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Michael J. Brennan, MD
Michael J. Brennan, MD
  • The Pain Center of Fairfield
  • Fairfield, Connecticut
  • Senior Attending Physician
  • Bridgeport Hospital
The Pain Center of Fairfield
Fairfield, Connecticut
Senior Attending Physician
Department of Medicine
Bridgeport Hospital
Bridgeport, Connecticut

Dr. Michael J. Brennan 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 in private practice in Fairfield, Connecticut.

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.

Dr. Brennan has special interests of the management of pain as well as disability in patients suffering from the acute and long-term effects of musculoskeletal diseases, neurological disorders, and cancer and various cancer treatments. He has published over 30 scholarly articles, abstracts and textbook chapters on the treatment of cancer and noncancer related disabilities including lymphedema and pain. 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.
Schedule28 Mar 2024