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).
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 PPO |
Baxter Regional PHO |
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BCBS of IL PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
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Best Doctors Inc |
Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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CMR (Care Management Resources) |
Community Care Network PPO |
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CorVel PPO |
Coventry Advantra HMO (formerlyGHP |
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Coventry HMO/POS (formerly GHP) |
Coventry PPO (formerly GHP) |
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Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
First Health |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
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Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
HealthCare USA MC+ |
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Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
Healthlink PPO |
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HFN Inc. PPO |
Home State-MC+ |
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Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
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IPA Secondary to Medicare |
Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
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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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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
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Private Health Care Systems PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Quincy Health Care Management |
St. John's Health System Tertiary |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
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 |
Wellborn HMO |
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]











