Nicholas A. Bertha, DO, FACS
Work History
1/01-Present Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeons of Morris, LLC Florham Park , NJ
7/96-1/01 Morris County Surgical Associates, PC Morristown, NJ
Education
7/95-96 Morristown Memorial Hospital , Chief Surgical Resident
7/92-95 Morristown Memorial Hospital , Surgical Residency
7/91-92 Morristown Memorial Hospital , Surgical Internship
7/90-91 University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ Schoo l o f Osteopathic Medicine American Osteopathic Association Approved Rotating Internship
8/86-90 University of Medicine and Dentistry of NJ
Schoo l o f Osteopathic Medicine
Degree: Doctor of Osteopathy (DO)
8/81-85
Bucknell University , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania
Degree: Bachelor of Science, Biology
Post Graduate Education
10/00 Laparoscopic Gastric Band Treatment Study Group
Site Coinvestigator Bioenterics Corporation
9/00 Laparoscopic Gastric Pacemaker Study Group
Site Coinvestigator , Transneuronix Incorporated
6/00 Art of Laparoscopic Surgical Preceptorship Course Ethicon, Inc., Cincinnati , Ohio
6/00 Masters Course in Bariatric Surgery American Society for Bariatric Surgery
5/00 Laparoscopic Morbid Obesity Surgical Techniques
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York , NY
Licensure: 1991, New Jersey
Board Status: Board Certified, 1999 American Board of Surgery
Professional Affiliations
American College of Surgeons, Fellow American Society for Bariatric Surgeons
American Medical Association
American Osteopathic Association
Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons
Medical Society of New Jersey
Morris County Medical Society –Executive Committee
Society of American Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons
Awards and Achievements
2000 - Member of Atlantic Health Care Ambulatory Surgery Center Board of Directors
1995 - Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons - Resident Achievement Award
Presentations
1993 - Poster Board Presentation: Laparoscopic Nissen Fundoplication
American Society of Bariatric Surgeons; Southern Surgical Conference, Orlando , FL
2002- Poster Board Presentation: New 4-Port Technique of LAGB Placement American Society of Bariatric Surgeons: Las Vegas , NV
2004- Poster Board Presentation: An Alternative Technique for Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Sages Meeting: Denver , CO
2006- Video Presentation: Adventures in Lap Band Surgery, “The Troublesome Slip” American Society of Bariatric Surgeons: San Francisco , CA
Visiting Fellowship
1994 - Nine Wells Hospital, Dundee , Scotland Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
