Benjamin P. Linas, MD
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Biography
Dr. Linas is a national leader in hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection and HCV/HIV co-infection comparative- and cost-effectiveness research using computational biology, clinical epidemiology and clinical economics methods. Dr. Linas has an excellent track record of productivity, ample funding from the NIH and CDC, and a growing core of successful trainees. Dr. Linas directs the HIV/HCV core of the Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorders, HCV, and HIV, funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) in collaboration with Cornell, U Penn and Miami.
Websites
Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
Boston-Providence Center for AIDS Research
NIDA Center for Health Economics of Treatment Interventions for Substance Use Disorder, HCV, and HIV
Education
Medicine, MD, New York University School of Medicine, 2000
Clinical Evaluation/Research, MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, 2006
Economics, BA, Yale University, 1995
Publications
Kimmel SD, Walley AY, Linas BP, Kalesan B, Awtry E, Dobrilovic N, White L, LaRochelle M. Effect of Publicly Reported Aortic Valve Surgery Outcomes on Valve Surgery in Injection Drug- and Non-Injection Drug-Associated Endocarditis. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jul 27; 71(3):480-487. PMID: 31598642.
Published on 7/2/2020Muyindike WR, Fatch R, Cheng DM, Emenyonu NI, Ngabirano C, Adong J, Linas BP, Jacobson KR, Hahn JA. Tuberculin skin test positivity among HIV-infected alcohol drinkers on antiretrovirals in south-western Uganda. PLoS One. 2020; 15(7):e0235261. PMID: 32614873.
Published on 6/27/2020Assoumou SA, Nolen S, Hagan L, Wang J, Eftekhari Yazdi G, Thompson WW, Mayer KH, Puro J, Zhu L, Salomon JA, Linas BP. Hepatitis C Management at Federally Qualified Health Centers during the Opioid Epidemic: A Cost-Effectiveness Study. Am J Med. 2020 Jun 27. PMID: 32603791.
Published on 4/14/2020Zhu L, Menzies NA, Wang J, Linas BP, Goodreau SM, Salomon JA. Estimation and correction of bias in network simulations based on respondent-driven sampling data. Sci Rep. 2020 Apr 14; 10(1):6348. PMID: 32286412.
Published on 3/17/2020Assoumou SA, Tasillo A, Vellozzi C, Eftekhari Yazdi G, Wang J, Nolen S, Hagan L, Thompson W, Randall LM, Strick L, Salomon JA, Linas BP. Cost-effectiveness and Budgetary Impact of Hepatitis C Virus Testing, Treatment, and Linkage to Care in US Prisons. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 17; 70(7):1388-1396. PMID: 31095676.
Published on 3/17/2020Gutkind S, Schackman BR, Morgan JR, Leff JA, Agyemang L, Murphy SM, Akiyama MJ, Norton BL, Litwin AH, Linas BP. Cost-effectiveness of Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Models for People Who Inject Drugs in Opioid Agonist Treatment Programs. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Mar 17; 70(7):1397-1405. PMID: 31095683.
Published on 3/4/2020Assoumou SA, Wang J, Nolen S, Eftekhari Yazdi G, Mayer KH, Puro J, Salomon JA, Linas BP. HCV Testing and Treatment in a National Sample of US Federally Qualified Health Centers during the Opioid Epidemic. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 May; 35(5):1477-1483. PMID: 32133577.
Published on 2/1/2020Ghany MG, Morgan TR. Hepatitis C Guidance 2019 Update: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases-Infectious Diseases Society of America Recommendations for Testing, Managing, and Treating Hepatitis C Virus Infection. Hepatology. 2020 Feb; 71(2):686-721. PMID: 31816111.
Published on 1/30/2020Morgan JR, Wang J, Barocas JA, Jaeger JL, Durham NN, Babakhanlou-Chase H, Bharel M, Walley AY, Linas BP. Opioid overdose and inpatient care for substance use disorder care in Massachusetts. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2020 May; 112:42-48. PMID: 32199545.
Published on 1/30/2020Linas BP. Time for a New Approach to Guidance for HIV and HCV Testing Among Persons Who Inject Drugs. J Infect Dis. 2020 Jan 30. PMID: 32002538.
Media Mentions
Published on 7/13/2020
What a Lack of COVID-19 Testing Means for Children and Reopening Schools
Published on 7/10/2020
The Health 202: Why determining the coronavirus death rate is so tricky
Published on 7/9/2020
I’m an epidemiologist and a dad. Here’s why I think schools should reopen
Published on 5/7/2020
State Intervenes After Top Boston Hospitals Left Out Of Covid-19 Drug Distribution
Published on 5/7/2020
Published on 5/6/2020
Doctors Lambaste Federal Process for Distributing Covid-19 Drug Remdesivir
Published on 5/4/2020
‘Social Distancing Is Working’ In Massachusetts, Says Dr. Benjamin Linas
Published on 5/4/2020
Boston Public Radio Full Show: 5/4/20
Published on 4/28/2020
Brookline Students Collect PPE to be Donated to Local Hospitals
Published on 4/21/2020
'The Hardest Thing I Have Ever Done In Medicine'
Published on 4/16/2020
Published on 3/18/2020
Can You Get Coronavirus Twice?
Published on 3/16/2020
Local Health Experts Take Questions About Coronavirus
Published on 7/17/2018
Physicians Diagnosing, Treating HCV Define New Role in Opioid Crisis