Brendan Colgan, MD

VA Intern

Brendan grew up in the Glen Ellyn, IL in the western suburbs of Chicago. He received his bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from Northwestern University, where he explored the effects of social stress on fruit flies. He then worked as a Clinical Informatics Specialist at Oak Street Health, serving Medicare patients in the Portage Park neighborhood of Chicago. While attending Rush Medical College, he increased access to primary care services in Chicago, taught science classes to 4th and 5th graders, and studied the effects of videogaming on attention and conduct in adolescents with Tourette’s Syndrome. He completed his medical degree with Alpha Omega Alpha honors, also receiving the Whitney Addington award for supporting health equity.  Now at UCLA, he is excited to work on increasing access to neurologic care, continue teaching, and pursue his interests in neuroimmunology, epilepsy, and sports neurology. He loves to spend his free time hiking with his wife, playing basketball with friends, and being overly optimistic about Chicago sports.