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    Adjunct faculty typically have an academic or research appointment at another institution and contribute or collaborate with one or more School of Medicine faculty members or programs.

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    Christopher Benjamin, PhD

    Associate Professor Adjunct
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    Associate Professor Adjunct

    Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery; Assistant Professor of Psychology; Assistant Professor, Radiology and Biomedical Imaging

    Biography

    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.

    Last Updated on April 07, 2025.

    Appointments

    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.

    Medical Research Interests

    Epilepsy; Language; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Memory; Neurology; Neurosurgery; Vision, Ocular

    Research at a Glance

    Yale Co-Authors

    Frequent collaborators of Christopher Benjamin's published research.

    Publications

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    Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

    Honors

    • honor

      Clinical Research Training Scholarship

    • honor

      Sweblius Foundation Award

    • honor

      KL2 Junior Scholar's Award

    • honor

      Clinical Research Award

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