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Atlanta Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Atlanta, GA
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Dr. Benglis is Medical Director of the Atlanta Institute for Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery . Dr. Benglis is a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), and the AANS-CNS joint section on disorders of the spine. He graduated from his neurosurgical residency at the University of Miami in 2011. From 2007-2009 Dr. Benglis completed a two-year non-ACGME advanced subspecialty fellowship in spinal neurosurgery under the guidance of his spine mentors Dr. Alan Levi, M.D., Phd., Dr. Michael Y. Wang, M.D., Dr. Steve Vanni, D.O., and Dr. Barth Green M.D. who directs one of the largest spinal cord injury research centers in the country; the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. During these two years in fellowship, Dr. Benglis developed a particular surgical interest in adult degenerative scoliosis and the treatment of various spinal problems through minimal access approaches. Dr. Benglis has recently authored various book chapters and journal articles on these specific topics. He also has an interest in the treatment of various brain tumors affecting adult patients. Dr. Benglis enjoys developing a unique and personal relationship with his patients and assisting them in the understanding and treatment of their neurological disorders.
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Neurosurgery
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92 Answers
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A 24-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Radiculopathy : Sounds like a radiculopathy from nerve compression. Get referred to a neurologist, physiatrist, or spine surgeon with an updated mri.
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spondylosis: Cervical disc surgery includes posterior non fusion approaches versus anterior fusion or disc replacements. Disc replacement in the cervical spine ma... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spurs: Bone spurs are hard overgrown joints. They can press on nerves and typically cause arm pain. Epidural injections may help. This may be a surgical p... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Neck injury: It depends on what was found at the initial traumatic incident. Ie whether there were fractures in the spine, a concussion, abnormal head ct, etc. ... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical stenosis : One cause that i see in my clinic is myelopathy from cervical spine or thoracic spine compression.
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A 43-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Compression fracture: Fractures may take a while to heal, surgical indications are for nerve compression and instability, back pain alone less so. Bracing is a good upfron... Read More
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A 66-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar back: Not likely. See an osteoporosis specialist and inquire about new medications such as Forteo to see if you are a candidate.
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A 29-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spine : Have your pcp order an mri, see a physiatrist or chiropractor after seeing a spine surgeon or neurologist for their opinion and make sure disc positio... Read More
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spine : Alot of things, muscle spasm, nerve compression, fascial irritation, instability. Be cautious about someone recommending surgery for neck pain alone.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Spondylolysis: Apologize for reading spondylosis instead of spondylolysis. I agree with dr. Estrada bernard's comment. I have patients with this condition that man... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Infraorbital nerve : This nerve is decompressed during orbito zygomatic procedures...I guess if you were having pain in that area that it could be done. Make sure your co... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
CT myelogram : A myelogram ct of the cervical spine is a similar study as far as information provided to the physician as an mri. It is an invasive test and requir... Read More
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cranioplasty : Surgical placement of a patients stored bone or use of synthetic device to cover a defect in the head.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spine: I would let your primary care physician know. It may be an intrinsic shoulder issue or a manifestation of arthritis in your cervical spine. An imagi... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
AVM: In various parts of the brain (superficial/deep and eloquent/noneloquent parts) or spinal cord.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar fusion : Could be from a lot of things surgical or non surgical. A good study to look at nerves post fusion is a myelogram. Fusion can take 6 to 12 months in... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
L5/S1: Back pain with sciatic type unilateral leg pain localizes your pain generator to that level. Back pain alone as a symptom is more difficult. I treat... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Clumsiness: Have your primary care or neurologist rule out any underlying organic cause such as spinal stenosis. Also enroll in occupational therapy or physical ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Halo Collar Surgery: There are really many types of neck fractures. Not to turf the question away, but you really should seek the advice of a spine surgeon. It could ran... Read More
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Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar: Don't pop your back then. See your spine surgeon for follow up to make sure all is well. Physical therapy may help.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Brocas Aphasia: It depends on whether a stroke involved nerves to the face and eyes. An isolated brocas aphasia from injury to a part of the frontal lobe may produce... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Tolosa Hunt: Inflammation of the nerves within the cavernous sinus or superior orbital fissure causing deficiencies in movement of eye muscles, facial numbness, h... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbago : Be cautious about anyone recommending surgery if your complaint is only back pain. Back pain is multi factorial. Conservative therapies are physical... Read More
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A 42-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Foot drop : If from trauma, MRI of knee and EMG nerve conduction studies are now indicated. You may be a candidate for a nerve transfer. You need to see a speci... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Adjacent level: Question is are these symptoms new, or old symptoms pre op that are slowly getting better? I tell my patients expect a recovery period from 6 to 12 m... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar radiculopathy: This sounds like radicular type pain. A trial of nsaids, physical therapy, muscle relaxers, x ray plain film a good start. Mri lumbar next option wi... Read More
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A 25-year-old female asked:
Is it normal for my 57 year old mother's spine mri to have every disc completely black? (every disc)
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Black disc disease : Black disc disease is a controversial topic when attempting to identify pain generators in the spine. It usually is not an operative problem. On a c... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Disc: Removing a small piece of a disc pressing on the nerve. This can be done through a minimal access approach.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Spine: Bracing- soft collar, rigid or halo , versus surgical fixation and fusion. Seek counsel froma spine surgeon.
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A 33-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar disc : Pid or prolapsed intervertebral disc is a herniated disc. Discs can be retained within the capsule or free fragments. Discs not causing debilitating... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Epidural Injections: Ive had some patients (granted a minority) who have an increase in pain following a selective nerve root block injection given for unilateral leg pain... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cauda equina : Your doctor told you about this likely so you would be aware of the symptoms, not so that you can live a life of fear. If the symptoms come...Unlikel... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Skull fracture: This usually occurs post trauma and is diagnosed by a cat scan of the head. It is not a surgical problem if the fracture is minor and there is no ove... Read More
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A 44-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
SPORT study : Variable, conservative therapy includes anti inflammatory meds, physical therapy, and epidural injections. Last resort always surgery. Check out goo... Read More
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A member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Lumbar radic : Give it some more time. Try an epidural or selective nerve root block. Seek a surgeon spine for his or her opinion. You will likely not need a surg... Read More
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A 31-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Core strength: I am a big proponent of core strengthening exercises with roots in pilates. Most back and neck issues are non surgical and can be managed with weight... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Broken back : It can be a fracture of the bones or a disruption of the ligaments that requires no treatment, simple rigid bracing, halo fixation, or even surgery. ... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spine : Cervical spine immobilization can mean many things. It is used following a spine fracture or surgery. A halo vest is for severe cases where bolts ar... Read More
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Whiplash: This is a common injury follow car accidents. You need to first make sure there is no signs of fracture or displacement on your vertebrae by an imagi... Read More
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Delirium: Delirium is a reversible condition whereby a patient is confused. It can be due to medication problems, metabolic disturbances, oxygenation, etc. It... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Carpal tunnel: Hands falling asleep could be carpal tunnel syndrome which classically wakes patients up at night. They shake their hands to get the feeling back. C... Read More
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A 42-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Aneurysm : No symptoms to severe worse headache of a persons life to mild or severe neurological deficits. The classification is between ruptured and unruptured... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Scoliosis : Not likely to be indicated. Enroll in pilates course. Focus on keeping a bmi around 25 or lower.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Spine surgery: A broad term to describe various procedures utilized to treat most commonly arthritic conditions of the spine but also conditions due to trauma, tumo... Read More
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A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Spinal stenosis : In the lumbar region...Should cause back pain, leg pain, improvement with flexion, and fatigue with prolonged walking. More common in the elderly.
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A 21-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Baclofen: Permanent device implanted in abdomen and intrathecal space to help with spasticity when high doses of oral Baclofen can be tolerated.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
Doctor said im having loss of the lordotic curvature, impression: l5 pars defect with muscle spasm ?
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Spondylolisthesis : So what... Those are radiologic findings. Only thing that matters is if you are symptomatic. Start with core strength regimen, nsaids, weight loss ... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Herniated disc : If you are symptomatic enough to where conservative measures have failed. Surgery is always the last option.
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A 34-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Cervical spine : I deal with this alot with my ms patients that also have spine arthritis. If there is compression from disc bulges or stenosis and there are spinal c... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
Dr. David Benglisanswered
Neurosurgery 19 years experience
Scoliosis : Because you had a long segment fusion and you also could also have muscle spasm. See if your surgeon will allow you to go to physical therapy.
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Jan 16, 2013
Excellent neurosurgeon. Has always provided top notch care to me and my patients.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Benglis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Benglis is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Thanks! What if never heals its been 4 yes and because I'm 30 and too young spine surgeon wouldn't do kyphoplasty.
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Would it be wise to stay away from p90x type exercises and heavy lifting while i wait?
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Yes sir as I told the other doctor, it is 3mm and thank you for answering.
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio, TX
Graduated 2004MD
Residency
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL
Awards
Top Neurosurgeon , First Place, Georgia - Winter
2013
Affiliations
American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Tumor Section
American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons / Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves Section
Publications
Occiput to Thoracic Fusion After Surgical Resection of Desmoid Tumor.
Outcomes in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation Type I followed up without surgery.
Pediatric spinal cord injury in infant piglets: description of a new large animal model and review of the literature.
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