Education

• BS, University of California
• BA, University of California
• MD, University of Pittsburgh

Internship

• General Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Residency

• Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Glasgow, Scotland

Board Certified

• Orthopaedic Surgery

Professional Distinctions

• Fellow, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
• Washington Orthopaedic Society
• Virginia Orthopaedic Society
• Medical Society of Virginia
• Fairfax County Medical Society

Areas of Specialization

• Sports Medicine
• Total Joint Replacement
• Trauma
• Foot & Ankle Surgery
• General Orthopaedics

Dean R. Bennett, MD

Born in Santa Barbara, California, Dr. Dean Bennett’s early interests in sports, physics, and fixing his parents’ cabin influenced him to pursue a career in orthopaedic medicine. After graduating with both a BA in Chemistry and a BS in Biology from the University of California in Irvine, he earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He then remained in Pittsburgh to complete both his general surgery and orthopaedic residency at Mercy Hospital and the University of Pittsburgh, respectively. To add to his formal medical training, Dr. Bennett completed an additional year-long orthopaedic surgery residency at the University of Glasgow in Scotland. Upon his return to the States, he began his orthopaedic career as staff physician for a ski clinic in Aspen, Colorado.

After moving to Virginia and working in private practice for five years, Dr. Bennett became a founding partner of Commonwealth Orthopaedics. Today, in addition to general orthopaedics, Dr. Bennett’s special interests include trauma, sports medicine, and reconstruction. He also performs unicondylar knee replacements and maquet osteotomy. As an orthopaedist, Dr. Bennett is most satisfied when he can treat patients’ functional disorders and send them on their way to a higher quality of life.

A member of several professional medical associations, Dr. Bennett is also active in the community where he donates his time for the North County Health Clinic and has served as team physician for Centreville High School since 1990. He is also a coach for community youth soccer teams.

Dr. Bennett resides in Vienna and is the proud father of four children—two boys and two girls.