Benjamin Greenberg, MD

Assistant Professor
Neurology and Neurotherapeutics

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

benjamin.greenberg@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Dr. Benjamin Greenberg received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Johns Hopkins University and his Masters Degree in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. Then, he completed an internship in medicine at Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke?s Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois before going on to his residency in neurology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He then joined the faculty within the division of neuroimmunology at Hopkins and became the co-director of the Transverse Myelitis Center and director of the Encephalitis Center. In January of 2009 he was recruited to the faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where he was named Deputy Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Program and Director of the new Transverse Myelitis and Neuromyelitis Optica Program. His research interests are in both the diagnosis and treatment of multiple sclerosis, transverse myelitis, neuromyelitis optica and infections of the nervous system. He is actively involved in developing better ways to diagnose and prognosticate for patients with these disorders. He has led an effort to improve biorepository development and has created uniform protocols for sample handling and analysis. As part of this initiative his research has identified novel biomarkers that may be able to distinguish between patients with various neurologic disorders. He also coordinates trials that study new treatments to prevent neurologic damage and restore function to those who have already been affected.

Education

ResidencyJohns Hopkins School of Medicine (2005)
InternshipRush-Presbyterian-St. Lukes Med Ctr - GME (2002)
Medical SchoolBaylor College of Medicine (2001)

Research Interests

Biomarkers of Disease
Clinical Treatment Trials
Multiple Sclerosis
Neuromyelitis Optica
Transverse Myelitis

Publications

Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis: Corticosteroids, Plasma Exchange, or Cyclophosphamide.

Greenberg B, Thomas K, Krishnan C, Kaplin A, Calabresi P, Kerr D , Neurology , May 2007; (68(19)):1614-1617

A blood-based gene expression assay that can identify patients with multiple sclerosis

Greenberg, B., Bigwood, B., Eastman, E. , Journal of Neurology , June 2008; (255(S2)):79

Research Directions in Multiple Sclerosis Therapy

Greenberg B., Calabresi P , Seminars in Neurology , February 2008; (28(1)):121-127

High Dose Cyclophosphamide Reduces Disease Activity in Aggressive Multiple Sclerosis

Krishnan C., Kaplin A., Brodsky R., Drachman D., Jones, R., Pham D., Richert N., Pardo C., Yousem D., Candelario A., Allie R., Hammond E., Quigg M., Trecker C., McArthur J., Johnson R., Nath A., Greenberg B., Calabresi P., Kerr D , Archives of Neurology , August 2008; (65(8)):1044-51

Honors/Awards

Frank Ford

Depart of Neurology Teaching Award (2008)

Guy McKhann

Resident Teaching Award (2005)

Service Award From Maryland

Multiple Sclerosis Society (2004)

Intern of the Year Award

Rush Internal Medicine (2002)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American Academy of Neurology