Biography
Dr. Michael Brenner received his medical degree from the Northwestern University Medical School (2000). He completed his residency in otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Washington University-Saint Louis (2007) and a fellowship in facial plastic surgery at the University of Minnesota School of Medicine (2008). Today Dr. Michael Brenner is a clinician-scientist with a 75% appointment with the Kresge Hearing Research Institute and a 25% with the Division of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery/Skull base Surgery in the U-M Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Areas of Interest
Dr. Michael Brenner's research interests include: elucidating mechanisms of oxidative stress injury, cochlear reactive oxygen species formation, and free radical mediated apoptosis and injury in the ear; neuropharmacology; ototoxicity and otoprotection and molecular targets for auditory hair cell protection. Dr. Brenner also has interests in the translational research study of nerve regeneration, nerve reconstruction, axonal guidance, nerve transfer, senescence and tissue engineered constructs.
Honors & Awards
- 2014 Who’s Who in the World (2014)
- 2013 Junior Faculty Researcher of the Year Award in Surgery, SIU School of Medicine
- 2013 Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (ETA Chapter of Illinois)
- 2013 Inducted into Medical Innovators in Research (Illinois State Medical Society, SCMS)
- 2013 Active Candidate for Fellowship in Triological Society
- 2013 Who’s Who in America (2012, 2013, 2014)
- 2013 Medical Student Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2012 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award for Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
- 2012 American College of Surgeons/AAO-HNSF Executive Health Policy Scholar
- 2012 Fellow, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
- 2010 Junior Faculty Researcher of the Year Award in Surgery, SIU School of Medicine
- 2010 Southern Illinois University Group Quality Award (in conjunction with OQI Initiative)
- 2009 Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- 2008 THANC Foundation Scholarship for April 2008 Conference (NY,NY)
- 2007 1st prize AO North America Craniomaxillofacial competition (Minneapolis, MN)
- 2007 THANC Comprehensive Mgmt of Head & Neck Ca Scholarship (NY, NY)
- 2007 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Travel Award
- 2006 1st prize Walter Work Award Triological Middle Section (San Diego, CA)
- 2006 American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Travel Award
- 2006 Triological Middle Section Travel Award
- 2006 Temporal Bone Dissection PGY-4 Washington University co-winner, tied
- 2005 Michael Paparella Research Award 24th Ogura Lectureship
- 2004 Outstanding Nerve Paper for highest scored paper submitted to ASPN meeting
- 2004 1st prize Resident Paper American Society for Peripheral Nerve (Palm Springs, CA)
- 2003 1st prize Resident Paper WUMS Plastic Surgery Research (St. Louis, MO)
- 2003 1st prize Resident Paper Midwestern Assoc for Plastic Surgery (Chicago, IL)
- 2000 Association for Research in Otolaryngology Travel Award
- 2000 Johnson F. Hammond, MD, Memorial Scholarship for Medical Journalism
- 1999 1st prize Alpha Omega Alpha National Essay Contest
