Bradley Allen Dengler, MD

An accomplished neurosurgeon, Dr. Dengler specializes in neurocritical care. He has a particular interest in treating patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). His clinical interests also include the diagnosis and prediction of return to duty of service members with mild TBI as well as methods to improve far-forward TBI battlefield care.

Dr. Dengler is clinical assistant professor of neurosurgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine. In addition, he is the director of neurotrauma/neurocritical care in the Division of Neurosurgery at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC). He is also director of Military Traumatic Brain Injury Initiative, a joint federal research organization on a mission to minimize the destructive effects TBIs have on US service members. He is also program director of the neurological surgery residency at WRNMMC and the neurosurgery consultant to the Army Surgeon General. He holds an appointment as an assistant professor of surgery within the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He continues to serve as an advisor to multiple Department of Defense committees regarding TBI.

Dr. Dengler has deployed twice in support of the Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve to Baghdad, Iraq, where he served as chief of neurosurgery. Prior to his 2017 assignment to WRNMMC, Dr. Dengler served as the 41st Fires Brigade Surgeon in the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

Dr. Dengler is a distinguished member of several professional associations, including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS). He is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care Society and National Neurotrauma Society.

In 2021, Dr. Dengler was nominated by his peers to represent military neurosurgery and interests at the national level through his role as president of the AANS/CNS Joint Military Subcommittee. Additionally, he was elected by his peers to serve as a member-at-large for the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Neuroscience Section.