Benjamin Greenberg MD, MHS, FANA, FAAN, CRND

Benjamin M. Greenberg, M.D., M.H.S., is a Professor and the Cain Denius Scholar in Mobility Disorders in the Department of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He also has an appointment in the Department of Pediatrics. Dr. Greenberg is an internationally recognized expert in treating rare autoimmune disorders of the central nervous system. He currently serves as the Vice Chair of Translational Research and Strategic Initiatives for the Department of Neurology. He is also the interim Director of the Multiple Sclerosis Center and the Director of the Neurosciences Clinical Research Center. In addition, he serves as Director of the Transverse Myelitis and Neuromyelitis Optica Program and the Pediatric Demyelinating Disease Program at Children’s Medical Center – which he established as one of only two U.S. programs of its kind.

Dr. Greenberg earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine before completing an internal medicine internship at Chicago’s Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. He performed his neurology residency at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, serving as Chief Resident in his final year. He also holds an M.H.S. in molecular microbiology and immunology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health, as well as a bachelor’s degree in the history of medicine – both from Johns Hopkins. Dr. Greenberg splits his clinical time between adult and pediatric patients, routinely consulting on the inpatient units of William P. Clements Jr. and Zale Lipshy University Hospitals, Parkland, and Children’s Medical Center.

Dr. Greenberg's research focuses on better diagnosing, prognosticating, and treating demyelinating diseases and nervous system infections. He also coordinates clinical trials to evaluate new treatments to prevent neurologic damage and restore function to affected patients. In addition, Dr. Greenberg has led an effort to improve biorepository development and create uniform protocols for sample handling and analysis. As part of this initiative, his collaborative research has identified novel biomarkers that could be key to distinguishing between patients with various neurologic disorders.

Prior to his recruitment to UT Southwestern in 2009, Dr. Greenberg was on the faculty of the Johns Hopkins Division of Neuroimmunology, serving as the Director of the Encephalitis Center and Co-director of the nation’s first dedicated Transverse Myelitis Center. Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Dr. Greenberg is a three-time Texas Monthly Rising Star and was included in D Magazine's Best Doctors list for 2016-2022. He was also named a Super Doctor by Texas Monthly in 2018.