Nicholas Bernthal, MD
Attending Surgeon Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Chair and Executive Medical Director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Nick Bernthal is an orthopaedic oncologist who has been on the UCLA faculty since 2013. His clinical interests are bone and soft tissue tumors and his laboratory is pioneering new implant coatings to prevent surgical infections.
He lives in Mar Vista, CA with his wife, their three children, and their dogs.
He is currently serving LuskinOIC and UCLA as the Chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
Dr. Bernthal 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.
Medical School
Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY, 2006
Fellowships
Sarcoma Service, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2012-2013
Research Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2008-2009
Board Certification
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, 2015-present
Utah Medical Board, 2012
California Medical Board, 2008
Drug Enforcement Agency, 2008
Residency
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery—University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2007-2012
Internship
Department of General Surgery—University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, 2006-2007
Undergraduate
B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1998-2002
- Rising Stars, Southern California SuperDoctors 2014, 2015, 2016
- Jeanette Wilkins Award, Musculoskeletal Infection Society (MSIS) 2016
- Young Investigator Award, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society Annual Meeting (MSTS) 2016, 2017
- Dedicated Service Award, Texas Tech University 2017
- Game Changer Award, American Association of Orthopaedic Surgery (AAOS) 2017
- Leonard Tow Award for Humanism in Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 2017
- American Orthopaedic Association (AOA) American-British-Canadian (ABC) Traveling Fellow 2017
- Super Doctor, Southern California 2018
- Faculty Teaching Award, UCLA Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 2018
- Super Doctor, Southern California 2019
