Dr. Brinser completed his undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary in 1990, Doctor of Medicine degree at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine (formerly the Medical College of Virginia) in 1995 and Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry in 1999. He is a past President of the Southside Component of the Virginia Dental Association and an active member of the Metropolitan Academy of Dentistry, American and Virginia Dental Associations, American Dental Society of Anesthesiology, and American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2006 and is active in the recertification process.