RichardTBensonMDPhD

Neurology • Washington, DC

Vascular Neurology

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Office of Global Health and Health Disparities, Director

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110 Irving St. Nw
East Building, Room 6126
Washington, DC 20010
Phone+1 202-877-3154

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Summary

Dr. Richard Benson is a neurologist in Washington, DC and is affiliated with MedStar Washington Hospital Center. He received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College and has been in practice 23 years. He specializes in vascular neurology and is experienced in stroke, public health, preventive medicine, interventional neuroradiology / endovascular neurosurgery, and cerebrovascular disease.

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Fellowship, Stroke, Vascular , 1998 - 2000
Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthMS, Epidemiology, 1998 - 2000
Brigham and Women's Hospital/Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1995 - 1998
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical SchoolResidency, Neurology, 1995 - 1996
St Elizabeth's Medical CenterInternship, Internal Medicine, 1994 - 1995
Meharry Medical CollegeClass of 1994

Certifications & Licensure

DC State Medical License 2005 - 2024
MD State Medical License 2005 - 2024
NY State Medical License 1998 - 2023
VA State Medical License 2008 - 2022
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Adapting to Evolving Technologies and Treatment Guidelines in a Procedural Trial: A Qualitative Review of the CREST-2 Experience.
James F Meschia, Brajesh Lal, Gary Roubin, Tanya N Turan, Virginia J Howard, Richard T Benson, Kaley Carman, George Howard, Thomas G Brott> ;Neurology. 2023 May 30
4 citations
Health Disparities: Research That Matters.
Richard T Benson, Walter J Koroshetz> ;Stroke. 2022 Mar 1
4 citations
Giving voice to Black women in science and medicine
Eseosa T. Ighodaro, Erica L. Littlejohn, Adesuwa I. Akhetuamhen, Richard T. Benson> ;Nature Medicine. 2021 Jul 12
4 citations
Prevalence of Imaging Targets in Patients With Minor Stroke Selected for IV tPA Treatment Using MRI: The Treatment of Minor Stroke With MRI Evaluation Study (TIMES)
Amie W. Hsia, Marie Luby, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, Chandni Kalaria, Shannon Burton, L. L. Latour> ;Neurology. 2021 Mar 2
7 citations
Inaugural Health Equity and Actionable Disparities in Stroke: Understanding and Problem-Solving Symposium.
Amytis Towfighi, Richard T. Benson, Raelle Tagge, Claudia S. Moy, Clinton B. Wright, Bruce Ovbiagele> ;Stroke. 2020 Oct 26
17 citations
MRI-based thrombolytic therapy in patients with acute ischemic stroke presenting with a low NIHSS
Shahram Majidi, Marie Luby, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Chandni Kalaria, Zurab Nadareishvili, Lawrence L. Latour, Richard Leigh> ;Neurology. 2019 Oct 15
13 citations
Rapid Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Evolution After Early Revascularization.
Amie W. Hsia, Marie Luby, Kaylie Cullison, Shannon Burton, Rocco Armonda, Ai Hsi Liu, Richard Leigh, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Lawrence L....> ;Stroke. 2019 Jun 26
4 citations
Molecular signature of penumbra in acute ischemic stroke: a pilot transcriptomics study.
Zurab Nadareishvili, Devon Kelley, Marie Luby, Alexis N Simpkins, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Kory R. Johnson, John M. Hallenbeck, L...> ;Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology. 2019 Mar 13
6 citations
Perfusion Deficits and Association with Clinical Outcome in Patients with Anterior Choroidal Artery Stroke
Saeed A. Alqahtani, Marie Luby, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, Amie W. Hsia, Richard Leigh, John K. Lynch> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2017 Apr 27
29 citations
Effects of increasing IV tPA-treated stroke mimic rates at CT-based centers on clinical outcomes
Tina Burton, Marie Luby, Zurab Nadareishvili, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Lawrence L. Latour, Amie W. Hsia> ;Neurology. 2017 Jul 25
18 citations
An MRI Hyperintense Acute Reperfusion Marker Is Related to Elevated Peripheral Monocyte Count in Acute Ischemic Stroke.
Zurab Nadareishvili, Marie Luby, Richard Leigh, Jignesh Shah, John K. Lynch, Amie W. Hsia, Richard T. Benson, Lawrence L. Latour> ;Journal of Neuroimaging. 2018 Jan 1
5 citations
Global disparities in stroke and why we should care.
Amjad Shehadah, Gary M. Franklin, Richard T. Benson> ;Neurology. 2016 Aug 2
10 citations
Embolic Protection Devices in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Arie Steinvil, Richard T. Benson, Ron Waksman> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2016 Mar 1
53 citations
Screening with MRI for Accurate and Rapid Stroke Treatment: SMART.
Shreyansh Shah, Marie Luby, Karen Poole, Teresa Morella, Elizabeth Keller, Richard T. Benson, John K. Lynch, Zurab Nadareishvili, Amie W. Hsia> ;Neurology. 2015 Jun 16
114 citations
Predictors of acute stroke mimics in 8187 patients referred to a stroke service.
José G. Merino, Marie Luby, Richard T. Benson, Lisa Davis, Amie W. Hsia, Lawrence L. Latour, John K. Lynch, Steven Warach> ;Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 2013 Nov 1
3 citations
Deconstructing health disparities It's not just about race
Richard T. Benson, Jason W. Freeman> ;Neurology. 2012 Jul 10
Incidence of respiratory pathogens in persons hospitalized with pneumonia in two provinces in Thailand.
Olsen SJ, Thamthitiwat S, Chantra S, Chittaganpitch M, Fry AM, Simmerman JM, Baggett HC, Peret TCT, Erdman D, Benson R, Talkington D, Thacker L, Tondella ML, Winchell ...> ;Epidemiol. Infect.. 2010-12-01
230 citations
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Ischemic Stroke in the Elderly: The Northern Manhattan Stroke Study
Ralph L. Sacco, Richard T. Benson, D. E. Kargman, Bernadette Boden-Albala, Catherine H. Tuck, I-Feng Lin, Jianfeng Cheng, Myunghee Cho Paik, Steven Shea, Lars Berglund> ;JAMA. 2001 Jun 6
Late intra-arterial thrombolysis.
Stapf C, Marshall RS, Mohr JP, Duong HD, Brunson JC, Benson RT, Mast H> ;Eur. J. Med. Res.. 2000-07-19
35 citations
Stroke prevention: hypertension, diabetes, tobacco, and lipids.
Richard T. Benson, Ralph L. Sacco> ;Neurologic Clinics. 2000 May 1
White matter abnormalities in mobility-impaired older persons.
Guttmann CR, Benson R, Warfield SK, Wei X, Anderson MC, Hall CB, Abu-Hasaballah K, Mugler JP, Wolfson L> ;Neurology. 2000-03-28
26 citations
S-adenosyl-l-methionine decreases motor activity in the rat: Similarity to Parkinson's disease-like symptoms
Bernard G. Crowell, Richard Benson, Dolores C. Shockley, Clivel G. Charlton> ;Behavioral and Neural Biology. 1993 May 1
22 citations
The effects of L-dopa on the activity of methionine adenosyltransferase: relevance to L-dopa therapy and tolerance.
Richard Benson, Bernard G. Crowell, B. Hill, Kofi Doonquah, Clivel G. Charlton> ;Neurochemical Research. 1993 Mar 1
4 citations
Identification of motor neurons for accessory muscles of inspiration and expiration, pectoralis, trapezius and external oblique: comparison with non-respiratory skelet...
Clivel G. Charlton, Bernard Crowell, Richard Benson> ;Synapse. 1988 Jan 1
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