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Office
345 Blackstone Blvd
Providence, RI 02906Phone+1 401-455-6200Fax+1 401-455-6309
Summary
- Dr. Benjamin Greenberg is a psychiatrist based in Providence, RI, with particular experience in brain circuit-based treatment development. He completed medical education at the University of Miami School of Medicine, followed by internship in internal medicine internship at NYU, psychiatry residency at Johns Hopkins University. He later led adult OCD research at the NIMH in Bethesda Maryland before moving to Butler Hospital, Brown University (where he is Professor of Psychiatry), and the VA Providence. He has published extensively on obsessive-compulsive disorder, including on psychiatric neurosurgery (including deep brain stimulation), transcranial magnetic and electrical stimulation, and on stimulation plus virtual reality for PTSD.
Education & Training
- National Institutes of Health Clinical CenterResidency, Psychiatry, 1992 - 1994
- Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Psychiatry, 1989 - 1992
- NYU Grossman School of Medicine (Veterans)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
- University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- RI State Medical License 1999 - 2026
- MD State Medical License 1990 - 2000
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Psychiatry
Clinical Trials
- Effectiveness of Deep Brain Stimulation for Treating People With Treatment Resistant Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Start of enrollment: 2008 Mar 01
- Electrical Stimulation of the Internal Capsule for Intractable Obsessive-compulsive Disorder (OCD) Start of enrollment: 2001 Jan 01
- Electrical Stimulation of the Internal Capsule for Intractable Depression Start of enrollment: 2002 Dec 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- The NExT trial: Protocol for a two-phase randomized controlled trial testing transcranial magnetic stimulation to augment exposure therapy for youth with OCD.Christine Conelea, Claire Breitenfeldt, Alixandra Wilens, Linda Carpenter, Benjamin Greenberg
Trials. 2024-12-18 - One year clinical outcomes after transcranial direct current stimulation and virtual reality for posttraumatic stress disorder.Noah S Philip, Kyra Brettler, Benjamin D Greenberg, Amanda R Arulpragasam, Samantha L Cilli
Brain Stimulation. 2024-07-26 - 8 citationsVirtual Reality and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Mascha van 't Wout-Frank, Amanda R Arulpragasam, Christiana Faucher, Emily Aiken, M Tracie Shea
JAMA Psychiatry. 2024-05-01
Press Mentions
- Butler Hospital COBRE Grant to Focus on Clinical-Translational Brain ResearchMarch 20th, 2019
- Need Some Resilience? A Few Zaps of Electricity Might HelpDecember 5th, 2013
External Links
- COBRE Center for Neuromodulation at Butler Hospitalhttps://www.butler.org/services/cobre/
- Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnologyhttps://www.providence.va.gov/research/CfNN/
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