KarlaBernardiMD(She/Her)

General Surgery • Pittsburgh, PA

Bariatric Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery

Assistant Professor

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Office
300 Halket Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
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Education & Training

Ohio State University HospitalFellowship, Minimally Invasive Surgery, 2021 - 2022
University of South Florida MorsaniResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2019
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of MedicineClass of 2014

Certifications & Licensure

OH State Medical License 2021 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2022 - 2024
TX State Medical License 2017 - 2023
American Board of Surgery Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Food and alcohol disturbance among people who have undergone bariatric surgery.
White, G., Steers, M., Kalarchian, M., Bernardi, K.> ;Obesity Science & Practice. 2024 Feb 1
Health services utilization of patients with gastroparesis treated with gastric neurostimulation with and without concomitant pyloroplasty or subsequent pyloromyotomy.
Liu, L., Davis, G., Bernardi, K., Saad, A., Sujka, J., Velanovich, V.> ;Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
2 citations
Barriers to Bariatric Surgery: a Mixed Methods Study Investigating Obstacles Between Clinic Contact and Surgery.
Callie Hlavin, Romano S Sebastiani, Robert J Scherer, Tanya Kenkre, Karla Bernardi, Douglas A Reed, Bestoun Ahmed, Anita Courcoulas> ;Obesity Surgery. 2023 Sep 1
Presence of refractory GERD-like symptoms following laparoscopic fundoplication is rarely indicative of true recurrent GERD.
Karla Bernardi, Lauren Hawley, Vivian L Wang, Anahita D Jalilvand, Kelly R Haisley, Kyle A Perry> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2023 Jul 1
2 citations
Validation of the minimal clinically important difference for modified activities assessment scale
Niharika Neela, Oscar A. Olavarria, Alexis P. Rondon, Karla Bernardi, Puja Shah, Naila H Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Eduardo J. Matta, Joseph P. Hasapes, Mike K. Liang> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Jul 24
13 citations
The Evidence Behind Robot-Assisted Abdominopelvic Surgery : A Systematic Review.
Naila H Dhanani, Oscar A. Olavarria, Karla Bernardi, Nicole B. Lyons, Julie L. Holihan, Michele M. Loor, Alex B. Haynes, Mike K. Liang> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2021 Jun 29
20 citations
Gender Disparity Among American Medicine and Surgery Physicians: A Systematic Review.
Nicole B. Lyons, Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Puja Shah, Naila H Dhanani, Michele M. Loor, Julie L. Holihan, Mike K. Liang> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2021 Feb 1
1 citations
Prophylactic Mesh Reinforcement for Prevention of Midline Incisional Hernias: A Publication Bias Adjusted Meta-analysis.
Oscar A. Olavarria, Naila Dhanani, Karla Bernardi, Julie L. Holihan, Cynthia S. Bell, Tien C. Ko, Mike K. Liang> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Dec 29
8 citations
Patient quality of life before and after ventral hernia repair.
Hailie Ciomperlik, Naila H Dhanani, Nicolas Cassata, Cassandra Mohr, Karla Bernardi, Julie L. Holihan, Nicole B. Lyons, Oscar A. Olavarria, Tien C. Ko, Mike K. Liang> ;Surgery. 2021 May 1
20 citations
Synthetic Versus Biologic Mesh for Complex Open Ventral Hernia Repair: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Oscar A. Olavarria, Karla Bernardi, Naila H Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, John A. Harvin, Stefanos G. Millas, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang> ;Surgical Infections. 2021 May 18
8 citations
Two Year Outcomes of Prehabilitation Among Obese Patients with Ventral Hernias: A Randomized Controlled Trial (NCT02365194).
Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Naila H Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Julie L. Holihan, Deepa V. Cherla, David H. Berger, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Nov 12
31 citations
Gender Disparity in Authorship of Peer-Reviewed Medical Publications.
Karla Bernardi, Nicole B. Lyons, Lillian Huang, Julie L. Holihan, Oscar A. Olavarria, Alexander C Martin, Alexis N. Milton, Michele M. Loor, Feibi Zheng, Jon E. Tyson,...> ;The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 2020 Nov 1
1 citations
Port Site Hernias Following Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair.
Naila H Dhanani, Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Deepa V. Cherla, Lillian S. Kao, Tien C. Ko, Mike K. Liang, Julie L. Holihan> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2020 Sep 1
4 citations
Expectant Management of Patients with Ventral Hernias: 3 Years of Follow-up
Alexander C Martin, Nicole B. Lyons, Karla Bernardi, Julie L. Holihan, Deepa V. Cherla, Juan R. Flores, Alexis N. Milton, Puja Shah, Lillian S. Kao, Tien C. Ko, Mike K...> ;World Journal of Surgery. 2020 Aug 1
Response Regarding: Gender Disparity Among Peer-Reviewed Surgical Publications: A Linear Regression and Subgroup Analysis.
Naila Dhanani, Nicole B. Lyons, Karla Bernardi, Mike K. Liang> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Jul 25
12 citations
Prehabilitation among Patients Undergoing Non-Bariatric Abdominal Surgery: A Systematic Review
Nicole B. Lyons, Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Naila H Dhanani, Puja Shah, Julie L. Holihan, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang> ;Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Jul 24
60 citations
Robotic versus laparoscopic ventral hernia repair: multicenter, blinded randomized controlled trial.
Oscar A. Olavarria, Karla Bernardi, Shinil K. Shah, Todd D Wilson, Shuyan Wei, Claudia Pedroza, Elenir B. C. Avritscher, Michele M. Loor, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, M...> ;BMJ. 2020 Jul 14
7 citations
Prevalence and Impact on Quality of Life of Occult Hernias among Patients Undergoing Computed Tomography.
Oscar A. Olavarria, Karla Bernardi, Julie L. Holihan, Nicole B. Lyons, Puja Shah, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Apr 27
2 citations
Is the American College of Surgeons Online Communities a safe and useful venue to ask for surgical advice
Karla Bernardi, Puja Shah, Erik P. Askenasy, Courtney J. Balentine, Mark M Crabbe, Mario A Cerame, John A. Harvin, Stefanos G. Millas, Patrick Molt, Tamara E Saunders,...> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2020 Apr 13
36 citations
Gender Disparity Among Surgical Peer-Reviewed Literature.
Karla Bernardi, Nicole B. Lyons, Julie L. Holihan, Oscar A. Olavarria, Michele M. Loor, Tien C. Ko, Mike K. Liang> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Apr 1
10 citations
Are online surgical discussion boards a safe and useful venue for surgeons to ask for advice? A review of the International Hernia Collaboration Facebook Group.
Karla Bernardi, Alexis N. Milton, William W. Hope, John Scott Roth, Shinil K. Shah, Puja Shah, Nicole B. Lyons, Alexander C Martin, Julie L. Holihan, Deepa V Cherla, T...> ;Surgical Endoscopy. 2020 Mar 1
4 citations
Lack of Regulations and Conflict of Interest Transparency of New Hernia Surgery Technologies.
Oscar A. Olavarria, Puja Shah, Karla Bernardi, Nicole B. Lyons, Julie L. Holihan, Tien C. Ko, Lillian S. Kao, Mike K. Liang> ;The Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Mar 1
19 citations
Primary Fascial Closure During Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair Improves Patient Quality of Life: A Multicenter, Blinded Randomized Controlled Trial.
Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Julie L. Holihan, Lillian S. Kao, Tien C Ko, John Scott Roth, Shawn Tsuda, Khashayar Vaziri, Mike K. Liang> ;Annals of Surgery. 2020 Mar 1
6 citations
Primary Fascial Closure During Minimally Invasive Ventral Hernia Repair.
Karla Bernardi, Oscar A. Olavarria, Mike K. Liang> ;JAMA Surgery. 2020 Mar 1
35 citations
Perceptions on gender disparity in surgery and surgical leadership: A multicenter mixed methods study.
Karla Bernardi, Puja Shah, Nicole B. Lyons, Oscar A. Olavarria, Zeinab M. Alawadi, Isabel Martinez Leal, Julie L. Holihan, Barbara L. Bass, Colleen Jakey, Lillian S. K...> ;Surgery. 2020 Jan 21
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