Mr Jason Bernard

About Mr Jason Bernard

Mr Bernard specialises in treating a wide range of spinal diseases and back injuries, ranging from the simplest disc problems to complex cancer and scoliosis surgeries, emphasising personalised treatment plans tailored to individual patient needs. Beyond clinical work, he directs surgical training courses and previously served as Clinical Director for Outpatient Services at St George's Hospital, where he also manages clinical governance for the Spinal Surgery department. He earned his medical degree from Glasgow University (1990) and completed specialist training in Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery by 2003; his research fellowship resulted in a doctorate focused on osteoporotic fracture assessment.

Qualifications: MB ChB MDthesis (Glas) FRCS (Orth)

Recent and current appointments

• St George's Hospital London

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Odontoid process fractures: the role of the ligaments in maintaining stability. A biomechanical, cadaveric study. Boughton OR, Bernard J, Szarko M. SICOT J. 2015 Jun 15;1:11
• Pain Physician. 2013 Sep-Oct;16(5):E519-30. Criteria for the appropriate treatment of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures. Anselmetti GC1, Bernard J, Blattert T, Court C, Fagan D, Fransen H, Fransen P, Sabharwal T, Schils F, Schupfner R, Siddiqi MA, Stoevelaar H, Kasperk C.
• ISRN Anatomy. Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 424058, 4 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2013/424058 Research Article. The Posterior Epidural Ligaments: A Cadaveric and Histological Investigation in the Lumbar RegionM. J. Connor,1 S. Nawaz,2 V. Prasad,2 S. Mahir,2 R. Rattan,3 J. Bernard,2 and P. J. Adds1.
• Bone Jt Open. 2022 Feb; 3(2): 123–129. Published online 2022 Feb 4. doi: 10.1302/2633-1462.32.BJO-2021-0120.R1. PMCID: PMC8886322. PMID: 35119295. Dual modality of vertebral body tethering anterior scoliosis correction versus growth modulation with mean follow-up of five years. Jason Bernard, MD, FRCS (Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1 Timothy Bishop, FRCS (Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1 Jan Herzog, FRCS (Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1 Shahnawaz Haleem, FRCS (Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, 1 Cristina Lupu, BSc, Spine Clinical Nurse Specialist, 1 Bisola Ajayi, PA-R, Spine Physician Associate, 1 and Darren F. Lui, MCh, FRCS (Tr&Orth), Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeoncorresponding author

Society memberships

• British Scoliosis Society
• Scoliosis Research Society
• British Orthopaedic Association
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh