{"schema_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-11-05T13:42:05.754Z","data_as_of":null,"url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/leslie-benson","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/leslie-benson/profile.json","record_kind":"basic","profile_kind":"clinical","person":{"slug":"leslie-benson","name":"Leslie Benson","credential":"MD","specialty":"Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology","specialty_raw":"Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology","therapeutic_area":"Neurology","therapeutic_areas":["Neurology"],"institution":"Boston Children's Hospital","institution_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/institution/boston-children-s-hospital","city":"Boston","state":"MA","region":{"label":"Northeast","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/region/northeast"}},"identifiers":{"npi":"1194851832","orcid":"0000-0002-1680-4834","openalex":"A5032908008"},"summary":"Leslie Benson is a Neurology physician affiliated with Boston Children's Hospital. OpenAlex indexes 101 publications with 4,000 citations (h-index 27).","overview":null,"focus":{"indications":[],"research_topics":["Neurology"]},"scholarship":{"works_count":101,"cited_by_count":4000,"h_index":27,"latest_activity_year":2025,"source":"works"},"publications":{"total":50,"shown":5,"withheld":45,"matched_by":"OpenAlex author record","recent":[{"title":"Epigenetic Aging in Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis","year":2025,"journal":"Neurology","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000213673","status":"verified"},{"title":"Study of the Association Between Menarche and Disease Course in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis","year":2025,"journal":"Neurology","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000210213","status":"verified"},{"title":"Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging outcomes in pediatric-onset MS patients on fingolimod and ocrelizumab","year":2024,"journal":"Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msard.2024.105647","status":"verified"},{"title":"Epidemiology and Impact of Social Hardships in Children With Multiple Sclerosis in the United States","year":2024,"journal":"Neurology","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.0000000000209991","status":"verified"},{"title":"Early Adversity and Socioeconomic Factors in Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis","year":2024,"journal":"Neurology Neuroimmunology & Neuroinflammation","source_url":"https://doi.org/10.1212/nxi.0000000000200282","status":"verified"}],"source":"works"},"similar":[{"name":"Jane Newburger","slug":"jane-newburger","institution":"Boston Children's Hospital","specialty":"Pediatric Cardiology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/jane-newburger","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/jane-newburger/profile.json"},{"name":"Christopher Duggan","slug":"christopher-duggan","institution":"Boston Children's Hospital","specialty":"Pediatric Gastroenterology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/christopher-duggan","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/christopher-duggan/profile.json"},{"name":"Samuel Nurko","slug":"samuel-nurko","institution":"Boston Children's Hospital","specialty":"Pediatric Gastroenterology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/samuel-nurko","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/samuel-nurko/profile.json"},{"name":"Maureen Jonas","slug":"maureen-jonas","institution":"Boston Children's Hospital","specialty":"Pediatric Transplant Hepatology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/maureen-jonas","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/maureen-jonas/profile.json"},{"name":"Bruce Miller","slug":"bruce-miller","institution":"University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bruce-miller/profile.json"},{"name":"Brett Kissela","slug":"brett-kissela","institution":"Medical College of Wisconsin","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/brett-kissela/profile.json"},{"name":"Richard Lipton","slug":"richard-lipton","institution":"Albert Einstein College of Medicine","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/richard-lipton/profile.json"},{"name":"Bradley Boeve","slug":"bradley-boeve","institution":"Mayo Clinic","specialty":"Neurology","url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve","json_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/kol/bradley-boeve/profile.json"}],"coverage":{"note":"A basic directory record. Sections absent here were not yet checked for this person, so absence means not yet looked, never none found.","not_yet_checked":["funding","congress","network","presence","recognition"]},"not_included":{"note":"This document is the public layer: neutral facts cited to their source. Judgments (influence tier, archetype, trajectory commentary) and the itemized rows past each section's public teaser are account features and are not served here or to crawlers.","withheld_rows":{"publications":45}},"sources":{"orcid":{"name":"ORCID","url":"https://orcid.org","provides":"The verified researcher identity that anchors authorship"},"identity":{"name":"NPPES (CMS)","url":"https://npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov","provides":"Identity, specialty and practice location for every U.S. clinician"},"works":{"name":"OpenAlex","url":"https://openalex.org","provides":"Citations, h-index, research topics, most-cited works and congress abstracts"}},"methodology_url":"https://www.findmykol.com/about#methodology"}