Christopher Benjamin, PhD
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Titles
Associate Professor Adjunct
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Radiology and Biomedical ImagingBiography
Dr. Benjamin is a clinical neuropsychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Neurology. He completed his PhD training in neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne, Australia; research fellowship training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston; and his clinical fellowship at the Semel Institute, University of California Los Angeles where he was the epilepsy fellow and Chief Fellow in neuropsychology. As a clinician he is a member of Yale's Comprehensive Epilepsy Center and he also sees adults with a range of neurological disorders. As a researcher his work focuses on how we can improve surgical planning to treat epilepsy and brain tumors.
Appointments
Neurology
Associate Professor AdjunctPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Clinical Fellow, Neuropsychology
- Semel Institute, UCLA (2014)
- MA
- University of Melbourne, Clinical Neuropsychology (2012)
- PhD
- University of Melbourne (2012)
- Research Fellow
- Harvard Medical School (2012)
- Research Fellow
- Boston Children's Hospital (2012)
- Research Fellow
- Harvard Medical School (2011)
- Research Fellow
- Boston Children's Hospital (2011)
- BA
- University of Melbourne, Biological Psychology (2002)
Research
Overview
• Validity of cognitive testing for identifying seizure focus, and surgical outcome.
• Validity of fMRI methods for predicting language change after surgery.
• Comparison of fMRI and intracranial language mapping for predicting language change after surgery.