As a specialist in hip and knee replacement surgery, Dr. Bertin usually treats patients who suffer with arthritis. He has helped develop artificial hips and knees that are used by surgeons throughout the world.   His biography is listed at the Utah Hip and Knee Center Website, and his education information is listed in the table below.

High School

Blackfoot High School, Blackfoot, Idaho

Graduated May 17, 1969, Valedictorian

Senior Class President

B.S.

Utah State University, Logan, Utah

Graduated June 7, 1974, Magna Cum Laude

Major-Biology; Minor-German Phi Kappa Phi, Class President

M.D.

University of Utah College of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah

Graduated June 10, 1978, Alpha Omega Alpha

Medical Student of the Year-1976

Internship

Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

General-Thoracic Surgery

June 20, 1978 through July 1, 1979

Residency

University of Utah-LDS and Affiliated Hospitals Salt Lake City, Utah

Residency Program

July 1, 1979 through June 30, 1983

Fellowship

The London Hospital Medical Center University of London, Bone and Joint Research Unit London, England

Research Fellow Under Direction of M.A.R. Freeman, M.D., F.R.C.S

July 1, 1983 through June 30, 1984