NICHOLAS BERNTHAL
ORTHOPEDICS
Chair and Executive Medical Director, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UCLA Health
With clinical interests in bone and soft tissue tumors and his NIH-funded laboratory is pioneering new implant coatings to prevent surgical infections, in 2021 Nicholas Bernthal, MD was appointed as interim Orthopaedic Department chair at UCLA Health. While holding that position, Dr. Bernthal and his colleagues conceptualized, raised funds for, built and opened UCLA Health’s Downtown Los Angeles Orthopaedic Surgery Center. The state-of-the-art facility is a combination teaching site and community hub offering patients living east and south of Westwood access to world-class orthopaedic care. In November 2023, Dr. Bernthal was officially named chair and executive medical director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.
