Emelia Benjamin

Emelia J. Benjamin is an American cardiologist and researcher. She is a professor of medicine at the Boston University School of Medicine, Professor of Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health, and also a practicing cardiologist at Boston Medical Center.^[1]

Emelia J. Benjamin MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA
Nationality	American
Education	Harvard University (B.S.; M.P.H.) Case Western Reserve University (M.D., 1983)[1]
Known for	Atrial fibrillation, heart failure
Awards	Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Council Mentoring Award (2013) Paul Dudley White Award[2] Golden Heart Award [3]
Scientific career
Fields	Medicine Cardiology Epidemiology
Institutions	Boston University, Boston Medical Center

Benjamin is author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications.^[4] She is one of the most cited investigators in clinical cardiology with over 330,000 citations and an h-index of 200.^[5]

The American Heart Association named her the 2022 Distinguished Scientist.^[4]