Bryan Jennett

Bryan Jennett
Bryan Jennett in his office.
Born1 March 1926
Twickenham, England, United Kingdom
Died26 January 2008 (2008-01-27) (aged 81)
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish-English
EducationUniversity of Liverpool School of Medicine
Known forGlasgow Coma Scale
Scientific career
FieldsNeurosurgery
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Los Angeles, University of Glasgow

William Bryan Jennett CBE (1 March 1926 – 26 January 2008)[1][2] was a British neurosurgeon, a faculty member at the University of Glasgow Medical School, and the first full-time chair of neurosurgery in Scotland. He was the co-developer of the assessment tool known as the Glasgow Coma Scale and made advancements in the care of patients with brain injuries. in 1972, Jennett and the neurologist Fred Plum coined the term vegetative state.[3]

  1. ^ Dharker SR. William Bryan Jennett (1926-2008). Obituary. Indian J Neurotrauma (IJNT) 2008; 5: 57; http://medind.nic.in/icf/t08/i1/icft08i1p57.pdf Archived 1 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Krämer G. "Lexikon der Epileptologie. Bad Honnef". Hippocampus. 2012: 696.
  3. ^ Jennett B, Plum F (1972). "Persistent vegetative state after brain damage: A syndrome in search of a name". The Lancet. 1 (7753): 734–737. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(72)90242-5. PMID 4111204.