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CURRICULUM VITAE
Richard Thomas Benson, MD/Ph.D
SEES PATIENTS
AT:
Alexandria Fairfax Neurology, PC
1500 N. Beauregard St. #300
Alexandria, VA 22311
(703) 845-1500
Alexandria Fairfax Neurology, PC
8505 Arlington Boulevard #450
Fairfax, VA 22031
(703) 280-1234
EDUCATION:
Fisk University, Nashville, TN
(BS) Chemistry, 1986
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN
(MD/PHD) Physiology, 1994
(The Relationship Between Excessive S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAM)
Dependent Methylation and Parkinson's Disease).
Columbia University
Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
(MS) Epidemiology, 2001
TRAINEESHIP:
July
1994 – June 1995 St. Elizabeth's
Medical Center, Boston, MA
Internal Medicine Internship
July 1995 – June 1998 Harvard Longwood Neurology, Boston,
MA
Neurology Residency
July 1998 – June 2000 Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center,
New York, NY
Stroke Fellowship
LICENSURE:
Virginia
New York
Maryland
District of Columbia
BOARD QUALIFICATION:
Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
May 2002
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES:
American Heart and Stroke Association (AHSA)
National Medical Association (NMA)
American Medical Association (AMA)
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (AOA)
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS/EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
July
2000 – November 2002
Long
Island Jewish Medical Center,
New Hyde Park, New York
Attending Neurologist
December 2002 – September 2004
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt
Hospital Center
New York, NY
Attending Neurologist
April 2005 – February 2008
Washington
Hospital Center
Washington, DC
Stroke Neurologist
April 2005 – February 2008
Suburban
Hospital
Bethesda, MD
Stroke Neurologist
April 2005 – February 2008
National
Institutes of Health
Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD
Stroke Neurologist
October 2004 – February 2008
National
Institutes of Health
National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke, Office of Minority
Health and Research
Program Director
March 2008 – Present
Alexandria Fairfax Neurology, P.C.
Alexandria, VA
Neurologist
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1984 -86 Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program,
NIH Sponsored Training Grant
Fisk University, Nashville, TN.
1986 Cum Laude graduate, Fisk University, Nashville, TN.
1986 National Institute of Allergies and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID) Biomedical Science Summer Program.
Bethesda, MD.
1987-89 Medical Scholars Program.
Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN.
1989-90 Minority Biomedical Research support (MBRS) program NIH
Sponsored Research Grant.
Meharry Medical College. Nashville, TN.
1991-94 Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Predoctoral
Fellowship. NIH Sponsored Training Grant. Meharry Medical College.
Nashville, TN.
1994 Hoescht Marion Roussel Scholars of the American
Academy of Neurology
1999-00 Columbia Center for the Active Life of Minority
Elders (CALME), Columbia University Institutional Grant
Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York, New York
Departmental and University Committees:
2000-04 Biomedical Research Alliance of New York (BRANY) IRB Member New York, NY
2000-04 Director of Stroke Community Outreach Program, St. Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, New York
2003-04 Interim-Director of Stroke Center,
St. Luke’s/Roosevelt
Hospital Center, New York, New York
EDITORIAL REVIEWS:
1. Hillen T et al. Underuse of Secondary Stroke Prevention in
An Inner City Population, Stroke May 2000. Summary by RT Benson
in Journal Watch Neurology May 2000.
2. Elkind MS et al. White Blood Cell Count, Carotid Plaque Thickness, and Race-Ethnicity, Stroke April 2001. Summary by RT Benson in Journal Watch Neurology August 2001.
3. Horner RD et al. Effects of Race and Poverty on Stroke Rehabilitation
Outcome, Stroke April 2003. Summary by RT Benson in Journal Watch
Neurology June 2003.
4. McGruder HF et al. Race/Ethnicity Is an Independent Risk Factor for Stroke, Stroke July 2004. Summary by RT Benson in Journal Watch Neurology October 2004.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Racial/Ethnic and Socioeconomic Disparities in Multiple Risk
Factors for Heart Disease
and Stroke – United States, 2003. MMWR February 2005. Summary
by RT Benson in Journal Watch Neurology June 2005.
PUBLICATIONS:
Abstracts and Presentations:
1. Hamilton, J., Benson, RT., Mwiwa,
S., and Evans, P.S.: The Effects of Sorbitol on the Pharmacological
Action of Barbiturates
in Mice. MBRS convention, New Orleans, LA, 1986.
2. Charlton, CG., Crowell, B., and Benson, RT.: Motor Neurons for Accessory Respiratory Muscles: Comparison with Phrenic and Non-Respiratory Neurons. 18th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Toronto, Ontario, CAN, Nov. 13-18, 1988.
3. Crowell, B., Benson, RT., and Charlton, C.G.: The Role of S-Adenosyl Methionine in Chronic L-Dopa Administration. 19th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Phoenix, AZ, Oct. 29 - Nov. 3, 1989.
4. Charlton, C.G., Crowell, B. and Benson, RT.: The Relationship Between Excess S-Adenosyl Methionine (SAM) Dependent Methylation and Parkinson's Disease (PD). 20th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 28 - Nov. 2, 1990.
5. *Benson, RT., Clark, J., and Charlton, C.G.: Excessive Methylation and Parkinson's Disease: L-Dopa Effects. 20th Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 28 - Nov. 2, 1990.
6. *Benson, RT., Doonquah, K, Hill, B., and Charlton, C.G.: The Induction of Methionine Adenosyl Transferase (MAT) and Catechol-O-Methyl Transferase (COMT) by L-Dopa: Dependence on Frequency and Duration. 21st Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, New Orleans, LA, Nov. 10 - 15, 1991.
7. *Benson, RT. and Charlton, C.G.: L-Dopa Effects on MAT and COMT: Relevance to PD Therapy. 22nd Annual Meeting Society for Neueroscince, Anaheim, CA, Oct. 25 - 30, 1992.
8. Charlton, C, Benson, RT, and Crowell, B, Jr.: S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)- Dependent Dopamine (DA) Metabolites in Parkinson's Disease (PD)-Like Abnormal Movements. 23rd Annual Meeting Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C., November 7 - 12, 1993.
9. Jacobs, BS, Sacco, RL, Liu, RC, Boden-Albala, B, Benson, RT, and Pablos- Mendez, A.: Lower dietary intake of vitamin B6 is associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke. American Heart Association Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, February 4 - 6, 1999.
10. *Benson, RT, Jacobs, B, Boden-Albala, B, Liu, RC, Borawski, JB, Rosengart, AJ, and Sacco, RL. Vitamin E intake: A primary preventive Measure in Stroke. 51St. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Toronto, Ontariao, CAN, April 18 - 23, 1999.
11. *Benson RT, Zarnegar R, Contractor Z, Libman RB, and Kanner R. The Prevalence and Significance of Post Stroke Pain. American Academy of Neurology, Dever, Colorado. April 13 – 20, 2002.
12. Labovitz, DL, Benjamin, K, Bhatti, MI, Nasrallah, EJ, and Benson RT. Predictors of Hospital Arrival within 3 hours of Stroke Onset. International Stroke Conference 2006 Annual Meeting, Kissimmee, Florida, February 16 – 18, 2006.
Invited Talks:
Georgetown University
School of Medicine, Combined Emergency Medicine-Internal Medicine
Grand Round speaker: “Stroke and Stroke Mimics”.
Washington, DC, October 13, 2006
Morehouse College, invited speaker: “Biomedical Research: An Interface between Medicine and Research”. Atlanta, Georgia, October 18, 2006.
22nd Annual International Interdisciplinary Conferene on Hypertension and Related Risk Factors in Ethnic Minority Populations: “Primary and Seconday Stroke Prevention”. Orlando, FL, June 21 – 24, 2007.
2007 Annual Convention & Scientific Assembly of the National Medical Association: “Understanding and Eliminating Disparities in Stroke: Fact or Fiction”. Honolulu, HI, August 4 – 9, 2007.
Papers:
1. Identification of Motor Neurons for Accessory Muscles of Inspiration
and Expiration, Pectoralis, Trapezius and External Oblique: Comparison
with Non-Respiratory Skeletal Muscle. Clivel G. Charlton, Bernard
Crowell, Jr., and Richard T. Benson. Synapse 2:219-224 (1988).
2. *S-Adenosyl-L-methionine Decreases Motor Activity in the Rat: Similarity to Parkinson's Disease-like Symptoms. Bernard Crowell, Jr., Richard Benson, Dolores Shockley, and Clivel G. Charlton. Behavioral and Neural Biology 59:186-193 (1993).
3. *The effects of L-Dopa on the Activity of Methionine Adenosyl Transferase: Relevance to L-Dopa Therapy and Tolerance. R. Benson, B. Crowell, B. Hill, K. Doonquah and C.G. Charlton. Journal of Neurochemical Research 18:325-330 (1993).
4. Late Intra-Arterial Thrombolysis. C. Stapf, R. Marshall, J. Mohr, H. Duong, J. Brunson, R. Benson and H. Mast. Eur J Med Res 5:1-4 (2000).
5. The protective effects of High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Ishcemic Strokes: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Sacco, RL. Benson, RT. Kargman, D. et al. JAMA, 285:21:2729-2735 (2001).
Books:
1. *Benson, RT. Sacco, RL.: Stroke
Prevention: Hypertension, Diabetes, Tobacco, and Lipids. In Neuro
Clinics. Morgens, L ed. 19:309-319
(2000).
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Health Disparities, Minority Health, Education,
Wellness Promotion, and Prevention of Neurological Diseases