Dr. Deborah L Benzil MD
Neurosurgeon
110 South Bedford Road Mount Kisco Medical Mount Kisco NY, 10549About
Dr. Deborah Benzil practices Neurological Surgery in Mount Kisco, NY. As a Neurological Surgeon, Dr. Benzil prevents, diagnoses, evaluates, and treats disorders of the autonomic, peripheral, and central nervous systems. Neurological Surgeons are trained to treat such disorders as spinal canal stenosis, herniated discs, tumors, fractures, and spinal deformities, among many others.
Education and Training
Univ of Md Sch of Med, Baltimore Md 1985
UNIV OF MD SCH OF MED 1985
University of Maryland At Baltimore / Professional Schools 1985
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Optic nerve sheath meningiomas: visual improvement after stereotactic radiotherapy.
- Safety of multiple stereotactic radiosurgery treatments for multiple brain lesions.
- Mortality risk after head injury increases at 30 years.
- Knife wound to the posterior fossa in a child.
- Safety and efficacy of high-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with malignant astrocytomas.
- Use of stereotactic intensity-modulated radiotherapy in thyroid-related ophthalmopathy. Case report.
- Update on treatment modalities for optic nerve sheath meningiomas.
- Mutant human tumor suppressor p53 modulates the activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase and nuclear factor-kappaB, but not c-Jun N-terminal kinase and activated protein-1.
- Meningioangiomatosis associated with neurofibromatosis: report of 2 cases in a single family and review of the literature.
- Intramedullary epidermoid associated with an intramedullary spinal abscess secondary to a dermal sinus.
- The future of neurosurgery: a white paper on the recruitment and retention of women in neurosurgery.
- Geographical neurosurgery workforce analysis from 1990 to 2005 improves our understanding of the role of market factors.
- Changing our culture.
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