Ronald A Berna, MD

Dermatology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Dermatology Radnor
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology

My education and training

  • Residency: Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Berna is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and conditions

Research

Publications

Babu V, Margolis DJ, Berna R Biologic Therapy for Pityriasis Rubra Pilaris: A Single Center Retrospective Case Series , Int J Dermatol: 2026,Online ahead of print


Barbieri JS, Berna R, Caplan AS Rethinking Antifungal Therapy in Seborrheic Dermatitis , JAMA Dermatol: 2026,Online ahead of print


Meng S, Berna R, Takeshita J, Hoffstad O, Shin D, Mitra N, Margolis DJ Bidirectional Associations Between Seborrheic Dermatitis and Epithelial Barrier Diseases: A Retrospective Cohort Study , Allergy, 81(3): 2026,808-17


Meng S, Berna R, Hoffstad O, Takeshita J, Shin D, Chiesa Fuxench ZC, Margolis DJ Epithelial Barrier Diseases Among Adult Patients with Seborrheic Dermatitis , JAMA Derm, 162(1): 2026,15-23


Meng S, Berna R, Takeshita J, Hoffstad O, Margolis DJ Temporal relationship between seborrheic dermatitis and neurodegenerative diseases: A retrospective cohort study using Optum’s Clinformatics® Data Mart Database , JEADV Clin Pract: 2026,In press


Berna R, Baumrin E Therapeutics for lymphogranuloma vereneum , In Kang S, Goh CL, Kim N, Kwatra S (Ed.), Therapeutics: a Clinician's Guide to Dermatologic Treatment (pp. TBD): 2026


Jain N, Berna R, Hejazi EZ, Pugliese SC, Djulbegovic M A fruitful workup , N England Journal of Medicine, 393(9): 2025,907-914


Berna R, Hasbun T, Adams D, Moon AT, Treat JR Significant improvement of a nevus spilus-type congenital melanocytic nevus with oral selumetinib , Pediatr Dermatol, 41(5): 2024,936-7


Berna E, Quinlan M, Baumrin E Author's reply to Parvathaneni et al. comment on: “Methotrexate cutaneous ulceration: a systematic review of cases” , Am J Clin Dermatol, 24(3): 2023,491-2


Margolis DJ, Duke JL, Mitra N, Berna RA, Hoffstad OJ, Wasserman JR, Dinou A, Ferriola DA, Mosbruger TL, Yan AC, Monos DS A combination of HLA-DP α and β chain polymorphisms paired with a SNP in the DPB1 3’UTR region, denoting expression levels, are associated with Atopic Dermatitis , Front Genet, 14: 2023,1004138