BenjaminDanielElderMDPhD
Neurosurgery • Rochester, MNNeurosurgical Spine Surgery
Professor of Neurosurgery
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Office
200 1st Street SW
Rochester, MN 55905
Summary
- Dr. Benjamin Elder is a Professor of Neurosurgery in Rochester, MN and is affiliated with Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester. He received his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine and his residency and complex spine surgery fellowship at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and has been in practice 7 years. He is experienced in complex spine surgery and adult scoliosis and spinal deformity surgery, and neurosurgery.
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2010 - 2017- Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2016
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2010
Certifications & Licensure
FL State Medical License 2017 - 2026
AZ State Medical License 2017 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2017 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2017 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2014 - 2018- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Clinical Trials
- Efficacy in iNPH Shunting (PENS) Trial Start of enrollment: 2022 May 18
- SI Joint Stabilization in Long Fusion to the Pelvis Start of enrollment: 2020 May 20
- Adherus™ Dural Sealant in Spinal Procedures Start of enrollment: 2020 Nov 19
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Enzyme-delivery Metal-organic Framework Composite Coatings for Restoration of Hyperglycemia-damaged Osteoblast Differentiation.Indranath Mitra, Maria Astudillo Potes, Mahnoor Shafi, Maryam Tilton, Benjamin D Elder
Biomaterials Advances. 2025-01-01 - The Effect of C2 Muscular Exposure Technique on Radiographic and Clinical Outcomes After C2-T2 Posterior Cervical Fusion.Hannah A Levy, Zachariah W Pinter, Andrew Pumford, Harold I Salmons, Sarah Townsley
Clinical Spine Surgery. 2024-12-01 - Injectable bioactive poly(propylene fumarate) and polycaprolactone based click chemistry bone cement for spinal fusion in rabbits.Xifeng Liu, Maria D Astudillo Potes, Vitalii Serdiuk, Babak Dashtdar, Areonna C Schreiber
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- Original Article Use of Recombinant Human Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 at the C1-2 Lateral Articulation Without Posterior Structural Bone Graft in Posterior Atlantoaxi...Benjamin D Elder, Nicholas Theodore, Yuanxuan Xia, Ali Bydon, Risheng Xu, Daniel M Sciubba, Timothy F Witham, Wataru Ishida, Ziya L Gokaslan, ScienceDirect
Press Mentions
The Most Underutilized Spine BiologicsSeptember 12th, 2024
Spine Surgery Tames Pain, Puts School Bus Driver Back Behind the WheelJuly 26th, 2019- Back to Pursuing Her Passions After Spine SurgeryNovember 5th, 2018
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Grant Support
- Metastatic Spine Tumors: Minimally Invasive Fracture Risk Analysis and TreatmentNational Institute of HealthPresent
- Injectable and Moldable Composite Bone Scaffolds for Spinal FusionNational Institute of HealthPresent
- Toward tissue engineering of facet cartilageNational Institute of HealthPresent
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- Fellow
- Scoliosis Research SocietyMember
- North American Spine SocietyMember
- Lumbar Spine Research SocietyMember
Industry Relationships
- Consultant, SI Bone
- Consultant, Johnson&Johnson, Depuy Synthes
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