Attending Surgeon Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

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Chair and Executive Medical Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

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Specializes in:

Orthopaedic Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric Orthopaedics

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Nick Bernthal is an orthopaedic oncologist who has been on the UCLA faculty since 2013.

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He graduated magna cum laude and phi beta kappa from Princeton University and received alpha omega alpha honors from Cornell University Medical School.

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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.

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His clinical interests are bone and soft tissue tumors and his laboratory is pioneering new implant coatings to prevent surgical infections.

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He lives in Mar Vista, CA with his wife, their three children, and their dogs.

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He is currently serving LuskinOIC and UCLA as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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