Nicholas Bernthal

Dr. Nicholas Bernthal is the Chair and Executive Medical Director at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. He graduated magna cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa from Princeton University, and received Alpha Omega Alpha honors from Cornell University Medical School. His clinical focus is on bone and soft tissue tumors, and he leads an NIH-funded laboratory pioneering implant coatings to prevent surgical infections.

• Education: Princeton University (B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), Cornell University Medical School (M.D., Alpha Omega Alpha), UCLA (Orthopaedic Surgery Residency), Huntsman Cancer Institute (Fellowship in Musculoskeletal Oncology).

Research Focus: Dr. Bernthal’s NIH-funded laboratory develops innovative implant coatings to combat surgical infections, bridging biomedical engineering and orthopaedic surgery. His clinical expertise in musculoskeletal oncology integrates surgical precision with cancer research advancements.

• Honors: Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.