Michael Joel Brenner, MD, FACS

Dr. Brenner began his practice in 2008 and was recruited to University of Michigan in 2013. He completed residency at Washington University in Saint Louis and fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at University of Minnesota.

Honors & Awards

Awards

• 2018-2020: Who’s Who in the World
• 2016: Faculty Researcher of the Year Award, Early Career, Dept. of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery
• 2016: Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Honors Award
• 2016: Who’s Who in the World (2014-2016), Who’s Who in America (2012-2016)
• 2014: Vitals Patient’s Choice Award
• 2013: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Induction
• 2012: American College of Surgeons/AAO-HNSF Executive Health Policy Scholar
• 2010: Junior Faculty Researcher of the Year Award in Surgery, SIU School of Medicine
• 2009: Fellow, American College of Surgeons Induction
• 2007: 1st prize AO North America Craniomaxillofacial competition (Minneapolis, MN)
• 2006: 1st prize Walter Work Award Triological Middle Section (San Diego, CA)
• 2005: Michael Paparella Research Award 24th Ogura Lectureship
• 2004: Outstanding Nerve Paper, American Society for Peripheral Nerve 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 Association for Plastic Surgery (Chicago, IL)
• 2000: Johnson F. Hammond, MD, Memorial Scholarship for Medical Journalism
• 1999: 1st prize Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society National Writing Competition

Academic Activities

• More than 200 scholarly publications, research grants, presentations, and book chapters relating to facial plastic surgery and surgery of the head and neck
• Author/Editor: Textbook, Rhinoplasty, 2011
• Invited Lectures nationally and internationally: Toronto, Canada, London, England, Melbourne, Australia, Tokyo, Japan
• New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) Catalyst Insights Council Member
• Co-Director for Branch Science in Medical School Curriculum, University of Michigan Medical School

Leadership

• Chair, Outcomes Research and Evidence-Based Medicine Committee, – American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Sept 2020 – present
• President, GTC Quality Improvement Collaborative, June 2020 –present
• Chair, Centralized Otolaryngology Research Efforts in Otolaryngology – American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, 2017 – present
• Associate Editor for Health Policy, Patient Safety, and Quality Improvement, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Journal
• Past Chair, Research Committee, American Academy of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 2017-2018
• Past Co-Chair, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committee – American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, 2016-2018
• Past President, Faculty Council and Executive Committee SIU School of Medicine 2012-2013
• Director, Section of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, SIU School of Medicine, 2009-2013
• Associate Editor, Health Policy and Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Journal
• Course Director of the 4th International Tracheostomy Symposium, UT Southwestern, Dallas, Texas 2018 and 3rd International Symposium, John Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 2016

Dr. Brenner's research interests include optimizing outcomes in facial plastic surgery – particularly rhinoplasty, reconstruction, and airway/airflow;  international patient safety, outcomes research and quality of care; scientific research in nerve regeneration and axonal guidance.

University of Michigan Health participates with most health insurance plans.

Optimizing outcomes in facial plastic surgery; improving patient safety and quality of care through teamwork, simulation and international collaborative efforts; bench-to-bedside research on auditory neuroscience, nerve regeneration and axonal guidance