Michael Benatar

Michael Benatar, MBChB, MS, DPhil, is a professor of neurology; the Walter Bradley Chair in ALS Research; Executive Director of the ALS Center; Chief of Neuromuscular Division; and Vice Chair for Clinical & Translational Research in the Department of Neurology at the University of Miami.

Dr. Benatar obtained his medical degree at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and his doctorate in neuroscience while a Rhodes Scholar at the University of Oxford. After completing residency and fellowship training at Harvard, he obtained formal training in research methodology through a Master’s in the Science of Clinical Research degree while a faculty member at Emory. He runs an active clinical/translational research program focused on biomarker and therapy development for ALS and myasthenia gravis.