Bennet Ifeakandu Omalu (born September 1968 ) is a Nigerian-American physician,
forensic pathologist, and neuropathologist who was the first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in
American football players while working at the
Allegheny County Coroner's Office in
Pittsburgh.

He later became the chief
medical examiner for San Joaquin County, California , and is a professor at the University of California, Davis , Department of Medical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.


Born September 1968 (age 49)

Nnokwa, Idemili South , Anambra State, Nigeria

Residence Lodi, California

Nationality Nigerian and naturalized US citizen

Alma mater University of Nigeria, Nsukka ( MBBS , 1990)

University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
(MPH, Epidemiology, 2004)

Carnegie Mellon University
(MBA, 2008)

Occupation Medical Doctor, Forensic Pathologist, Professor, Medical Examiner

Known for The first to discover and publish findings of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American football players while working at the Allegheny County Coroner's Office in Pittsburgh.

Notable work Truth Doesn't Have a Side: My Alarming Discovery about the Danger of Contact Sports.