StephenABernardMD

Oncology • Chapel Hill, NC

Gastrointestinal Cancer, Hematologic Oncology, Hospice & Palliative

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Office
110 Linnaeus Pl
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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Education & Training

Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 1976 - 1978
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1973 - 1976
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of MedicineClass of 1973

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 1980 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1974 - 2025
MO State Medical License 1976 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

America's Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2009-2014
America's Top Doctors for Cancer Castle Connolly, 2005-2013
Top MD Consumers Checkbook

Clinical Trials

Combination Chemotherapy Plus Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced or Metastatic Cancer of the Esophagus Start of enrollment: 1997 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Health Education Materials With/Out a Physical Activity Program for Patients Who Have Undergone Treatment for High-Risk Stage II or Stage III Colon Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 02
Active, not recruiting
Not Applicable
Rapid Infusion of Cold Normal Saline During CPR for Patients With Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Start of enrollment: 2010 Jul 01
Completed
Phase 3
Refractory Out-Of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Treated With Mechanical CPR, Hypothermia, ECMO and Early Reperfusion Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 01
Unknown status
Phase 1
Pazopanib Hydrochloride in Treating Patients With Progressive Carcinoid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Effect of Curcumin on Dose Limiting Toxicity and Pharmacokinetics of Irinotecan in Patients With Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2013 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Pharmacist-Led Models of Outpatient Palliative Care.
Stephen A. Bernard, Meredith D. Keisler, John M. Valgus, Gary S. Winzelberg> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2019 Aug 1
4 citations
Patient-reported outcomes for dental health, shoulder-neck dysfunction, and overall quality of life after treatment with radiation for head and neck cancer
Neha Verma, Xianming Tan, Mary Knowles, Stephen A. Bernard, Bhishamjit S. Chera> ;Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology. 2019 May 2
31 citations
Management of Pain in the United States-A Brief History and Implications for the Opioid Epidemic
Stephen A. Bernard, Paul R. Chelminski, Timothy J. Ives, Shabbar I. Ranapurwala> ;Health Services Insights. 2018 Dec 26
34 citations
Patient perspectives on the barriers associated with medication adherence to oral chemotherapy.
Benyam Muluneh, Allison M. Deal, Maurice Alexander, Meredith D. Keisler, Janell Markey, Jennifer Neal, Stephen A. Bernard, John M. Valgus, Lynn G. Dressler> ;Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. 2018 Mar 1
23 citations
Integrating Palliative and Oncology Care for Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Quality Improvement Intervention
Laura C. Hanson, Frances A. Collichio, Stephen A. Bernard, William A. Wood, Matt Milowsky, Erin Burgess, Crista J. Creedle, Summer Cheek, Lydia Chang, B.S. Chera, Alex...> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2017 Dec 1
8 citations
The Impact on Resource Utilization of Supportive Care Consults on Patients at the University of North Carolina Hospital, 2010–2012
Kristen M Westfall, Dominic T. Moore, Matthew Meeneghan, Sandra Jarr, John M. Valgus, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2017 Aug 16
1 citations
Interventions to treat malignant pleural effusions.
April Lenker, Deborah K. Mayer, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2015 Oct 1
6 citations
Conducting an antidepressant clinical trial in oncology: challenges and strategies to address them☆
Eliza M. Park, Ryan S. Raddin, Kelly M. Nelson, Robert M. Hamer, Deborah K. Mayer, Stephen A. Bernard, Donald L. Rosenstein> ;General Hospital Psychiatry. 2014 Sep 1
9 citations
A phase I trial of everolimus in combination with 5-FU/LV, mFOLFOX6 and mFOLFOX6 plus panitumumab in patients with refractory solid tumors
Autumn J. McRee, Janine Marie Davies, Hanna G. Sanoff, Richard M. Goldberg, Stephen A. Bernard, E. Claire Dees, Kimberly Keller, Anastasia Ivanova, Bert H. O'Neil> ;Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology. 2014 May 13
5 citations
A Pilot Study To Evaluate Symptom-Oriented Selection of Antidepressants in Patients with Cancer
Ryan S. Raddin, Eliza M. Park, Robert M. Hamer, Kelly M. Nelson, Deborah K. Mayer, Donald L. Rosenstein, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2014 Feb 11
1 citations
Integrating psychiatry into palliative medicine: lessons learned from our antidepressant trial.
Eliza M. Park, Ryan S. Raddin, Kelly M. Nelson, Robert M. Hamer, Deborah K. Mayer, Stephen A. Bernard, Donald L. Rosenstein> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2013 Nov 11
5 citations
A two-cohort phase I study of weekly oxaliplatin and gemcitabine, then oxaliplatin, gemcitabine, and erlotinib during radiotherapy for unresectable pancreatic carcinoma.
Laura Raftery, Joel E. Tepper, Richard M. Goldberg, A. William Blackstock, Mebea Aklilu, Stephen A. Bernard, Anastasia Ivanova, Janine M. Davies, Bert H. O’Neil> ;American Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2013 Jun 1
5 citations
Converting to Transdermal Fentanyl: Avoidance of Underdosing
Amber M. Bradley, John M. Valgus, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2013 Mar 28
13 citations
Improved Time to Progression for Transarterial Chemoembolization Compared With Transarterial Embolization for Patients With Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Michael A. Morse, Brent A. Hanks, Paul V. Suhocki, Phuong L. Doan, Emily A. Liu, Patricia Frost, Stephen A. Bernard, Andrea Lan Tsai, Dominic T. Moore, Bert H. O'Neil> ;Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 2012 Sep 1
14 citations
Measuring Palliative Care Quality for Seriously Ill Hospitalized Patients
Laura C. Hanson, Charlotte Rowe, Kathryn L. Wessell, Anthony J. Caprio, Gary S. Winzelberg, Annette Beyea, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2012 Jul 10
15 citations
Nuclear factor κ-light chain-enhancer of activated B cells is activated by radiotherapy and is prognostic for overall survival in patients with rectal cancer treated w...
Bert H. O'Neil, William K. Funkhouser, Benjamin F. Calvo, Michael O. Meyers, Hong Jin Kim, Richard M. Goldberg, Stephen A. Bernard, Laura S. Caskey, Allison M. Deal, F...> ;International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics. 2011 Jul 1
34 citations
Phase II study of capecitabine, oxaliplatin, and cetuximab for advanced hepatocellular carcinoma
Hanna K. Sanoff, Stephen A. Bernard, Richard M. Goldberg, Michael A. Morse, Reynaldo Garcia, Lynna Woods, Dominic T. Moore, Bert H. O'Neil> ;Gastrointestinal Cancer Research. 2011 May 1
43 citations
Integration of a clinical pharmacist into the hematology-oncology clinics at an academic medical center.
John M. Valgus, Aimee Faso, Kelly M. Gregory, Sandra Jarr, Scott W. Savage, Stephen M. Caiola, Christine M. Walko, Jiyeun Kim, Stephen A. Bernard> ;American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy. 2011 Apr 1
10 citations
A phase I trial of sorafenib combined with cisplatin/etoposide or carboplatin/pemetrexed in refractory solid tumor patients
Janine M. Davies, Nirav Dhruva, Christine M. Walko, Mark A. Socinski, Stephen A. Bernard, D. Neil Hayes, William Y. Kim, Anastasia Ivanova, Kimberly Keller, Layla R. H...> ;Lung Cancer. 2011 Feb 1
Phase I study of the combination of everolimus (RAD001) with 5FU/LV in patients with refractory solid malignancies.
Davies JM, McRee AJ, Sanoff HK, Triglianos T, Keller K, Ivanova A, Bernard SA, Goldberg RM, Dees EC, O'Neil BH> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011-02-01
Oncologic outcomes following radical resection with intraoperative electron radiation therapy in patients with recurrent colorectal cancer.
Llaguna OH, Meyers MO, Smith MB, Stitzenberg KB, Deal AM, O'Neil BH, Bernard SA, Wang AZ, Tepper JE, Calvo BF> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2011-02-01
42 citations
Pharmacist-Led, Interdisciplinary Model for Delivery of Supportive Care in the Ambulatory Cancer Clinic Setting
John M. Valgus, Sandra Jarr, Robert A. Schwartz, Michelle Rice, Stephen A. Bernard> ;Journal of Oncology Practice. 2010 Nov 1
38 citations
Use of yttrium-90 microspheres in patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma and portal vein thrombosis.
Andrea Lan Tsai, Charles T. Burke, Andrew S. Kennedy, Dominic T. Moore, Matthew A. Mauro, Robert D. Dixon, Joseph M. Stavas, Stephen A. Bernard, Amir H. Khandani, Bert...> ;Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology. 2010 Sep 1
22 citations
A phase I study of bortezomib in combination with standard 5-fluorouracil and external-beam radiation therapy for the treatment of locally advanced or metastatic recta...
Bert H. O'Neil, Laura Raftery, Benjamin F. Calvo, A. Bapsi Chakravarthy, Anastasia Ivanova, Michael O. Myers, Hong Jin Kim, Emily Chan, Paul E. Wise, Laura S. Caskey, ...> ;Clinical Colorectal Cancer. 2010 Apr 1
Preliminary results of a phase I trial of sorafenib combined with cisplatin/etoposide (CE) or carboplatin/pemetrexed (CbP) in solid tumor patients (pts).
Dhruva NS, Stinchcombe TE, Walko CM, Socinski MA, Bernard S, Kim WY, Keller K, Hilbun LR, Dees EC> ;J. Clin. Oncol.. 2009-05-20
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