the Students for a Democratic Society and Weather Underground who went to prison for his involvement in a number of robberies staged by the organizations and their offshoots.

[1] His politics and practice of medicine often overlapped, including his treatment of prisoners after the September 1971 Attica riots.

He and his wife evaded the cordon established by the United States Marshals Service to provide medical care during the Wounded Knee incident in 1973.

A witness told a grand jury that Berkman had treated one of the holdup group's members for a gunshot wound.

[4] He was charged as part of the Resistance Conspiracy and convicted for his participation in the supermarket robbery, the proceeds of which, prosecutors alleged, had been used to buy the dynamite.

[1][4] Diagnosed with Hodgkin's in 1985, Berkman experienced delays in treatment and almost died twice due to the subpar prison healthcare system.

"[3] After his release on parole in 1992, Berkman worked as a doctor at a South Bronx clinic for parolees who use drugs.

[4] In 1995, Berkman returned to Columbia University as a postdoctoral research fellow and treated homeless men living with HIV/AIDS and mental illness.

[12][13][5] Health GAP is an organization dedicated to expanding affordable access to antiretroviral drugs in the poorest parts of the world.

[1] In 2001, Berkman published a paper advocating that the global efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic should include both treatment and prevention.

Berkman A, Garcia J, Muñoz-Laboy M, Paiva V, Parker R. A critical analysis of the Brazilian response to HIV/AIDS: lessons learned for controlling and mitigating the epidemic in developing countries.