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Specialty:: Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Surgery, Complex General Surgical Oncology
Department Affiliation:: Orthopaedic Surgery
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:: A103272
Phone:: 310-319-1234
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Specialty: Orthopaedic Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedics

Nick Bernthal is an orthopaedic oncologist who has been on the UCLA faculty since 2013. He graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Princeton University and received alpha omega alpha honors from Cornell University Medical School. He did his residency at UCLA in orthopaedic surgery and did fellowships in orthopaedic research and musculoskeletal oncology at UCLA and the Huntsman Cancer Institute, respectively. His clinical interests are bone and soft tissue tumors and his laboratory is pioneering new implant coatings to prevent surgical infections. He lives in Venice, CA with his wife, their son, and their dogs.

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David’s Journey: Ewing Sarcoma

Links

ortho.ucla.edu
uclahealth.org/Sarcoma

Primary Office: Orthopaedic Center - Santa Monica
Primary Address: 1250 16th Street
Suite 2100
Santa Monica, California 90404
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Phone: 310-319-1234
Fax: 424-259-6561

Medical Board Certifications: Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Degree: Weill Cornell Medical College, MD, 2006

Interests

Bone Cancer
Limb Salvage
Muscle Cancer
Oncology
Paget's Disease
Spinal Tumor

Publications

Federman N, Bernthal N, Eilber F, Tap W. The Multidisciplinary Management of Osteosarcoma. Curr Treat Options in Oncol 2009;10:82-93.
Bernthal N, Schwartz A, Oakes D, Kabo M, Eckardt J. How Long Do Endoprosthetic Reconstructions for Proximal Femoral Tumors Last? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2010;468:2867-70.
Bernthal N, Gamradt S, Kay R, Wren T, Cuomo A, Reid J, Bales J, Otsuka N. Static and Dynamic Gait Parameters Before and After Multilevel Soft Tissue Surgery in Ambulating Children with Cerebral Palsy. J Ped Orthop 2010;30:174-9.
Bernthal N, Stavrakis A, Billi F, Cho J, Kremen T, Simon S, Cheung A, Lieberman J, Finerman G, Adams J, Miller L. A Novel Mouse Model of Post-Arthroplasty Joint Infection to Evaluate in vivo the Efficacy of Antimicrobial Implant Coatings. PLoS One 2010;5:e12580.
Bernthal N, Pribaz J, Stavrakis A, Finerman G, Adams J, Miller L. Protective Role of IL-1B against Post-Arthroplasty Staphylococcus aureus Infection. J Orthop Res 2011;29:1621-6.
Pribaz J, Bernthal N, Stavrakis A, Finerman G, Adams J, Miller L. Mouse Model of Chronic Post-Arthroplasty Infection: Noninvasive in vivo bioluminescence imaging to monitor bacterial burden for long term study. J Orthop Res 2011; doi:10.1002/jor.21519.
Silva M, Wong T, Bernthal N. Outcomes of Reduction More than Seven Days After Injury in Supracondylar Humerus Fractures in Children. Accepted J Ped Orthop 2011;31:751-6.
Bernthal N, Seeger L, Motamedi K, Stavrakis A, Kremen T, McAllister D, Motamedi A. Can the Reparability of Meniscus Tears be Predicted with MRI? Am J Sports Med 2011;39:506-10.
Bernthal N, Hoshino C, Dichter D, Wong, M, Silva M. Assessing Long-Term Range of Motion After Lateral Condyle Fractures in Children. J Bone Joint Surg 2011;93:871-7.
Bernthal N, Celestre P, Stavrakis A, Luddington J, Oakes D. Disappointing Short Term Results with the DePuy ASR™ Metal on Metal Total Hip Arthroplasty. J Arthroplasty October 12, 2011.
Kremen T, Bernthal N, Seeger L, Nelson S, Eckardt J. Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Risk Stratification and Long Term Outcomes. Clin Orthop Relat Res 2012;470:677-83.
Pribaz J, Bernthal N, Dichter D, Wong, M, Silva M. Lateral Spurring After Lateral Condyle Fractures of the Humerus in Children. J Ped Orthop. Sept 2011
Hartzell T, Panday A, Shahbazian J, Girson L, Bernthal N, Benhaim P, Azari K. Range of motion measurements in hand surgery - Should they be used for assessing outcomes? Annals of Plastic Surgery Jan 2012
Bernthal N, Federman N, Eckardt J, Eilber F, Tap W. Long-Term Outcomes (>25 Years) of an Original Chemotherapy Trial for Osteosarcoma. Cancer 2012;118:5888-93.
Silva M, Knutsen A, Kalma J, Borkowski S, Bernthal N, Spencer H, Sangiorgio S, Ebramzadeh E. Supracondylar Humeral Fractures: Evaluation of Multiple Pin Configurations with Emphasis on Medial Column Comminution. J Orthop Trauma Aug 2012
Niska J, Meganck J, Pribaz J, Shahbazian J, Lim E, Zhang N, Rice B, Akin A, Ramos R, Bernthal N, Francis K, Miller L. Monitoring Bacterial Burden, Inflammation and Bone Damage Longitudinally Using Optical and CT Imaging in an Orthopaedic Implant Infection in Mice PLoS ONE 2012;7:e47397.
Monument M, Bernthal N, R Lor Randall. Salient Features of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Implications for Ewing Sarcoma Modeling. Front Oncol 2013;3:24.
Niska J, Shahbazian J, Ramos R, Francis K, Bernthal N, Miller L. Vancomycin-Rifampin Combination Therapy has Enhanced Efficacy Against an Experimental Staphylococcus aureus Prosthetic Joint Infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2013;57:5080-6.
Bernthal N, Jones K, Monument M, Liu T, Viskochil D, Randall R. Lost in Translation: Ambiguity in Nerve Sheath Tumor Nomenclature and Its Resultant Treatment Effect. Cancers 2013;5:519-28.
Hartzell T, Shahbazian J, Pandey A, Stofman L, Rubinstein R, Bernthal N, Azari K, Benhaim P Does the gatekeeper model work in hand surgery? Plast Reconstr Surg 2013 Sep;132(3):381e-6e.
Stavrakis A, Niska J, Loftin A, Billi F, Bernthal N. Understanding Infection: A Primer on Animal Models of Periprosthetic Joint Infection The Scientific World Journal 2013; 925906. doi:10.1155/2013/925906.
Stavrakis A, Niska A, Shahbazian J, Loftin A, Ramos R, Billi F, Francis K, Otto M, Bernthal N., Uslan D, Miller L. Combination Prophylactic Therapy with Rifampin has Increased Efficacy Against an Experimental Staphlococcus epidermidis Subcutaneous Implant-Related Infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 2014; Feb 10.
Bernthal N, Meganeck J, Wang Y, Shahbazian J, Niska J, Francis K, Miller L. Combined in vivo optical and μCT imaging to monitor infection, inflammation and bone anatomy in an orthopaedic implant infection in mice. J Vis Exp 2014 Oct;92.
Bernthal N, Greenberg M, Heberer K, Eckardt J, Fowler E. What are the Functional Outcomes after Endoprosthetic Reconstructions after Tumor Resection? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 April
Bernthal N, Monument M, Randall R, Jones K. Rotationplasty: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Oper Tech Orthop 2014;24:103-110.
Monument M, Bernthal N, Bowles A, Jones K, Randall R. What are the 5-Year Survivorship Outcomes of Compressive Endoprosthetic Osseointegration Fixation of the Femur? Clin Orthop Relat Res 2014 June
Bernthal N, Putnam A, Jones K, Viskochil D, Randall R. The Effect of Surgical Margins on Outcomes for Low Grade MPNSTs and Atypical Neurofibroma. J Surg Oncol 2014 Aug;10.1002/jso.23736
Bernthal N, Price S, Monument M, Wilkinson B, Jones K, Randall R. Modified Harrington Reconstructions: A Safe and Effective Method Annals Surg Oncol 2015
Stavrakis A, Loftin A, Lord E, Hu Y, Manegold J, Dworsky E, Scaduto A, Bernthal N. Current Animal Models of Postoperative Spine Infection and Potential Future Advances. Front Med 2015.
Stavrakis A, Patel A, Burke Z, Loftin A, Dworsky E, Silva M, Bernthal N. The Role of Chairman and Research Director in Influencing Scholarly Productivity and Research Funding in Academic Orthopaedic Surgery. J Orthop Res 2015.

Awards

SuperDoctors Rising Star (2015)
SuperDoctors Rising Star (2014)
First Place, OREF/ORS Pacific Coast Resident Research Symposium (2012)
Best Paper, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Academic Day (2012)
Lloyd Taylor Award, Western Orthopaedic Association (2011)
OREF Resident Award, California Orthopaedic Association (2011)
Outstanding Oral Presentation, Longmire Surgical Society (2011)
June Marshall Award for Contributions in Orthopaedic Research (2010)
Best Paper, Orthopaedic Hospital Research Day. Los Angeles CA (2009)
B.H. Kean Award for Public Health – Cornell University Medical College (2006)
Alpha Omega Alpha, National Honor Medical Society, Cornell University Medical College (2005)
Magna cum laude, Princeton University, Department of Politics (2002)
Phi Beta Kappa, National Honor Society, Princeton University (2002)
Medal of Outstanding Achievement, University of Cape Town, Department of Political Science (2001)
Thomas Sidwell Award for Overall Contributions to the Community, Sidwell Friends School (1998)
USA Today High School Football All-American – Honorable Mention (1998)

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