Bernard R. Bendok MD, MSCI, FAANS, FACS, FAHA

Bernard R. Bendok was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on February 4, 1971. He attended Wayne State University from 1987 to 1991 as a Merit Scholar and graduated summa cum laude from the Honors Program with a BS in Biology. In 1991, he moved to Chicago to attend Northwestern University Medical School. His interest in neurosurgery was nurtured through the mentorship of Drs. David McLone and Ivan Ciric.

In 1995, he entered the neurological surgery residency-training program at Northwestern under the mentorship of Dr Hunt Batjer, who joined the institution as Chief and Program Director. During residency, Dr Bendok developed an interest in neurovascular and cranial base diseases. He subsequently pursued fellowship training with L. Nelson Hopkins.

In 2003, he joined Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor. In 2009, he was promoted to Associate Professor and, in 2013, to Professor. His clinical practice has focused on the microsurgical, interventional, and radiosurgical treatment of neurovascular and cranial base diseases. Currently, he is the director of the multidisciplinary Vascular Neurosurgery and Neurointerventional Surgery Programs at Northwestern and surgical director of the Neurological ICU.