The next Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will feature Dr. Ivor J. Benjamin, director of the University of Utah's Laboratory of Cardiac Disease, Redox Signaling and Cell Regeneration.The lecture, titled "Models of Inheritable Protein Misfolding Cardiac Diseases Reveal New Insights on Redox Metabolism," will take place Oct. 18, 2012, at 4 p.m. in the Medical Sciences Building auditorium on USA's main campus.
Dr. Benjamin’s clinical interests are inheritable cardiomyopathies, skeletal and cardiac myofibrillar diseases, heart failure, and regenerative medicine. He splits his time between laboratory work and clinical work at both the University of Utah Hospital and the Salt Lake City VA Hospital.
From 2003 to 2009, he was the division chief of cardiology and held the Christi T. Smith Endowed Chair in Cardiology Research at the University of Utah. As the Christi T. Smith Endowed Chair and division chief, Dr. Benjamin prioritized building and enhancing the civision of cardiology and fostering the translation of basic cardiovascular research into the clinic at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.
Dr. Benjamin received his B.A. from Hunter College at the City University of New York in 1978 and his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1982. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Yale-New Haven Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine in 1985, and a cardiology fellowship at the Cardiovascular Institute, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, University of Chicago in 1988. Dr. Benjamin completed an AHA-Bugher Fellowship in molecular cardiology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas (1990-1992).
In 1999, Dr. Benjamin was elected into the American Society of Clinical Investigation and, in 2005, into the Association of American Physicians.
Dr. Benjamin has been active in several medical societies including service as president of the Dallas Division of Texas Affiliate, American Heart Association (2001-2002); a member of the Task Force on Council Resources, American Heart Association (1998-present); chair of the Scientific Publishing Committee (2005-2007); American Heart Association (2001-2005); and Vice President, Council for Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, American Heart Association (2003-2004).
He has served in a number of capacities in national organizations including an appointment to the NHLBI Board of Scientific Counselors. Dr. Benjamin has a life-long commitment to mentorship and medical education. He has served on the Scientific Board and Board of the Stanley Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation. He is actively engaged in international research collaboration with Leducq Foundation Transatlantic Network of Excellence. As a distinguished medical educator, he currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief of Andreoli and Carpenter’s Essentials of Medicine (Elsevier Press).
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