Timothy Benke

Dr Timothy Benke is a pediatric neurologist at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado and a professor of pediatrics, neurology and pharmacology at the University of Colorado. In addition to seeing several patients with GRIN disorders, he is leading the efforts in partnership with Dr. Traynelis to develop a registry with a symptomatic questionnaire of GRIN patient families that could form the basis for a broader natural history study. The goal is to correlate function from Dr. Traynelis’ lab with phenotypic data collected by Dr. Benke to inform personalized medicine approaches. Dr. Benke has extensive clinical experience and publication record regarding the phenotypic characterization of rare neurogenetic disorders. He has experience creating and collaborating with large groups of clinicians and scientists to characterize and treat rare neurogenetic disorders. He created the Rett Center of Excellence for Rett and CDKL5 syndromes at Children’s Hospital Colorado. He is well-versed in clinical research and directs research in the Neurosciences Institute at Children’s Hospital Colorado.