Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosurgery 1365B Clifton Rd., NE, Ste. 6200 Atlanta, GA 30322 Appt. Phone: 404-778-5770

• Areas of Clinical Interest
• Publications
• Abstracts/Posters

Dr. William J. Benedict graduated with a BS in Biology and a minor in Spanish from The University of Scranton in 1996 and received his MD from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine in 2000. He began his post-graduate work with an Internship at Loyola University Medical Center where he completed his residency in Neurological Surgery in 2007. Dr. Benedict joins the Emory Department of Neurosurgery in July of 2007. He is a resident member of the American Medical Association, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the American Association of Neurological Surgeons.



Areas of Clinical Interest:

• neuro-oncology
• skull base surgery
• cerebrovascular surgery
• endoscopic surgery
• cranial and spinal trauma
• spinal degenerative disease
• deformity, neuro-critical care

Publications

Benedict WJ, Prabhu V, Viola M, Biller J. Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm resulting from an injury to the neck by a fouled baseball. J Neurol Sci. 2007 May 15;256(1-2):94-9.

Levitt MR, Benedict WJ, Barton K, Melian E, Gamelli RL, Vandevender D, Rosseau G, Prabhu VC. Management of Scalp Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Cranial Osteomyelitis with Serratus Anterior Myocutaneous Pedicle Flap: A Case Report. J Burn Care Res. 2007 Apr 10.

Prabhu VC, Benedict WJ, Primeau M, Macken M, Hacein-Bey L, Jellish WS. . Contemp Neurosurg 2007: 29(2).

Prabhu VC, Vargas C, Benedict WJ, Owen K, Jellish WS. Cortical mapping in the resection of gliomas: Part II, anesthetic considerations. Contemp Neurosurg 2007: 29(1).

Benedict WJ, Primeau M, Blodgett-Dycus C, Thulborn KR, Prabhu VC. Cortical mapping in the resection of gliomas: Part I, preoperative planning. Contemp Neurosurg 2006: 28(26).

Wang YG, Benedict WJ, Huser J, Samarel AM, Blatter LA, Lipsius SL. Brief rapid pacing depresses contractile function via Ca(2+)/PKC-dependent signaling in cat ventricular myocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2001;280(1):H90-8.


Abstracts/Posters

Jellish WS, Benedict WJ, Anderson DE, Shea JF. Comparison of bradycardia response, hospital length of stay, and efficacy between microvascular decompression and balloon compression. North American Skull Base Society Meeting; 2003; 2003.

Benedict WJ, Wang YG, Hueser J, Blatter LA, Lipsius SL. A form of myocardial "stunning" induced by short-term rapid pacing in feline ventricular myocytes (poster). American Heart Association 71st Scientific Session 1998; 1998.