Emelia Benjamin Receives AHA’s Highest Honor

Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA receives the American Heart Association 2016 Gold Heart Award. AHA past president, Elliott Antman, MD is behind her. Photo courtesy of AHA.
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA receives the American Heart Association 2016 Gold Heart Award. AHA past president, Elliott Antman, MD is behind her. Photo courtesy of AHA.

The American Heart Association (AHA) presented its 2016 Gold Heart Award to Professor of Medicine and Assistant Provost for Faculty Development Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FAHA. The Gold Heart Award is the highest honor the association gives in recognition of continued, distinguished service. The award was presented at the association’s 2016 Gold Heart Banquet in Dallas on June 21.

Benjamin also serves as a professor of epidemiology at BUSPH, an attending cardiologist and vice chair of faculty development/diversity within the department of medicine at BMC, and an investigator at the Framingham Heart Study. She was recognized by the association for outstanding contributions supporting the development and mentoring of early career investigators. An AHA volunteer since 1992, Benjamin is a member of the Council on Functional Genomics and Translational Biology and was the council’s 2010-12 chairperson. She also is an associate editor for Circulation and the 2015-17 chairperson of the AHA Statistics Committee.