Dr. Randall Reed Benson MD

Expert Publications

• Quantitative analysis of MRI signal abnormalities of brain white matter with high reproducibility and accuracy.
• Accrual of MRI white matter abnormalities in elderly with normal and impaired mobility.
• Phonetic processing areas revealed by sinewave speech and acoustically similar non-speech.
• The role of advanced MR imaging findings as biomarkers of traumatic brain injury.
• Detection of hemorrhagic and axonal pathology in mild traumatic brain injury using advanced MRI: implications for neurorehabilitation.
• MR imaging findings in mild traumatic brain injury with persistent neurological impairment.

Media Releases

Get to know Behavioral Neurological Imaging Specialist Dr. Randall Reed Benson, who serves the population of Michigan.

Dr. Benson currently practices as a researcher and clinical practitioner with Behavioral Neurological Imaging Specialist with the Center for Neurological Studies. He holds expertise on ways to enhance recovery of function after stroke led to multiple foundation and industry-sponsored investigations into the use of targeted electrical/magnetic stimulation of the brain in motor and language impairment following stroke and developing and validating advanced imaging methods to detect traumatic injuries in mild cases of closed head injury.Dr. Benson has spearheaded the use of new MRI techniques (e.g., DTI, SWI, PWI, MRSI, fMRI) to brain trauma which is often occult to clinical imaging.

Dr. Benson completed his undergraduate degree from Washington University where he graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1982. Furthering his education he then graduated with his Medical Degree from Hahnemann University in 1987, where he was part of the Senior Honors Program giving him over three decades of experience in his field. After obtaining his medical degree, he completed his internal medicine internship with the Crozer-Chester Medical Center, followed by a neurology residency with the Boston University School of Medicine. Wanting to further his training he then completed his Behavioral Neurology and Functional Neuroimaging fellowship with the Massachusetts General Hospital.

Dr. Benson is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. To stay up to date in his field he remains a professional member of the American Academy of Neurology, Society of Behavioral Neurology, Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, National Neurotrauma Society, International Neurotrauma Society, Metropolitan Professional Honor Society, and the North American Brain Injury Society.

Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with disorders of the nervous system. It deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the central and peripheral nervous systems (and their subdivisions – the autonomic and somatic nervous systems), including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle. Neurological practice relies heavily on the field of neuroscience, which is the scientific study of the nervous system. Neurologists may also be involved in clinical research, clinical trials, and basic or translational research.

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