Thomas R. Bernik, MD
- Vascular Surgery
The biggest thing we can do for the care of patients who are really sick is maintain our focus on quality, quality, quality. I have always embraced a strong personal and professional ethic for patient care, wellness and illness. It is a honor to participate and lead globally acknowledged academics and research, to which I am personally and professionally committed. The Englewood Hospital multispecialty team approach enables my staff and colleagues to deliver the best comprehensive care of my career.
Languages Spoken
- Slovenian
- Spanish
Specialties, Procedures &
Conditions Treated
Primary Areas of Practice
- Vascular Surgery
Other Areas of Practice
- Bloodless Medicine
- Limb Salvage
- Wound Care
Procedures
- Aneurysm Repair
- Aortic Surgery, Abdominal
- Carotid Artery Stent Placement
- Carotid Artery Surgery
- Carotid Endarterectomy
- Endovascular Surgery
- Hemodialysis Access
- Peripheral Abdominal Artery Angiography
- Peripheral Angioplasty
- Peripheral Artery Angioplasty and Stent Placement
- Peripheral Vascular Surgery
- Port Placement for Infusion
- Renal Artery Stenting
- TCAR
- Temporal Artery Biopsy
- Transcarotid Artery Revascularization (TCAR)
- Vascular Stent Placement
Conditions Treated
- Aneurysm, Visceral
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Aortic Disease
- Aortic Dissection
- Aortic Dissection, Abdominal
- Aortic Valve Disease
- Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease
- Arterial/Venous Occlusions
- Arteriosclerosis
- Arteriovenous Fistula
- Atherosclerosis
- Carotid Artery Disease
- Carotid Stenosis
- Charcot Foot
- Claudication
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
- Diabetic Foot Ulcer
- Dialysis Access
- Mesenteric Ischemia
- Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD)
- Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD)
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Renal Artery Stenosis
- Spider Veins
- Stroke
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
- Varicose Veins
- Vascular Malformations
- Vein Disease
- Venous Insufficiency
- Venous Thrombosis
Locations &
Appointments
Locations
-
Vascular Surgery
350 Engle Street 2 East Englewood, NJ 07631
Main: 201-894-3689Fax: 201-541-2965
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Wound Healing Center
350 Engle Street 3 East Englewood, NJ 07631
Main: 201-894-3361Fax: 201-894-1392
Insurance
Insurances Accepted
Below is a list of the insurance plans that your provider participates in. It is very important that you contact your insurance company prior to receiving services or care. Each health insurance plan is different and some provide different levels of coverage: only your health insurance plan can provide complete information regarding your coverage and potential out-of-pocket costs.
1199 (SEIU)
- 1199 (SEIU)
Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna Medicare Managed Care
- Medsolutions
- Meritan Health
Amerigroup
- Amerivantage
- Amerigroup Medicaid
AmeriHealth
- AmeriHealth HMO
- AmeriHealth PPO
- Value Network (Exchange Plan)
- AmeriHealth Administrator
APWU
- APWU Health Plan
Cigna
- Great-West Healthcare (GWH)
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Supplemental
- Health Partners
Clover Health
- Clover Health
CoreSource
- CoreSource
Coventry
- CCN
EmblemHealth
- EmblemHealth GHI PPO
- EmblemHealth GHI CBP
- EmblemHealth EPO
- EmblemHealth EPO2
- EmblemHealth FEHB
- EmblemHealth FEHBP
- EmblemHealth PPO1
- EmblemHealth National
- EmblemHealth PPO2
- EmblemHealth PPO3
- EmblemHealth Tri-State
- Vytra
Empire BCBS
- Blue Priority
- Direct HMO
- Direct PPO
- Empire BCBS EPO
- Empire BCBS HMO
- Pathway EPO
- Pathway HMO
- Empire BCBS POS
- Empire BCBS PPO
- Prism
- Silver
- Total Blue
Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
- Empire Plan (NYSHIP)
First Health
- First Health
GEHA
- GEHA Health Plan
Horizon BCBS
- Horizon BCBS EPO
- Federal Employee Program
- Horizon BCBS Medicare Managed Care
- NJ Carpenters Fund
- OMNIA
- Traditional
- Horizon PPO
- Horizon HMO
Horizon NJ Health
- Horizon NJ Health Medicaid
- Total Care (DSNP)
MagnaCare
- Local 825
- MagnaCare PPO
Mail Handlers
- Mail Handlers Benefit Plan (MHBP)
Medicaid
- Medicaid NJ
Medicare
- Medicare NJ
MultiPlan/PHCS
- Beech Street
- MultiPlan Humana
- PHCS
- Pomco
- MultiPlan Worker’s Comp
MVP Health Care
- MVP Health Care PPO
NALC
- NALC Health Benefit Plan
Nippon Life Insurance Co of America
- Nippon Life Benefits
Oxford
- Freedom
- Liberty
- Garden State Network
- Oxford Medicare
- Metro
QualCare
- Choice Care
- QualCare EPO
- QualCare FEHB
- QualCare GHI PPO
- HIP HMO
- HIP PPO
- HIP PRIME HMO
- HIP PRIME PPO
- QualCare HMO
- QualCare Humana
- Oscar
- QualCare PPO
- QualCare Worker’s Comp
Railroad Medicare
- Railroad Medicare NJ
TRICARE North Region
- DVA
- CHAMPVA
UMR
- UMR
UnitedHealthcare
- AARP
- Commercial and Marketplace
- Compass Benefit (Exchange)
- UnitedHealthcare EPO
- UnitedHealthcare HMO
- Medica
- UnitedHealthcare POS
- UnitedHealthcare PPO
- River Valley
- UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
United Healthcare Community and State
- United Healthcare Community and State Medicare
- United Healthcare Community and State Medicaid (NJ Family Care)
- Dual Complete
Wellcare
- Wellcare Medicaid Managed Care
- Wellcare Medicare Managed Care
About
About Thomas R. Bernik
Thomas Bernik, MD, is chief of vascular surgery and oversees the leadership of the Wound Healing Center and the Non-Invasive Peripheral Vascular Laboratory at Englewood Hospital. He is board certified in general and vascular surgery and specializes in complex open and minimally invasive surgery to treat disorders of the blood vessels, excluding the intracranial vessels or the heart. Dr. Bernik’s research has appeared in numerous peer-reviewed publications and he has lectured and presented nationally and regionally on vascular surgery topics.
View Dr. Bernik's CV [PDF]
Honors & Awards
- 2019, 2018, 2016: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors
- 2019, 2016-2008: Castle Connolly New York Metro Area Top Doctors
- 2019; 2015-2012, 2009: New York Magazine Best Doctors
- 2019, 2018: (201) Magazine Bergen's Top Doctors
- 2018: New Jersey Monthly Top Doctors
- 2018, 2017: New Jersey Choice Top Doctors
- 2018, 2017: Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors
- 2014-2008: Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area
- 2016-2002: New York Super Doctors
Funding
- 2017: Gore Fellows Fund for Research and Development
- 2013: New York Society for Vascular Surgery Research Grant: The Use of Fluorescence Angiography in Evaluating Revascularization in patients with Critical Leg Ischemia
Professional Memberships
- American College of Surgeons
- American Association for Vascular Surgery/Society for Vascular Surgery
- New York Society for Vascular Surgery
- Eastern Vascular Society
- Society for Clinical Vascular Surgery
- International Society of Endovascular Specialists
- International Society for Vascular Surgery
- Peripheral Vascular Surgery Society
- New York Surgical Society
- New Jersey Vascular Surgery Society
Committees and Leadership Positions
- Chief, Vascular Surgery
- Pulmonary Embolism Response Team (PERT) Principal Investigator, Englewood Health
- 2016 Chair, Plenary Session: Global Wound Care Congress 2016. San Antonio, Texas. Sept 12-13
Education &
Training
Education & Degrees
MD: George Washington University
Residency
St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship
- Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester
- North Shore University Hospital
Board Certifications
- Surgery
- Vascular Surgery
Publications
Publications
- Melissa Montoya, BA, MBS, Bradley Gaddis, MD, Phillip Bahramipour, MD, Herbert Dardik, MD, FACS, Thomas R. Bernik, MD, FACS “Aberrant splenic artery complicated by aneurysm during pregnancy.” Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques.
- Jack T. Bernik BS, Melissa Montoya, BA, MBS, Herbert Dardik, MD, FACS, Thomas R. Bernik, MD, FACS. “Ulnar artery aneurysm and hypothenar hammer syndrome.” Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. Nov 2017.
- Brian M. Leoce BS, Jack T. Bernik BS, Anjoli Gupta MD, Herbert Dardik MD FACS, Thomas R. Bernik MD, FACS. "True aneurysm of the anterior tibial artery," Annals of Vascular Surgery. April 2018.
- Brian M. Leoce BS, Herbert Dardik MD FACS, Thomas R. Bernik MD, FACS. "Endovascular rescue of long-term vascular graft implants and need for continuous surveillance" Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. Oct 2017.
- Brian M. Leoce, Herbert Dardik MD FACS, Mahesh Bikkina, MD FACC, Thomas R. Bernik MD, FACS. “Atypical Infrarenal Aortic Coarctation.” Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. Cover Image. May 2017.
- William Beckerman, Thomas Bernik, Shirley Xing, Herbert Dardik. “Symptomatic giant carotid artery aneurysm.” Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques. Cover Image. Nov 2016.
David Peckman, Joseph Sabat, Thomas Bernik, Simon Eiref. Capillary lactate and critical limb ischemia. Abstract: Journal of Vascular Surgery. 64, 3, September 2016. - Sam Tyagi, Joseph Sabat, Shinichi Fukuharaa, Behzad Farivara, Alexander Kagenb, Thomas Bernik. “Hybrid endovascular and open surgical approach to a chronic, traumatic arteriovenous fistula.” International Journal of Surgery Case Reports. Jan 16, 2016.
- Joseph Sabat, Samuel Tyagi, Anna Srouji, David Pechman, Anjuli M. Gupta, David Lucido, Robert Grossi, Thomas Bernik. IP123. Prophylactic Negative-Pressure Therapy for Femoral Incision in Vascular Surgery: Preliminary Results of a Prospective, Randomized Trial. Journal of Vascular Surgery, Vol. 63, Issue 6, p94S–95S June 2016.
- Fukuhara S, Clarke-Pearson E, Tyagi S, Bernik T. “Endovascular Stent Graft Repair of Thoracic Aortic Mural Thrombus in a Patient with Polycythemia Vera: A Word of Caution.” Vascular. 2015 Feb;23(1):89-92
- Tyagi S, Sabat J, Bernik TR. Evaluation of Revascularization Using Indocycanine Green Fluorescence Angiography. Journal of Vascular Surgery Vol 60, Issue 3, page 819-820 Sept 2014
For a full listing of Dr. Bernik's publications, visit pubmed.gov.