Brion Benninger

Brion Benninger

Brion Benninger Professor Western University of Health Sciences USA 

Biography
Brion Benninger MD MSc, Professor, Executive Director of the Medical Anatomy Center - Where Education and Science meet Medicine, Western University of Health Sciences, Lebanon Oregon. Residency faculty General Surgery, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Samaritan Health Services, Corvallis, Oregon and Surgery, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation OHSU, Portland Oregon. Professor Benninger has been on the cutting edge of innovation and technology by developing, promoting and integrating optical head mounted displays (eg. Google Glass), novel ultrasound finger probes (eg.SonicEye), visualization table (eg. Sectra) and Glass optical urinary cathetherization (eg. PercuVision), providing innovative medical education, basic & clinical science reverse translational research and invasive techniques with an emphasis of stereoanatomy and imaging. His formal training as a physician (trauma and sports medicine) and clinical anatomist has provided him with tremendous insights into dynamic anatomy. He has received several teaching awards by faculty and students from multiple institutions and countries. He was the first Chair of Anatomy to receive an accreditation Commendation Award, for his vision and innovative teaching methods. His innovation and use of technology in research has benefited both military and civilian medicine. He was the first to conduct research using Google Glass in an anatomy lab. First to combine ultrasound finger probes with Glass while examining a patient, which is being patented as Triple feedback technique and practiced in anatomy lab courses. First to combine 3D visualization table with actual cadaver CT/MRI prior, during and post dissection as part the anatomy lab course. He has mentored over 100 medical/dental students who have presented research at national and international conferences. He is an Editor for Netters Human Atlas (most sold anatomy atlas worldwide), An author of Gray’s Anatomy and Gray’s Dissection texts. He is recognized as an international leader and expert in ultrasound education during the Basic Science curriculum years. He designed the millennial medical anatomy lab and coined the term stereostructural anatomy. He is an expert on anatomical variations. He continues to pioneer medical anatomy by integrating it with technology and disruptive innovation.
Research Interest
Sports Medicine; Soft tissue rehabilitation & proprioception; Concussion; Surgical Procedures; Ultrasound monitoring