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Office
4400 V Street
University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, CA 95817Phone+1 916-734-2525Fax+1 866-402-6875
Education & Training
- Tepper School of Business, Carnegie-Mellon UniversityMBA, 2005 - 2008
- University of PittsburghMPH, Epidemiology, 2002 - 2004
- UPMC Medical EducationFellowship, Neuropathology, 2000 - 2002
- Harlem Hospital CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1995 - 2000
- University of Nigeria Faculty of MedicineClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2007 - 2026
- HI State Medical License 2002 - 2024
- IN State Medical License 1998 - 2023
- PA State Medical License 1998 - 2022
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Forensic Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Neuropathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Doctor of Science, Honorary Doctorate Degree Royal College of Surgeons, 2017
- Honorary Member Award Academy for Sports Dentistry, 2017
- Residents Choice Award Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 2017
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 284 citationsRole of subconcussion in repetitive mild traumatic brain injuryJulian E. Bailes, Anthony L. Petraglia, Bennet Omalu, Eric A. Nauman, Thomas M. Talavage
Journal of Neurosurgery. 2013-11-01 - 75 citationsSystemic distribution of West Nile virus infection: postmortem immunohistochemical study of six cases.Henry B Armah, Guoji Wang, Bennet Omalu, Robert B. Tesh, Kymberly Gyure
Brain Pathology. 2007-10-01 - 268 citationsEmerging histomorphologic phenotypes of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American athletes.Bennet I. Omalu, Julian E. Bailes, Ronald L. Hamilton, M. Ilyas Kamboh, Jennifer Hammers
Neurosurgery. 2011-07-01
Journal Articles
- Endoplasmic reticulum stress implicated in chronic traumatic encephalopathyLucke-Wold BP, Turner RC, Logsdon AF, Nguyen L, Bailes JE, Lee JM, Robson MJ, Omalu BI, Huber JD, Rosen CL., J Neurosurg, 1/1/2015
- PET scanning of brain tau in retired National Football League players: preliminary findingsSmall GW, Kepe V, Siddarth P, Ercoli LM, Merrill DA, Donoghue N, Bookheimer SY, Martinez J, Omalu B, Bailes J, Barrio JR, American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry., 1/1/2013
- Is there an association between coronary atherosclerosis and carcinoma of the prostate in men aged 50 years and older? An autopsy and coroner based post-mortem studyOmalu BI, Lindner JL, Parwani AV, Balani J, Shakir A, Ness RB, Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice, 1/1/2013
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Bennet Omalu, MD. The Physician Leader Whose Research Inspired The Movie Concussion.Bill Steiger, PIJ- Physician Leadership Journal, American Association For Physician Leadership, 1/1/2016
- Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Autopsy analysis in professional and contact sport athletesBailes JE, Omalu B, American Academy of Neurological Surgery 71st annual meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, 1/1/2009
- Nursing home deaths, which fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner. An eleven year retrospective review.Lindner JL, Omalu BI, Shakir AM., National meeting of the National Association of Medical Examiners, San Antonio, Texas, 1/1/2006
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Lectures
- Football Induced Chronic Traumatic EncephalopathyWaterfront, Homestead, Pittsburgh - 1/1/2006
- My professional experience as a Forensic PathologistThe Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Sciences, School of Law, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, P - 1/1/2002
- The medico-legal autopsyUniversity of Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Inns of Court, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - 1/1/2002
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Other
- Truth Doesn’t Have a SidePublishers Weekly
https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-310-35196-2?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly&utm_campaign=92aa48e849-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_08_23&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0bb2959cbb-92aa48e849-305322873
1/1/2017 - Truth and ConsequencesHillary Louise Johnson, Sactown Magazine
1/1/2016 - Thank you Dr. OmaluRoger Braden, Attorney at Law Magazine, Kentucky Edition
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Press Mentions
- The Erosion of Autonomy in Sports and MedicineSeptember 19th, 2024
- I'm a Brain Doctor. Here Are 5 Things I Never Let My Kids DoApril 4th, 2023
- The Official Who Investigates Suspicious Deaths in Your Town May Be a Doctor — or NotDecember 20th, 2022
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