Ben Barnes
                                                                                Assistant Professor
                                        Academic Appointment(s)
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurology
 
                                 
                                
                                
                                
                                    
                                        -  BENBARNES@augusta.edu
-  (706) 721-2681
-  BP 4390
 
                                
                             
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                            
                                                                    Education
                                    
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 MD, Medicine
University of Kentucky, 2015
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 BA, Gerontology
University of Kentucky, 2011
Certifications
                                    
                                                                        Awards & Honors
                                    
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 MCG Exemplary Teaching Award
2025
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 A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award
2024
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 MCG Exemplary Teaching award
2022
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 Fenwick T. Nichols Resident Teaching Award
2022
 
                            
                            
                                
                                    
                                                                             Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year
                                        
                                        
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 NEUR 5001Adult Neurology Sub-I
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 NEUR 5000Basic Clkshp in Neurology
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 RNEU 5004Clinical Neurophysiology
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 NEUR 5022EMG Elective
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 RNEU 5000Neurology
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 NEUR 5020Neuromuscular Disease
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 PHAS 5314Neurology
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 NEUR 5003Neurology Consult & Clinics Ex
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 PSIO 6720Pathophys 2
 Teaching Interests 
                                        Neuromuscular disease
                                        
                                    
                                 
                             
                            
                            
                            
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                                    Selected Recent Publications
                                                                    
                                    - 3.	Timothy Fullam, Carmel Armon, Paul Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Morgan Beauchamp, Michael Benatar, Tulio Bertorini, Robert Bowser, Mark Bromberg, Javier Mascias Cadavid, Gregory T. Carter, Mazen Dimachkie, Dave Ennist, Eva L. Feldman, Terry Heiman-patterson, Sartaj Jhooty, Isaac Lund, Christopher Mcdermott, Gary Pattee, Dylan Ratner, Paul Wicks & Richard Bedlack (2023) ALSUntangled # 69: astaxanthin, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2023.2171302., 2023
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Jessica Hatch, Paul Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Morgan Beauchamp, Michael Benatar, Tulio Bertorini, Robert Bowser, Mark Bromberg, Andrew Brown, Javier Mascias Cadavid, Gregory T. Carter, Nicholas Cole, Jesse Crayle, Mazen Dimachkie, David Ennist, Eva Feldman, Timothy Fullam, Terry Heiman-Patterson, Sartaj Jhooty, Todd Levine, Xiaoyan Li, Isaac Lund, Elise Mallon, Nicholas Maragakis, Christopher McDermott, Gary Pattee, Kaitlyn Pierce, Dylan Ratner, Kim Staats, Paul Wicks, Martina Wiedau & Richard Bedlack (2023) ALSUntangled #70: caffeine, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2023.2220742, 2023
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
- Maya Muhanna, Issac Lund, Mark Bromberg, Paul Wicks, Michael Benatar, Benjamin Barnes, Kaitlyn Pierce, Dylan Ratner, Andrew Brown, Tulio Bertorini, Paul Barkhaus, Greg Carter, Javier Mascias Cadavid, Christopher McDermott, Jonathan D Glass, Gary Pattee, Carmel Armon, Richard Bedlack & Xiaoyan Li (2023) ALSUntangled #73: Lion’s Mane, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2023.2296557, 2023
 Journal Article, Academic Journal
- ALSUntangled #65: glucocorticoid  corticosteroids, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2099746  Richard Bedlack, Paul E. Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Morgan Beauchamp, Tulio Bertorini, Mark B. Bromberg, Gregory T. Carter, Vinay Chaudry, Merit Cudkowicz, Ce Jackson, Gleb Levitsky, Isaac Lund, Christopher McDermott, Steven Novella, Natasha Olby, Lyle Ostrow, Gary L. Pattee, Terry Heiman-Patterson, Dylan Ratner, Kristiana Salmon, Susan Steves, Mark Terrelonge, Paul Wicks & Anne-Marie Wills (2021) ALSUntangled #63: ketogenic diets, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2021.1990346, 2022
 Journal Article, Professional Journal
- Jill Ann Goslinga, Mark Terrelonge Jr., Richard Bedlack, Paul Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Tulio Bertorini, Mark Bromberg, Gregory Carter, Amy Chen, Jesse Crayle, Mazen Dimachkie, Leanne Jiang, Gleb Levitsky, Isaac Lund, Sarah Martin, Christopher Mcdermott, Gary Pattee, Kaitlyn Pierce, Dylan Ratner, Lenka Slachtova, Yuyao Sun & Paul Wicks (2022) ALSUntangled #65: glucocorticoid corticosteroids, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2099746, 2022
 Journal Article, Professional Journal
Research Interests
                                    ALS, Neuromuscular disease
                                                                 
                            
                            
                            
                                
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