Lydia J. Bernhardt, MD
Neurological Surgery
About Lydia J. Bernhardt, MD
Lydia J. Bernhardt, MD is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in the surgical treatment of spinal disorders and brain tumors. She has expertise in spinal degenerative disease and deformity, spinal oncology, minimally invasive spine surgery, and robotic spine surgery. Dr. Bernhardt’s clinical practice also includes brain tumors, such as gliomas, meningiomas, and metastases; and pain disorders such as trigeminal neuralgia and Chiari malformation.
Dr. Bernhardt earned a degree in neuroscience from Johns Hopkins University and a medical degree from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She completed residency in neurosurgery and fellowship training in complex spine surgery and robotics at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, which has been ranked #1 in the nation for neurosurgery by U.S. News and World Report. Dr. Bernhardt served in the Army Reserves with the 48th Combat Support Hospital at Fort Meade.
God has given Dr. Bernhardt and her husband the precious gift of three daughters. She and her family enjoy cooking, exploring the great Wisconsin outdoors, and reading.
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Education
2019 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
Internships
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Residency
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Neurosurgery: Brain Tumors, Complex Spine Surgery, Peripheral Nerve
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins Hospital – Complex Spine Surgery
Professional Associations and Memberships
Alpha Omega Alpha, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurosurgeons
Christian Medical and Dental Association
Areas of Special Interest
Brain Tumors
Chiari Malformation
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Robotic Spine Surgery
Skull Base Tumors
Spinal Degenerative Disease
Spinal Oncology and Tumor Surgery
Spine and Cranial Trauma
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Expression of Programmed Cell Death Ligand 1 and Associated Lymphocyte Infiltration in Olfactory Neuroblastoma. London, N. R., Jr, Rooper, L. M., Bishop, J. A., Xu, H., Bernhardt, L. J., Ishii, M., Hann, C. L., Taube, J. M., Izumchenko, E., Gaykalova, D. A., & Gallia, G. L. (2020). World neurosurgery, 135, e187–e193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wneu.2019.11.112
Index-level fusion and adjacent segment disease following dynamic stabilization for lumbar degenerative disc disease: illustrative case. Ran, K. R., Azad, T. D., Pahwa, B., Bernhardt, L. J., & Bydon, A. (2024). Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons, 8(3), CASE24179. https://doi.org/10.3171/CASE24179
Liquid biopsy for pediatric diffuse midline glioma: a review of circulating tumor DNA and cerebrospinal fluid tumor DNA. Azad, T. D., Jin, M. C., Bernhardt, L. J., & Bettegowda, C. (2020). Neurosurgical focus, 48(1), E9. https://doi.org/10.3171/2019.9.FOCUS19699
Metastatic human breast cancer to the spine produces mechanical hyperalgesia and gait deficits in rodents. Sarabia-Estrada, R., Ruiz-Valls, A., Guerrero-Cazares, H., Ampuero, A. M., Jimenez-Estrada, I., De Silva, S., Bernhardt, L. J., Goodwin, C. R., Ahmed, A. K., Li, Y., Phillips, N. A., Gokaslan, Z. L., Quiñones-Hinojosa, A., & Sciubba, D. M. (2017). The spine journal : official journal of the North American Spine Society, 17(9), 1325–1334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spinee.2017.04.009
Reexamining the Role of Postoperative ICU Admission for Patients Undergoing Elective Craniotomy: A Systematic Review. Azad, T. D., Shah, P. P., Kannapadi, N. V., Rincon-Torroella, J., Xia, Y., Bernhardt, L. J., Hansen, L. J., Materi, J., Raj, D., Jackson, C. M., Mukherjee, D., Gallia, G. L., Weingart, J., Suarez, J. I., Brem, H., & Bettegowda, C. (2022). Critical care medicine, 50(9), 1380–1393. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005588
Solomon, B. S., & Cuneo, C. N. (2019). Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 94(4), 544–549. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002566
Spinal cord untethering and midline myelotomy for delayed, symptomatic post-traumatic syringomyelia due to retained ballistic fragments: case report. Spinal cord series and cases. Azad, T. D., Materi, J., Hwang, B. Y., Mathios, D., Lehner, K. R., Hansen, L., Bernhardt, L. J., Xia, Y., Shah, P. P., Kannapadi, N. V., & Theodore, N. (2022). 8(1), 66. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41394-022-00533-7
The Anterior Interhemispheric Transcallosal Approach to the Ventricles: How We Do It. Bernhardt, L. J., & Cohen, A. R. (2024). Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery, 49, 123–138. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42398-7_7
Bernhardt, L. J., Lin, S., Swegman, C., Sellke, R., Vu, A., Solomon, B. S., & Cuneo, C. N. (2019). The Refugee Health Partnership: A Longitudinal Experiential Medical Student Curriculum in Refugee/Asylee Health. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, 94(4), 544–549. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002566