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CURRICULUM VITAE SEES PATIENTS
AT: EDUCATION: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN TRAINEESHIP: July 1998 – June 2000 Columbia-Presbyterian
Medical Center, LICENSURE: BOARD QUALIFICATION: HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS/EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY: December 2002 – September 2004 April 2005 – February 2008 April 2005 – February 2008 April 2005 – February 2008 October 2004 – February 2008
HONORS AND AWARDS: 1986 Cum Laude graduate, Fisk University, Nashville, TN. 1986 National Institute of Allergies and Infectious 1987-89 Medical Scholars Program. 1989-90 Minority Biomedical Research support
(MBRS) program NIH Sponsored Research Grant. 1991-94 Minority Access to Research Careers
(MARC) Predoctoral Fellowship. NIH Sponsored Training Grant.
Meharry Medical College. Nashville, TN. 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 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. 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.
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.
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:
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