In 2007 he was appointed the first full clinical professor in spine surgery at the University of Copenhagen and since 2010 he has contributed to the establishment of the first combined spine unit in Denmark with both orthopaedic surgeons and neurosurgeons serving half of Denmark with highly specialized spine surgery. Benny Dahl is an active member of the Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) and was local host of the IMAST meeting in 2011 in Copenhagen. He has served as a member of the program committee at IMAST2012 and 2013 as well as the program committee at SRS from 2014 through 2016.