Tammie Benzinger, MD, PhD
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).

510 South Kingshighway
Saint Louis, MO 63110
314.362.5950
Education
Internship: Forest Park Hospital St. Louis
Residency: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology
Fellowship: Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO/Open Access |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna Medicare HMO |
Aetna Medicare Open Access (HMO/POS |
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Aetna Medicare PPO |
Aetna POS/PPO/Choice |
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Aetna PPO |
BCBS of IL HMO |
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BCBS of IL PPO |
BCBS/Anthem Blue Access Choice PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem Blue Access PPO |
BCBS/Anthem BluePreferred HMO |
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Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
Best Doctors Inc |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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Community Care Network PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO - Medicare |
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Coventry ASO |
Coventry Gold Advantage- Medicare |
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Coventry HMO/POS |
Coventry PPO |
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Essence Standard/Enhanced |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
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HealthCare USA MC+ |
Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
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Healthlink PPO |
HFN Inc. PPO |
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Home State-MC+ |
Humana Gold Choice PFFS - Medicare |
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Humana Gold Plus HMO - Medicare |
Humana POS-Medicare |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
HumanaChoice PPO-Medicare |
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Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
Medicare |
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Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
Mercy Health Plan PPO |
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MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
MultiPlan PPO |
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Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
Private Health Care Systems PPO |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Standard/ Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United HC MCARE Complete Choice PPO |
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United HC MCARE Complete HMO |
United HC MCARE CompleteEssen. HMO |
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United HC MCARE Dual Complete |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Verify insurance with office |
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Worker's Compensation |
Amyloid-beta plaque growth in cognitively normal adults: Longitudinal [(11) C]Pittsburgh compound B data.Vlassenko AG, Mintun MA, Xiong C, Sheline YI, Goate AM, Benzinger TL, Morris JC.Ann Neurol. 2011 Nov;70(5):857-61. doi: 10.1002/ana.22608.
- PMID:
- 22162065
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsPET amyloid-beta imaging in preclinical Alzheimer's disease.Vlassenko AG, Benzinger TL, Morris JC.Biochim Biophys Acta. 2011 Nov 12. [Epub ahead of print]
- PMID:
- 22108203
- [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Related citationsRole of family history for Alzheimer biomarker abnormalities in the adult children study.Xiong C, Roe CM, Buckles V, Fagan A, Holtzman D, Balota D, Duchek J, Storandt M, Mintun M, Grant E, Snyder AZ, Head D, Benzinger TL, Mettenburg J, Csernansky J, Morris JC.Arch Neurol. 2011 Oct;68(10):1313-9.
- PMID:
- 21987546
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsPostcontrast susceptibility-weighted imaging: a novel technique for the detection of arteriovenous shunting in vascular malformations of the brain.Jagadeesan BD, Delgado Almandoz JE, Benzinger TL, Moran CJ.Stroke. 2011 Nov;42(11):3127-31. Epub 2011 Sep 22.
- PMID:
- 21940964
- [PubMed - in process]
Related citationsCerebrospinal fluid biomarkers, education, brain volume, and future cognition.Roe CM, Fagan AM, Grant EA, Marcus DS, Benzinger TL, Mintun MA, Holtzman DM, Morris JC.Arch Neurol. 2011 Sep;68(9):1145-51.
- PMID:
- 21911695
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsSerotonin signaling is associated with lower amyloid-β levels and plaques in transgenic mice and humans.Cirrito JR, Disabato BM, Restivo JL, Verges DK, Goebel WD, Sathyan A, Hayreh D, D'Angelo G, Benzinger T, Yoon H, Kim J, Morris JC, Mintun MA, Sheline YI.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Sep 6;108(36):14968-73. Epub 2011 Aug 22.
- PMID:
- 21873225
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsNeuropathologic correlates for diffusion tensor imaging in postinfectious encephalopathy.Chen CI, Mar S, Brown S, Song SK, Benzinger TL.Pediatr Neurol. 2011 May;44(5):389-93.
- PMID:
- 21481751
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsRadial diffusivity predicts demyelination in ex vivo multiple sclerosis spinal cords.Klawiter EC, Schmidt RE, Trinkaus K, Liang HF, Budde MD, Naismith RT, Song SK, Cross AH, Benzinger TL.Neuroimage. 2011 Apr 15;55(4):1454-60. Epub 2011 Jan 13.
- PMID:
- 21238597
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsAPOE4 allele disrupts resting state fMRI connectivity in the absence of amyloid plaques or decreased CSF Aβ42.Sheline YI, Morris JC, Snyder AZ, Price JL, Yan Z, D'Angelo G, Liu C, Dixit S, Benzinger T, Fagan A, Goate A, Mintun MA.J Neurosci. 2010 Dec 15;30(50):17035-40.
- PMID:
- 21159973
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAccuracy of susceptibility-weighted imaging for the detection of arteriovenous shunting in vascular malformations of the brain.Jagadeesan BD, Delgado Almandoz JE, Moran CJ, Benzinger TL.Stroke. 2011 Jan;42(1):87-92. Epub 2010 Nov 18.
- PMID:
- 21088245
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsSpinal cord ring enhancement in multiple sclerosis.Klawiter EC, Benzinger T, Roy A, Naismith RT, Parks BJ, Cross AH.Arch Neurol. 2010 Nov;67(11):1395-8.
- PMID:
- 21060017
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAbsence of Pittsburgh compound B detection of cerebral amyloid beta in a patient with clinical, cognitive, and cerebrospinal fluid markers of Alzheimer disease: a case report.Cairns NJ, Ikonomovic MD, Benzinger T, Storandt M, Fagan AM, Shah AR, Reinwald LT, Carter D, Felton A, Holtzman DM, Mintun MA, Klunk WE, Morris JC.Arch Neurol. 2009 Dec;66(12):1557-62.
- PMID:
- 20008664
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsLong-term prognosis of pediatric patients with relapsing acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.Mar S, Lenox J, Benzinger T, Brown S, Noetzel M.J Child Neurol. 2010 Jun;25(6):681-8. Epub 2009 Oct 6.
- PMID:
- 19808990
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsBlast-related brain injury: imaging for clinical and research applications: report of the 2008 st. Louis workshop.Benzinger TL, Brody D, Cardin S, Curley KC, Mintun MA, Mun SK, Wong KH, Wrathall JR.J Neurotrauma. 2009 Dec;26(12):2127-44.
- PMID:
- 19508154
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsDiffuse microstructural abnormalities of normal-appearing white matter in late life depression: a diffusion tensor imaging study.Shimony JS, Sheline YI, D'Angelo G, Epstein AA, Benzinger TL, Mintun MA, McKinstry RC, Snyder AZ.Biol Psychiatry. 2009 Aug 1;66(3):245-52. Epub 2009 Apr 17.
- PMID:
- 19375071
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]











