Edward C. Benzel, MD Undergraduate - Washington State University Chemical Engineering Pullman,WI USA1971 Medical School - Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI USA 1975 Internship - Medical College of Wisconsin Clinics, Milwaukee, WI USA 1976 Residency - Medical College of Wisconsin Clinics Neurosurgery Milwaukee, WI USA 1980 Fellowship - VA Medical Center SpineSurgery & Spinal Cord Inj Albuquerque, NM USA 1981

Edward C. Benzel, MD Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Cleveland Clinic Medical Co-Director, Cleveland Clinic Foundation Spine Research Laboratory, 1999-Present Director, Neurosurgery Residency Program, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, May 2002-Present Course Director, Annual Cleveland Spine Review: Hands- On, Cleveland, Ohio, 2006-Present

Edward C. Benzel, MD Professor of Surgery, at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University (CCLCM of CWRU).

Edward C. Benzel, MD Awards & Honors Scholarship in Teaching Award, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, 2005 Pioneer in Spine Surgery, North American Spine Society, 2006 North American Spine Society’s David Selby Award, 2007 Finalist, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, Parker J. Palmer “Courage to Teach” Award, 2007

Edward C. Benzel, MD Membership American Association of Neurological Surgeons Cervical Spine Research Society World Spine Society, Aug. 2003-Present Society of Neurological Surgeons, 1994-Present Congress of Neurological Surgeons

Edward C. Benzel, MD World Spine III Rio de Janeiro July 31 - August 4, 2005

Edward C. Benzel, MD Editorial Co-Chairman of the Editorial Review Board of the Journal of Neurosurgery (2003-2004) Chairman of the Review Board for the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine. Reviewer for Neurosurgery, Spine, and The Spine Journal, and is an ad hoc reviewer for other journals.

Edward C. Benzel, MD Books - 250 chapters Biomechanics of Spine Stabilization (1st & 2nd Editions) Spine Surgery: Techniques, Complications, Avoidance and Management

Edward C. Benzel, MD Innovations & Patents United States Patent 5,681,312 Spine Construct with Band Clamps, Hansen A. Yuan, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Michael H. Wefers, Aaron C. Smith (inventors), issued Oct. 28, 1997  United States Patent 5,800,433 Spinal Column Retaining Apparatus, Edward C. Benzel, Alex Dinello, Hansen Yuan, Michael Wefers (inventors), issued Sept. 1, 1998 United States Patent 5,843,082 Cervical Spine Stabilization Method and System, Edward C. Benzel (inventor), issued Dec. 1, 1998  United States Patent 5,713,900 Apparatus for Retaining Bone Portions in a Desired Relationship, Edward C. Benzel (inventor), issued Feb. 3, 1998  United States Patent 6,036,693 Cervical spine Stabilization Method & System, Edward C. Benzel (inventor), issued March 14, 2000  United States Patent 6,193,720 Cervical Spine Stabilization Method & System, Edward C. Benzel (inventor), issued Feb. 27, 2001  United States Patent 6,214,005 Spinal Column Retaining Apparatus, Edward C. Benzel (inventor), issued April 10, 2001 United States Patent 6,706,005 Apparatus and Methods for Assessing Loads on Adjacent Bones, Shuvo Roy, Lisa Ferrara, Aaron Fleischman, Edward C. Benzel (inventors), issued March, 2004  United States Patent 7,182,736 B2  Apparatus and Method for Assessing Loads on Adjacent Bones, Shuvo Roy, Aaron Fleischman, Edward C. Benzel, Lisa Ferrara (inventors), issued February 2007

Edward C. Benzel, MD Reflections from a Spine Surgeon Past, Presente & Future CNS congressquaterly - summer 2012 I see in the trainees of today, on a routine basis, a substantial reliance on technology - at the expense of what I perceive to be a more appropriate reliance on intrinsic knowledge, common sense, and the fundamentals of spine surgery. Some sort of re- orientation may be in order. I feel privileged to have had the exposure I had. I am better because of it. I can only hope that I and my contemporaries can craft a way to provide this privilege for the next generation, the trainees of today.