Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Spine, Neck and Back non-surgical issues
State University of New York, Down State Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, New York
Cornell University Medical Center- The New York Hospital, New York, New York
Diplomate, American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Diplomate, National Board of Medical Examiners
Fellow, American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Medical Association
Michael J. Brennan, MD received his medical degree at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, and completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center, where he served as chief resident. While at New York Hospital, Dr. Brennan also served as chief resident at the International Center for the Disabled in New York City. Dr. Brennan is a board certified physiatrist.
After completing his residency, Dr. Brennan was appointed to the faculty of New York Hospital and Cornell Medical College in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. He served as acting chief of the rehabilitation service in the Department of Neurology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. After leaving Sloan-Kettering, Dr. Brennan became the medical director of the Rehabilitation Center of Fairfield County and Ahlbin Centers for Rehabilitation Medicine and chief of the section of physical medicine at Bridgeport Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is currently a senior attending physician in the Department of Medicine at Bridgeport Hospital and consulting physician at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He is the former associate director of the interdisciplinary chronic pain and addiction program at Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan, Connecticut, designed to address the complex needs of patients suffering with chronic pain and substance misuse, addiction and behavioral disorders. Prior to joining OSG Dr. Brennan was in private practice in Fairfield, CT since 2000.
Dr. Brennan has special interests in the emerging role of pharmacogenomics, particularly as to the role of variability and vulnerability to opioid and adjuvant analgesics in individuals suffering with pain. He has recently published articles on opioids and pharmacogenomics opioid metabolism as well as articles concerning deleterious effects of opioids on the endocrine system. Dr. Brennan has a long-held interest in the management of pain as well as disability in patients suffering from the acute and long-term effects of musculoskeletal diseases, neurological disorders, cancer, and various cancer treatments. He has published over 50 scholarly articles, abstracts, and textbook chapters on the treatment of cancer and noncancer related pain, disabilities and lymphedema. He is a reviewer for several medical journals and has served as guest editor for the Journal of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation and as online editor for Pain.com. Recently, Dr. Brennan was awarded the Dr. Elizabeth Narcessian Memorial Award from Kessler Institute, recognizing his commitment to the treatment of patients suffering from chronic pain.
Dr. Brennan is actively involved in medical education. He has a particular interest in and has been very active in educating healthcare professionals across the United States In Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies. These educational programs are trying to bring state of the art knowledge in pain management to thousands of clinicians.