About

Jonathan Bernstein is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His plays and musicals have been produced across the country, including The Shape She Makes, created in collaboration with actress and choreographer Susan Misner, and In This House, written with Sarah Schlesinger and Mike Reid. He is currently writing and directing a play with dance titled Here In The Bright Colorado Sun under the auspices of The Jerome Robbins Foundation. Bernstein's short play At The Water’s Edge, Wet was recently syndicated nationally on the radio series Playing On Air, and he has two narrative podcasts, Ballad Of An Outlaw and Upstream, in development. His directing credits include work at prominent theaters such as the American Repertory Theater, Atlantic Theater Company, The Signature Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, and others. He has worked in various capacities at New York’s City Center, Manhattan Theatre Club, Second Stage Theatre, Roundabout Theatre, Irish Repertory Theatre, and 52nd St. Project, where he writes, directs, and teaches. Bernstein has served as supervising director for fourteen New York productions, including eight on Broadway, overseeing notable productions such as Private Lives, The Iceman Cometh, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?, and the musical Chicago. He is the Artistic Director of The Performing Arts Project, an international arts training intensive, and an Artistic Associate at the Eugene O’Neill Center’s National Theater Institute, where he helps create and run their musical theater training program. Additionally, he is a fan of the New York Mets.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Surgery
• Physical therapy
• Medical education
• Mathematics

Selected publications

• Am I That Guy?

  Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2025-11-20

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• Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT) for Renal Tumors: A Prospective Phase II Study

  International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics · 2025-09-01

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• Not the Last Word: A Joint Registry for Resident Selection

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-03-04

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• Not the Last Word: The Rational Calculus of Sports Injuries

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-10-30 · 2 citations

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• Not the Last Word: I, Prosthesis

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-08-15

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• Not the Last Word: Joint Replacement for Patients With Obesity is About Opinions and Incentives

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-01-03

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• Not the Last Word: Direct-to-consumer Advertising Sends the Wrong Message

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-05-06

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• Not the Last Word: Three Thoughts on Work-Life Balancing

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2025-07-02

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• Not the Last Word: Like Father, Like Daughter

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2024-05-01 · 1 citations

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  1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA J. Bernstein ✉, University of Pennsylvania, 424 Stemmler Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA, Email: [email protected] A note from the Editor-in-Chief: We are pleased to present to readers of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® the next "Not the Last Word." The goal of this section is to explore timely and controversial issues that affect how orthopaedic surgery is taught, learned, and practiced. We welcome reader feedback on all of our columns and articles; please send your comments to[email protected]. The author certifies that there are no funding or commercial associations (consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangements, etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article related to the author or any immediate family members. All ICMJE Conflict of Interest Forms for authors and Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research® editors and board members are on file with the publication and can be viewed on request. The opinions expressed are those of the writer, and do not reflect the opinion or policy of CORR® or The Association of Bone and Joint Surgeons®.

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• Not the Last Word: Restrictive Covenants Can be Liberating

  Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research · 2024-09-05

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Recent grants

• The Role of Local NSAID Administration and Inflammation on Tendon Healing

  NIH · 2013–2019

Frequent coauthors

• Roberto L. Flores

  Khalifa University of Science and Technology

  130 shared

• John W. Canady

  121 shared

• Court B. Cutting

  121 shared

• Bethany L. Jones

  Riley Hospital for Children

  121 shared

• Michael P. Karnell

  University of Iowa

  121 shared

• Jaimo Ahn

  63 shared

• Samir Mehta

  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

  22 shared

• Eric L. Hume

  University of Pennsylvania

  17 shared

Education

• MS

  Harvard University

  1990

• MD (AOA)

  Cornell University Medical College

  1990

• AB (MCL, PBK)

  Columbia College

  1984