Emelia J. Benjamin is an American

cardiologist Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

and

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. She is a professor of medicine at the

Boston University School of Medicine The Boston University School of Medicine (formally the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine) is the medical school of Boston University, a private university, private research university in Boston, Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in ...

, Professor of Epidemiology at the

Boston University School of Public Health The Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) is one of the graduate schools of Boston University. Founded in 1976, the School offers master's- and doctoral-level programs in public health. It is located in the heart of Boston University' ...

, and also a practicing

Boston Medical Center Boston Medical Center (BMC) is a non-profit 514-bed academic medical center and safety-net hospital in the South End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. As part of the Boston Medical Center Health System, the hospital provides primary and s ...

. Benjamin is author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications. She is one of the most cited investigators in clinical

cardiology Cardiology () is the study of the heart. Cardiology is a branch of medicine that deals with disorders of the heart and the cardiovascular system. The field includes medical diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery di ...

with over 330,000 citations and an

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of 200. The

American Heart Association The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research, educates consumers on healthy living and fosters appropriate Heart, cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability ...

named her the 2022 Distinguished Scientist.

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*https://profiles.bu.edu/Emelia.Benjamin Living people Boston University School of Medicine faculty Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni American cardiologists American women cardiologists Physicians from Massachusetts Year of birth missing (living people) Boston University School of Public Health faculty {{US-scientist-stub Fellows of the American Heart Association