Dr. Jonathan Bernardini
Medical Director and Owner
Dr. Bernardini is a Harvard-trained, triple board-certified physician with over 13 years of experience performing advanced, minimally invasive surgical procedures. He received his medical degree from Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey in 1999. Following completion of his surgical training in general surgery at the University of California Davis Medical Center and David Grant US Air Force Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base, California, he served as a flight surgeon in the United States Air Force in the Republic of Korea, Italy, and numerous deployments around the world. After leaving the Air Force, Dr. Bernardini completed a residency in anesthesiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, followed by a fellowship in interventional pain management at Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock, Texas. Along with his partners, Dr. Bernardini helped to develop a successful interventional sports, spine, and pain management practice in the south Denver area where he utilizes primarily minimally invasive surgical techniques to treat patients with chronic pain. While maintaining a busy schedule in his pain management practice, several years ago he began focusing his talents and energies on developing an aesthetics and wellness practice focused on providing safe, evidence-based cosmetic and medical aesthetic procedures.
When not working, Dr. Bernardini can be found spending quality time with his family including acting as referee between his two children, helping his wife facilitate a never-ending home renovation, and taking care of his three dogs, Bronco, Chewy, and Piper.
Kia Benson
NP-C
Kia is passionate about helping her patients achieve optimal wellness, whether it’s managing hormones, thyroid health, or medical weight loss. Spending time educating patients is one of her biggest joys as she partners with them to develop individual health goals. This approach leads to relationships built on trust, and lasting bonds with her patients.
Kia earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Calvin College, MI. She is a board-certified nurse practitioner earning her Master of Science in Nursing and her Practitioner Certification from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. She has taken training courses through Evexias Health Solutions which includes certifications in medical weight loss and bioidentical hormone pellet therapy. Kia is also certified through Aesthetic Medical Educational Training in Botox, and dermal fillers. Her clinical journey spans from crisis management in multiple East African countries to specialty care in urology, neurosurgery, and perioperative services. Kia also spent time as an Affiliate Faculty instructor in the School of Nursing at Colorado Christian University.
When she is not in the office, Kia enjoys taking advantage of the beautiful Colorado outdoors with her husband and black lab, along with traveling to visit her three sons who are pursuing college adventures in California, Texas, and New York.
Angela
Managing Director
Angela is our resident Italian fashionista and managing director. Her work experience spans the food and service industry and numerous positions in retail businesses. She grew up in Venice, Italy working at the family restaurant and bar on Via Giuseppe Garibaldi in addition to retail shops catering to international tourists. She met her future husband, Dr. Bernardini, while working as the assistant manager of the Base Exchange at Aviano Air Base, Italy where he was stationed as a US Air Force Flight Surgeon. After getting married and moving to Boston, MA, she worked as the director of visual merchandising at Ann Taylor in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. Following a brief hiatus raising 2 wonderful children and supporting her husband through his various medical training programs and first couple of practices in Austin, TX and Virginia Beach, VA, she found herself drawn to the mountains of Colorado which reminded her of the Dolomites and Alps in northeastern Italy. She took on the role of managing director of New Age Aesthetics and Wellness in 2021, balancing that position and all its responsibilities with her love of extreme workouts, running, skiing, cooking, and spending time with family, friends, and her three dogs, Bronco, Chewy, and Piper.
Jordan
Front Desk Lead
Jordan is our busy bee! This girl gets things DONE. She handles her normal front office duties with a breeze like answering incoming calls, scheduling patient appointments, greets and directs patients to exam rooms, checks patients out and rings up purchases, updates office forms, and produces closing reports. On top of these responsibilities, she is also our photographer and helps with numbing patients before procedures. To sum it up, she is a pro at multi-tasking!
When Jordan’s not at work she loves spending time with family, especially her Fiancé, who is also named Jordan! When the weather permits, she loves going for hikes with her dog Kylo. She loves a good brunch, so you know where to find her on weekends!