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Michael J. Brenner, MD

Associate Professor
U. of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, United States

Michael J. Brenner MD, FACS is Associate Professor and Co-Director of Branch Science at University of Michigan Medical School. He chairs the Outcomes Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Committee of the AAO-HNS and is immediate past chair for the general section of the Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts (CORE) study section. He is Associate Editor for Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Journal and serves as president of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative, whose learning community spans over 200 institutions across over 25 countries, and he has spearheaded numerous academy committee initiatives and contributed to international guideline/consensus statement development, dissemination, and implementation. He is a 2025 Cochrane Scholar and has participated in Clinical Practice Guidelines and consensus statements. He served on the Surgical Quality Alliance and is a former delegate to the American Medical Association and Executive Health Policy Scholar for the American College of Surgeons. He has a longstanding interest in adverse events, patient safety, and systems-based interventions. His translational research investigates nerve regeneration, axonal guidance, nanoparticle delivery, biomedical engineering, and mechanisms of oxidative stress. He has mentored dozens of doctoral candidates, resident physicians, and faculty in disciplines including Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Neuroscience, Nursing Sciences, and Speech Language Pathology. He is editor of the book Rhinoplasty and has published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Lancet journals, Critical Care Medicine, JAMA Internal medicine, JAMA Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Laryngoscope, and Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery Journal as well as The New Yorker and Newsweek. He is passionate about promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion, and supports growth of future leaders in the specialty. He champions innovation and promoting patient engagement. Dr. Brenner's research program has garnered NIH funding, foundation grants, and has produced over 250 publications.


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