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Dr. Sassoon is a dual-fellowship trained orthopaedic surgeon with expertise in joint preservation/reconstruction and orthopaedic traumatology. His current clinical interests include complex primary and revision arthroplasty, open hip preservation surgery, periprosthetic fractures, and young adult/adolescent deformity correction/reconstruction. Hepreviously worked at the University of Washington in Seattle for four years. While this was a wonderful experience, he is extremely excited about…

Specialties: Orthopaedic Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pediatric OrthopaedicsDr. Nicholas Bernthal is the Interim Chair and Executive Medical director at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. 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 NIH-funded laboratory is pioneering new implant coatings to prevent surgical infections. He lives in Mar Vista, CA with his wife, their three kids, and their dogs.Link to Dr. Bernthal's complete curriculum vitae (CV) >Patient StoriesDavid's Journey: Ewing Sarcoma

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