MarcBenayounMDPhD

Radiology • Winston Salem, NC

Neuroradiology

MGH neuroradiology senior fellow

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Office
Medical Center Blvd
Winston Salem, NC 27157
Phone+1 336-716-2255

Summary

I am a board certified radiologist and board eligible nuclear medicine physician who completed a combined residency at Emory University and subsequent completion of a 2-year fellowship in neuroradiology at Massachusetts General Hospital. I obtained an MD/PhD from the University of Chicago with a PhD in Computational Neuroscience.

Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Neuroradiology, 2017 - 2019
Emory University School of MedicineResidency, Radiology-Diagnostic, 2013 - 2017
Emory University School of MedicineInternship, Transitional Year, 2012 - 2013
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of MedicineClass of 2012
University of ChicagoBS, Biochemistry, with Honors distinction, 2001 - 2004
University of ChicagoB.S., Biochemistry, with Honors, 2001 - 2004
University of ChicagoB.A., Chemistry & Biology, with Honors, 2001 - 2004
California Institute of TechnologyNo Degree, Engineering and Applied Sciences, 2000 - 2001

Certifications & Licensure

NC State Medical License 2019 - 2025
MA State Medical License 2017 - 2019
American Board of Nuclear Medicine Nuclear Medicine
American Board of Radiology Diagnostic Radiology
American Board of Radiology Neuroradiology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Patrick Gerard Mullins Award for Most Willing to Help His Fellow Residents 2017
Best Basic Science Research Poster by a Senior Medical Student at Senior Scientific 2012
Frank Family Fellow 2009
Best All Around Poster, Computational Neoruscience International Conference 2008
Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching 2007
Francis E. Knock Prize in Biological Chemistry 2004
Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) Fellow 2004
Summer Student Fellow Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2002
Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society Emory University
Phi Beta Kappa Academic Honor Society University of Chicago
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society University of Chicago
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

34 citations
[ 18 F]Fluciclovine PET discrimination between high- and low-grade gliomas
Ephraim E. Parent, Marc D. Benayoun, Ijeoma Ibeanu, Jeffrey J. Olson, Constantinos G. Hadjipanayis
EJNMMI Research. 2018-07-25
71 citations
Emergent oscillations in networks of stochastic spiking neurons.
Edward W. J. Wallace, Marc Benayoun, Wim van Drongelen, Jack D. Cowan
Plos One. 2011-05-06
97 citations
Avalanches in a stochastic model of spiking neurons.
Marc Benayoun, Jack D. Cowan, Wim van Drongelen, Edward W. J. Wallace
Plos Computational Biology. 2010-07-08

Journal Articles

Sacrum and Coccyx Radiographs have Limited Clinical Impact in the Emergency Department
Hanna, T., Sadiq, M., Ditkofsky, N., Benayoun, M.D., Datir, A., Rohatgi, S., Khosa, F, Am J Roentgenol, 1/1/2016
Implementation of an Academic Medical Center CT Dose Reduction Program at a Newly Acquired Community Hospital
Cox, K., Olaiya, B., Alexander, L., Singh, K., Benayoun, M.D., Duszak, R, Nandwna, SB, J Am Coll Radiol, 1/1/2016
Utility of Computed Tomography Imaging of the Cervical Spine in Trauma Evaluation of Ground Level Fall
Benayoun, M.D., Allen, J.W, Lovasik, B.A., Uriell, M., Spandorfer, R.M., Holder, C.A., J Trauma Acute Care Surg, 1/1/2016
Evolutionary Constraints on Visual Cortex Architecture from the Dynamics of Hallucinations
Butler, T.C., Benayoun, M.D., E.D.J. Wallace, W. van Drongelen, N. Goldenfeld, J. Cowan, PNAS, 1/1/2012
Population Oscillations in Networks of Stochastic Spiking Neurons
Wallace, E.D.J., Benayoun, M.D., W. van Drongelen, J. Cowan, PLoS One, 1/1/2011
EEG, Avalanches, and Temporal Correlations
Benayoun, M.D., M. Kohrman, J. Cowan, W. van Drongelen, J Clinical Neurophys, 1/1/2010
Systematic Comparison of the Behaviors Produced by Models of Epileptic Neocortex
Warlaumont, A., Lee, H., van Drongelen, W., Benayoun, M.D., Stevens, R., Hereld, M, J Clinical Neurophys, 1/1/2010
Invariance of the Cumulant Expansion Under Unitary Transformations of the 1-Particle Basis Set in Reduced Density Matrix Theory
Benayoun, M.D., Lu, A., Mazziotti, D, Chem Phys Lett, 1/1/2004
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Books/Book Chapters

MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB
Wallisch, P., Lusignan, M., Benayoun, M.D., Dickey, A., Baker, T., Hatsopoulos, N.Academic Press, Burlington, MAEdition 2nd,2013
MATLAB for Neuroscientists: An Introduction to Scientific Computing in MATLAB
Wallisch, P., Lusignan, M., Benayoun, M.D., Dickey, A., Baker, T., Hatsopoulos, N.Academic Press, Burlington, MAEdition 1st,2009

Abstracts/Posters

Radiology Professional Society Membership Among Young Physicians: Training Program Departmental ACR Activity Support Matters!
Nitz, M., Benayoun, M.D., Duszak, R., American College of Radiology, 1/1/2017
Where Young Radiologists Choose to Practice: Associations Between, Medical School, Residency, and Fellowship Sites and Future Practice Location. Associations Between 2...
Nitz, M., Benayoun, M.D., Yeung, S., Duszak, R., American College of Radiology, 1/1/2017
Anti-3-[18F]FACBC (Fluciclovine) Dynamic PET Differentiates Low-Grade and High Grade Gliomas in Patients with Minimal Prior Intervention.
Benayoun, M.D., Ibeanu, I., Manapragada, P., Olson, J., Adhikarla, V., Nye, J., Schuster, D., Goodman, M., RSNA, 1/1/2016
Utility of CT Imaging of the Cervical Spine in Cases of Ground Level Fall and Simple Assault.
Lovasik, B.,Spandorfer, R., Uriell, M., Benayoun, M.D., Allen, J., Holder, C., Advancing Healthcare Quality Research, Emory University, 1/1/2015
Time to Write an Obituary? Sacrum and Coccyx Radiographs have Limited Clinical Impact in the Emergency Department.
Sadiq, M., Hanna, T., Ditkofsky, N., Benayoun, M.D., Datir, A., Rohatgi, S., Khosa, F., Radiological Society of North America, 1/1/2015
Angiographic Assessment of Leptomeningeal Collateral Perfusion Parameters Following Experimental Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion.
Theyel, B., Benayoun, M.D., C. Rink, C. Sen, G. Christoforidis, International Stroke Conference, 1/1/2012
Multiple Routes to Functionally Feed-Forward Dynamics in Cortical Network Models.
Wallace, E.D.J., Benayoun, M.D., van Drongelen, W., Cowan, J., 7th International Meeting on COmputational and SYstems NEuroscience, 1/1/2010
Event-driven Modeling of Stochastic Spiking Networks.
Wallace, E.D.J., Benayoun, M.D., van Drongelen, W., Cowan, J., 39th International Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, 1/1/2009
Avalanches in Simple Stochastic Spiking Network Models.
Wallace, E.D.J., Benayoun, M.D., van Drongelen, W., Cowan, J., 6th International Meeting on COmputational and SYstems NEuroscience, 1/1/2009
Quantitative comparison of realistic and simplified computational models of epileptic neocortex.
Warlaumont, A., Lee, H., van Drongelen, W., Benayoun, M.D., Stevens, R., Hereld, M, Epilepsy: Tools for Epilepsy Research: Tutorials and Updates, 1/1/2009
Biologically Plausible Statistics from a Markov Model of Spiking Cortical Neurons
Benayoun, M.D., Wallace, E.D.J., Cowan, J., van Drongelen, W., 17th International Meeting on Computational Neuroscience, 1/1/2008
Changes in Persistent Long-Range Temporal Correlations of EEG During a Seizure.
Benayoun, M.D., Wallace, E.D.J., Cowan, J., Kohrman, M., van Drongelen, W, 62nd International Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society, 1/1/2008
Simulated Annealing as a Tool to Identify Parameter Values Associated with Epileptiform Activity in Single-Neuron and Network Compartmental Models.
Benayoun, M.D., Dwyer, J., Lee, H., Herald, M., Stevens, R., van Drongelen, W., 16th International Meeting on Computational Neuroscience, 1/1/2007
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Lectures

Fluciclovine PET Imaging Differentiates Low and High Grade Gliomas.
Emory University - 1/1/2017
Research During Residency.
Emory University - 1/1/2016
Utility of CT Imaging of the Cervical Spine in Cases of Ground Level Fall and Simple Assault.
1/1/2015
Combined Nuclear Medicine and Radiology Training: A Resident’s Perspective.
1/1/2015
Applications of Quantitative Sciences to Stroke Research.
1/1/2012
Computational and Mathematical Models of Neuronal Networks: Implications for Epilepsy.
1/1/2011
Mathematics in Medical Neuroscience.
University of Chicago - 1/1/2010
Mathematical Analysis of Neuronal Networks: Implications for Epilepsy.
1/1/2009
Power Laws and Epilepsy.
1/1/2008
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Other

Thesis: Network Dynamics and Epilepsy.
Benayoun MD, Department of Pediatrics
University of Chicago - 1/1/2010