Daniel Orringer, MD

Dr. Daniel Orringer is an assistant professor of neurological surgery at U-M, and director of the Translational Molecular Imaging Laboratory in the Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Michigan, a research group devoted to improving surgical outcomes for brain tumor patients through optical imaging. Dr. Daniel Orringer is also a member of the board of directors and Chair of the Medical Advisory Board for Invenio Imaging, Inc. Founded in 2012, Invenio Imaging Inc. is a startup dedicated to revolutionizing the field of medical imaging through advances in optics. Invenio developed and brought to market the NIO imaging system, the first fully integrated stimulated Raman histology (SRH) microscope. Dr. Orringer was named 2017 Innovator of the Year by the Congress of Neurological Surgeons for his work on the translation of SRH.Dr. Orringer received his BA in molecular and cell biology from Cornell University where he graduated magna cum laude. He earned an MD from the Ohio State University and completed his residency at the University of Michigan. After a fellowship in neurosurgical oncology at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Orringer joined the faculty at the University of Michigan. His clinical practice focuses on the surgical care of brain tumor patients.