Bennet Omalu
CO-DIRECTOR
Epidemiology
Brain Injury Research Institute
United States of America
Biography
Omalu received his MB, BS [M.D.] degree from the University of Nigeria in 1991. He received his MPH [Masters in Public Health] degree in Epidemiology from University of Pittsburgh in 2004. He also received his MBA [Masters in Business Administration] degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2008. Omalu holds four board certifications in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, Forensic Pathology and Neuropathology. Omalu is also board certified in Medical Management and is a Certified Physician Executive [CPE]. Omalu was the first to identify, describe and name Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy [CTE] as a disease entity in football players and wrestlers. He is currently the Chief Medical Examiner of San Joaquin County, California, and is the President and Medical Director of Bennet Omalu Pathology. He also serves as a Clinical Professor and Associate Physician Diplomate at the UC, Davis Medical Center, Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.
Research Interest
Forensic Pathologyforensic and hospital autopsies, causes, mechanisms and manners of death Neuropathology: chronic traumatic encephalopathy, neurotrauma and forensic neuropathology
