Ben Barnes

Assistant Professor

Ben Barnes

Assistant Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Neurology

  • (706) 721-2681
  • BP 4390

Education

  • MD, Medicine University of Kentucky, 2015

  • BA, Gerontology University of Kentucky, 2011

Certifications

  • South Carolina 2019

  • PHY GA Professional Licensing BRD, 2019

Awards & Honors

  • MCG Exemplary Teaching award 2022

  • Fenwick T. Nichols Resident Teaching Award 2022

Courses Taught Most Recent Academic Year

  • NEUR 5000

    Basic Clkshp in Neurology
  • RNEU 5000

    Neurology
  • NEUR 5003

    Neurology Consult & Clinics Ex

Teaching Interests

Neuromuscular disease

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • 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
  • Yuyao Sun, Paul Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Morgan Beauchamp, Michael Benatar, Tulio Bertorini, Mark Bromberg, Gregory T. Carter, Jesse Crayle, Merit Cudkowicz, Mazen Dimachkie, Eva L. Feldman, Timothy Fullam, Terry Heiman-Patterson, Sartaj Jhooty, Isaac Lund, Christopher Mcdermott, Gary Pattee, Kaitlyn Pierce, Dylan Ratner, Paul Wicks & Richard Bedlack (2022) ALSUntangled #68: ozone therapy, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2145904, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • Xiaoyan Li, Carmel Armon, Paul Barkhaus, Benjamin Barnes, Michael Benatar, Tulio Bertorini, Mark Bromberg, Gregory T. Carter, Jesse Crayle, Merit Cudkowicz, Mazen Dimachkie, Eva L. Feldman, Jonathan Glass, Jill Goslinga, Terry Heiman-Patterson, Sartaj Jhooty, Rachel Lichtenstein, Isaac Lund, Christopher Mcdermott, Gary Pattee, Kaitlyn Pierce, Dylan Ratner, Kristiana Salmon, Paul Wicks & Richard Bedlack (2022) ALSUntangled #67: rituximab, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration, DOI: 10.1080/21678421.2022.2122845, 2022
    Journal Article, Academic Journal
  • 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, 2021
    Journal Article, Academic Journal

Research Interests

ALS, Neuromuscular disease

Department Service

  • 2021 - 2099

  • Residency candidate interviewer 2020 - 2021

    Role: Committee Member

Professional Service

  • AANEM Neuromuscular Self Assess Exam committee member October 2019-Present (3-year term) 2019 - 2022

    Role: Committee Member