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Dr. Brenton Pennicooke

Dr. Brenton Pennicooke, MD, MS

Dr. Brenton Pennicooke, MD, MS

Board-Certified Neurosurgeon

Dr. Brenton Pennicooke is a fellowship-trained neurosurgeon specializing in the treatment of complex spinal disorders, degenerative spine disease, spinal deformity, and conditions requiring minimally invasive spine surgery.

 His broad training across neurosurgery and orthopedic spine surgery provides him with a comprehensive approach to treating conditions ranging from herniated discs and spinal stenosis to complex spinal deformity and malalignment. He also has extensive neurosurgical training in the emergency management of traumatic brain and spine injuries.

Dr. Pennicooke earned his undergraduate degree in Biology and completed graduate studies in Molecular and Cellular Biology at The Johns Hopkins University before receiving his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 2012.

He completed his internship and neurosurgical residency at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, ultimately serving as Chief Resident in Neurological Surgery. During his residency, he pursued additional specialized training and research in spine surgery, tissue engineering, and predictive analytics and machine learning.
Following residency, Dr. Pennicooke completed advanced fellowship training in complex spinal reconstruction and minimally invasive spine surgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). There, he trained alongside both neurosurgical and orthopedic spine surgeons, gaining extensive experience in multidisciplinary approaches to complex spinal conditions.

In addition to his clinical expertise, Dr. Pennicooke has a strong academic and research interest in the application of artificial intelligence, advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, and causal inference to improve surgical decision-making and patient outcomes. His work combines clinical medicine with advanced data science to better understand which treatments are most likely to benefit individual patients.

As a Consultant Neurosurgeon with Spine Capital, Dr. Pennicooke provides evaluation and surgical treatment for patients with a broad range of brain and spinal conditions, with particular expertise in complex and minimally invasive spine surgery.

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