Dr. Bernard R. Bendok, MD | Phoenix, AZ | Neurological Surgery

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Bernard R. Bendok, M.D., is a neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic's campus in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona and serves as the chair for the Department of Neurosurgery. Dr. Bendok's clinical focus and interest includes: minimally invasive surgery; brain arteriovenous malformations; brain aneurysms; brain tumors; skull base tumors; meningioma's; cavernomas; moyamoya disease and brain bypass surgery; carotid stenosis, stenting, and endarterectomy; and spinal cord tumors and vascular malformations. Dr. Bendok also treats and performs many other conditions and procedures including but not limited to: acoustic neuroma, arteriovenous malformation, brain metastasis, chordoma, choroid plexus papilloma, ependymoma, meningioma, neurofibromatosis, microvascular surgery, and stereotactic radiosurgery. Mayo Clinic in Phoenix/Scottsdale, Arizona ranks among the Best Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery in the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” rankings.

accepting new patients
4.6

161 Ratings
31 years of experience
33 insurance plans accepted
speaks English
Department of Neurological Surgery State University of New York at Buffalo
30 written reviews
2 specialties
28 areas of expertise
1 board certification
1 hospital affiliation
1 office location
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I would absolutely recommend Dr Bendok & team performed an embolization and right frontal craniotomy for microsurgical resection of complex arteriovenous malformation. I could not ask for a better team of doctors and nurses. Extremely professional, unbeleivable bedside manners and was able to explain everything so that i understood what my diagnoses and treatment plans were.

June 30th, 2020

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I would absolutely recommend Dr Bendok & team performed an embolization and right frontal craniotomy for microsurgical resection of complex arteriovenous malformation. I could not ask for a better team of doctors and nurses. Extremely professional, unbeleivable bedside manners and was able to explain everything so that i understood what my diagnoses and treatment plans were.

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I would absolutely recommend Dr Bendok & team. He performed an embolization and right frontal craniotomy for microsurgical resection of complex arteriovenous malformation. I could not ask for a better team of doctors and nurses. Extremely professional, unbeleivable bedside manners and was able to explain everything so that i understood what my diagnoses and treatment plans were.

June 30th, 2020

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I would absolutely recommend Dr Bendok & team! He performed an embolization and right frontal craniotomy for microsurgical resection of complex arteriovenous malformation. I could not ask for a better team of doctors and nurses. Extremely professional, unbeleivable bedside manners and was able to explain everything so that i understood what my diagnoses and treatment plans were.

June 30th, 2020

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Could not ask for better care.

October 20th, 2019

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Very caring doctor with a wonderful team around him. He treated my brain AVM with excellent results.

September 21st, 2019

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Dr Bendok and his team removed my skull base tumor and I am back to my normal life. I was told it was not possible to remove by other doctors. my family and i are forever grateful.

July 19th, 2019

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When I was 18 I had two brain surgeries to remove an AVM in the left side of my brain. I was very scared before the surgeries I was even thinking about not doing them. They explain to me from top to bottom what's going, and and had months of test mapping my brain to make sure I had little to no side effects. Also how the surgery will work and at the end of that, I trusted him with my life.

February 1st, 2017

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Dr. Bendok treats you as if you were his only patient. He spends countless hours with you developing the right overall plan for your care.

April 5th, 2016

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The best I've been to.

August 7th, 2015

Dr. Bernard R. Bendok

5779 E Mayo BlvdPhoenix, AZ 85054

Tel: (480) 301-8484


Dr. Bernard R. Bendok, MD	Dr. Karam Moon, MD	Dr. Baltazar Antonio Zavala	Emily Roberta Ray
Neurological Surgery	Neurological Surgery	Neurological Surgery	Neurological Surgery
Accepts New Patients	Accepts New Patients
4.6 (161 Ratings)	4.8 (16 Ratings)	0 (0 Ratings)	0 (0 Ratings)
31 Years of Experience	16 Years of Experience	7 Years of Experience
Virtual Visit Available	Virtual Visit Available	No Virtual Visit Option	No Virtual Visit Option
Speaks English
Phoenix , AZ	Scottsdale , AZ	Phoenix , AZ	Phoenix , AZ
Med School: MS - Clinical InvestigationNorthwestern University	Med School: Case Western Reserve University School Of Medicine	Med School: Johns Hopkins University School Of Medicine
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Aneurysm
Auditory Tumor (Acoustic Neuroma)
Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease
Brain Aneurysm
Brain Arteriovenous Malformation (Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations)
Brain Surgery
Brain Tumor
Cancer
Carotid Endarterectomy
Carotid Stenosis
Craniotomy
Facial Nerve Pain (Trigeminal Neuralgia)
Fistula
Glioblastoma
Head Trauma (Craniocerebral Trauma)
Laminectomy
Microsurgery
Moyamoya Disease
Neurosurgery
Neurosurgical Procedures
Skull Base Cancer
Spinal Disorders
Stroke
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Vascular Surgical Procedures
Vascular Tumor (Cavernous Hemangioma)
Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency
Vertebroplasty (Kyphoplasty)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Fellowship

Department of Neurological Surgery State University of New York at Buffalo2002

Department of Radiology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine2000

Residency

Department of Neurological Surgery Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine2001

Internship

Department of Surgery Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University1996

Medical School

MS - Clinical InvestigationNorthwestern UniversityGraduated in 2012

Northwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineGraduated in 1995

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