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D. Woodrow Benson, Jr., MD, PhD, is a Cardiology Department researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

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D. Woodrow Benson, MD, PhD

Professor | Director, Cardiovascular Genetics

Professor, UC Department of Pediatrics

Phone: 513-636-0389

Fax: 513-636-5958

Email: woody.benson@cchmc.org

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Specialties

Clinical Interests

Genetic basis of pediatric heart disease

Research Interests

Cardiovascular disease in the young; congenital heart defects; cardiomyopathy; disorders of heart rhythm (arrhythmias); heart malformation or dysfunction

Education and Training

MS: Emory University, 1967.

PhD: University of North Carolina, 1970.

MD: Duke University, 1972.

Residency: Pediatrics, Duke University.

Fellowship: Cardiology, Duke University.

Certification: Pediatrics, 1976, 1993; Cardiology, 1977, 1993.

Publications

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Hinton RB, Adelman-Brown J, Witt S, Krishnamurthy VK, Osinska H, Sakthivel B, James JF, Li DY, Narmoneva DA, Mecham RP, Benson DW. Elastin haploinsufficiency results in progressive aortic valve malformation and latent valve disease in a mouse model. Circ Res. 2010 Aug 20;107(4):549-57.

Wansapura JP, Hor KN, Mazur W, Fleck R, Hagenbuch S, Benson DW, Gottliebson WM. Left ventricular T2 distribution in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson. 2010 Mar 18;12:14.

Beery TA, Shah MJ, Benson DW. Genetic characterization of familial CPVT after 30 years. Biol Res Nurs. 2009 Jul;11(1):66-72.

Hinton RB, Martin LJ, Rame-Gowda S, Tabangin ME, Cripe LH, Benson DW. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome links to chromosomes 10q and 6q and is genetically related to bicuspid aortic valve. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2009 Mar 24;53(12):1065-71.

Markham LW, Kinnett K, Wong BL, Benson DW, Cripe LH. Corticosteroid treatment retards development of ventricular dysfunction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Neuromuscul Disord. 2008;18:365-370.

Hinton RB, Jr, Andelfinger G, Sekar P, Hinton AC, Gendron RL, Michelfelder EC, Robitaille Y, Benson DW. Prenatal head growth and white matter injury in hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Ped Res 2008;64:364-369.

Hinton RB, Martin LJ, Rame-Gowda SR, Tabangin ME, Cripe LH, Benson DW. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome links to chromosomes 10q and 6q and is genetically related to bicuspid aortic valve. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008; in press.

Martin LJ, Ramachandran V, Cripe LH, Hinton RB, Andelfinger G, Tabangin M, Shooner K, Keddache M, Benson DW. Evidence in favor of linkage to human chromosomal regions 18q, 5q and 13q for bicuspid aortic valve and associated cardiovascular malformations. Hum Genet. 2007;121:275-284.

Zhao B, Etter L, Hinton Jr. RB, Benson DW. BMP and FGF regulatory pathways in semilunar valve precursor cells. Dev Dyn. 2007;236:971-980.

Viswanathan S, Burch JBE, Fishmann GI, Moskowitz IP, Benson DW. Immunohistochemical characterization of sinoatrial node in four atrioventricular conduction system marker mice. J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2007;42:946-953.

Hinton RB Jr, Martin LJ, Tabangin ME, Mazwi M, Cripe LH, Benson DW. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is heritable. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007; 50:1590-1595.