Director, CNRM 

Bradley A. Dengler, MD, FAANS, FACS

Lieutenant Colonel, Medical Corps, United States Army 

Dr. Bradley A. Dengler is Director of the Center for Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine (CNRM). As such, Dr. Dengler oversees the CNRM’s robust, interdisciplinary traumatic brain injury (TBI) research portfolio and leads its strategic vision to improve the long-term outcomes of U.S. service members with TBI.

Dr. Dengler is the highest ranking neurosurgeon in the U.S. Army and serves as the Neurosurgery Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Science’s F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine. Dr. Dengler completed his Neurosurgery Residency and Neurocritical Care Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Dr. Dengler has significant operational experience, having served as Brigade Surgeon for the 41st Fires Brigade at Fort Hood, and as Chief of Neurosurgery for Task Force Med 14 in Iraq during deployments in 2018 and 2019-2020.

Learn more about Dr. Dengler through his bio.