Dr. Robert W. Van Boven, MD, DDS
Board-certified neurologist with 18 years of experience in traumatic brain injury, personal injury neurology, and advanced neuroimaging.

Dr. Robert W. Van Boven is a board-certified neurologist with 18 years of experience dedicated to the most difficult neurological cases — the traumatic brain injuries that go undiagnosed, the concussions dismissed as "mild," and the personal-injury patients whose lives were altered but whose scans came back "normal."
He completed neurology residency training at Harvard and Northwestern University, followed by post-doctoral fellowships at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the National Institutes of Health. His dual training in dentistry and medicine gives him a rare vantage on craniofacial injury and its downstream neurological consequences.
Dr. Van Boven has published extensively on diffusion tensor imaging, olfactory dysfunction as a TBI biomarker, and the neuroanatomy of post-concussion syndrome. Beyond the clinic, he serves as an expert witness in personal injury cases nationwide and lectures at medical conferences on advanced TBI diagnostics.
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Honors, Awards & Appointments
US Coordinator — 1st Int'l Congress on Oral Cancer & Jaw Tumors
Singapore. Led coordination for 600 participants and raised $10,000 in support.
Organizer & Chairman — Somatosensory Disorders Symposium
University of Maryland. Convened 14 speakers and 120 participants on mechanisms and management of facial-region somatosensory disorders.
National Research Fellowship Award
American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons — for research on somatosensory disturbance and peripheral nerve regeneration following corrective jaw surgery.
Best Research Paper Award (×2)
UMKC School of Medicine.
Marcinek Neurology Resident Award
Northwestern University — presented to the resident who personifies excitement for learning and commitment to the clinical neurosciences.
Travel Scholarship for Resident Teaching
American Neurological Association.
Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Fellow
American Academy of Neurology.
Junior Academic Faculty Award
American Neurological Association.
Vice-President — Minnesota Society of Neurological Sciences
Elected leadership role in the state neurological society.
Special Volunteer — NIH Laboratory of Brain and Cognition
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C.
U.S. Army Certificate of Achievement for Excellence
Irwin Army Community Hospital, Fort Riley, KS.
Coalition for Patient Safety — Texas Medical Association
Appointed member as the Texas Neurological Society's representative.
Ad hoc Journal Reviewer
Neurology; Brain; NeuroImage; Clinical Neurophysiology; Somatosensory and Motor Research.
