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Nitin Bhatia, MD, Orthopaedic Surgery, Orange, CA

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Orthopaedic Surgery • Orange, CA

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Professor & Chair Chief, Spine Surgery UC Irvine Orthopedic Surgery

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Summary

  • Dr. Nitin Bhatia, a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon and Fellowship Trained Spinal surgeon, serves as Director of the Spine Center and Chief of the Orthopaedic Spinal Surgery service at the University of California, Irvine, and is Director of the Newport Beach based Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center.

    For all of our patients, a multi-disciplinary non-surgical approach is used. This approach allows the majority of our patients to improve without surgical intervention. When surgery is necessary, Dr. Bhatia's extensive orthopedic and neurosurgery spine training in state of the art techniques help to cure his patients' problems with minimal recovery time and less discomfort than other methods.

    The UC Irvine Spine Center provides care for Orange County and the surrounding communities including Irvine, Newport Beach, Corona del Mar, Laguna Nigel, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Santa Ana, Fullerton, Westminster, Huntington Beach, Costa Mesa, Long Beach, Anaheim, Brea, Mission Viejo, Temecula, Fallbrook, Hemet, Los Angeles, and Riverside. Patients from outside these communities are welcome at the UCI Spine Center as well. International patients are encouraged to contact us for assistance and coordination of medical care.

Education & Training

  • Nicklaus Childrens Hospital
    Nicklaus Childrens HospitalFellowship, Spinal Deformity , 2004 - 2004
  • University of Miami/Jackson Health System
    University of Miami/Jackson Health SystemFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 2003 - 2004
  • UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical Center
    UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999 - 2003
  • University of California, Los Angeles
    University of California, Los Angeles1998 - 1999
  • Baylor College of Medicine
    Baylor College of MedicineClass of 1998, MD, Michael E. DeBakey Scholar Award
  • Stanford University
    Stanford UniversityBS, Biology, Honors, 1990 - 1994

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2000 - 2025
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery
  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Physicians of Excellence Orange County Medical Association, 2012-2019
  • Southern California SuperDoctors Los Angeles Magazine, 2012-2019
  • Resident Research Award California Orthopaedic Association, 2010
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Regulation of Inhibin alpha-Subunit Gene Expression in Rat Sertoli Cells by 8-Bromo-3’, 5’-Cyclic-Adenosine Monophosphate.  
    Najmabadi H, Rosenberg LA, Yuan QX, Bhatia N, Albiston AL, Burger H, Bhasin S, Molecular Endocrinology
  • Congenital Syndromes Associated with Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer.  
    Gherardini G, Bhatia N, Stal S, Clinics of Plastic Surgery
  • Compartmentalized Bone Regeneration of Cranial Defects with Biodegradable Barriers: an Animal Model.  
    Stal S, Tjelmeland K, Hicks J, Bhatia N, Eppley B, Hollier L, Journal of Craniofacial Surgery
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Spine Surgery Basics. 
    Chapter: 13. Spine Trauma: Low Lumbar Spine (including L3-L5) 
    Bhatia NNSpringer, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Mastering Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery: Spine. 
    Chapter: 14. Thoracolumbar Fractures 
    Bhatia NNEditors: In Garg B.Jaypee Publishers, New Delhi, India
  • Operative Plastic Surgery. 
    Chapter: Costal Cartilage Grafts 
    Bhatia NNEditors: In Evans G.Appleton and Lange, Stamford, CT
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Abstracts/Posters

  • Resection of Glial Scar Following Spinal Cord Injury.
    Bhatia NN, Transactions of the International Meeting for Advanced Spinal Techniques (IMAST)
  • Novel Transplantation of Preconditioned Schwann cells for Spinal Cord Injury with a Contusion Model.
    Bhatia NN, The Spine Journal 4(4S): 33S
  • Results of Cervical Open-Door Laminoplasty in Patients with Tandem Cervical and Lumbar Stenosis.
    Bhatia NN, The Spine Journal 4(4S)
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Lectures

  • Pathogenic Role of Stem Cell Factor in Infertile Men with Sertoli Cell Only Syndrome. 
    The Endocrine Society, annual meeting
  • Adjacent Segment Degeneration After Lumbar Fusion: Long Term Survivorship Analysis of 217 Patients. 
    North American Spine Society, annual meeting
  • Proximal Segment Degeneration Following Posterior Lumbosacral Fusions (L4-S1 and L5-S1). 
    Scoliosis Research Society, annual meeting
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Press Mentions

  • Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Janet Dunlap of Orthopedics Specialists of North County
    Spine Surgeon Leader to Know: Dr. Janet Dunlap of Orthopedics Specialists of North CountyFebruary 13th, 2016

External Links

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