Emelia J. Benjamin MD, ScM
Associate Provost for Faculty Development, BUMC & Jay and Louise Coffman Professor,
Professor, Cardiovascular Medicine
73 Mt Wayte Ave | (617) 638-8968emelia.benjamin@bmc.org
emelia@bu.edu

Sections
Cardiovascular Medicine
Centers
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute
Framingham Heart Study
Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
Biography
Emelia J. Benjamin, MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA, received her AB at Harvard, her MD at Case Western Reserve University, and her Epidemiology ScM at Harvard School of Public Health. She is a Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Boston University and is a cardiologist at Boston Medical Center. She is a Robert Dawson Evans Distinguished Professor of Medicine at Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
She is author of over 800 peer-reviewed publications that focus on the genetics, epidemiology, and prognosis of a variety of cardiovascular conditions and markers including atrial fibrillation, vascular function, and systemic inflammation. She has been continuously NIH funded since 1998, and currently is multi-Principal Investigator on an R01 atrial fibrillation grant [2R01HL092577], several chronic pain grants, and is the Training Director on the Boston University American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network on Cardio-Oncology. She is an internationally recognized expert on the epidemiology of atrial fibrillation. Dr. Benjamin has Co-Chaired the NIH National Heart Lung and Blood Institutes’ (NHLBI) Atrial Fibrillation Working Group, which advised the NHLBI’s atrial fibrillation research agenda, and resulted in 6 publications.
Dr. Benjamin has conducted research at the Framingham Study since 1988. She is a Member of the Executive Committee, and is Co-Director of the Medical Endpoints Committee. She was Principal Investigator of the grant that recruited the second generation of the Framingham Study's ethnic/racial minority cohort, the Omni Study.
In addition to her research, she is the inaugural Associate Provost for Faculty Development for Boston University Medical Campus, and the inaugural Vice Chair for Faculty Development and Diversity, BU Department of Medicine. She co-designed and co-leads Faculty Development Programs for Early, Mid-Career, Under-Represented Ethnic and Racial, Women, and Clinical Leaders. In 2023 she completed the Columbia University Advanced Coaching Certification.
A passionate and dedicated mentor, she has won local and national awards for mentoring, education, and research. She was inducted into the Association of American Physicians and she won the 2020 Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.
An active volunteer for the American Heart Association since 1992, she has served on a variety of local and national Committees. She is Past-Chair of the American Heart Association’s Functional Genomics and Translational Biology Council and Study Section, and the annual Heart and Stroke Statistical Update. She received the 2015 Paul Dudley White Award, the 2016 AHA Gold Heart Award, the 2016 Population Research Prize, the 2019 Laennec Clinician/ Educator Lecturer, and the Genomics and Precision Medicine 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award, and the 2022 Distinguished Scientist Award.
Other Positions
Websites
Boston Medical Center Provider Profile
Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute Training Program
Building Your CV and Criteria for Academic Promotion | Presentation
Committing to the Prevention of Atrial Fibrillation
Dr Emelia J. Benjamin: Atrial Fibrillation Is Common and Increasing in Incidence
Education
MD, Case Western Reserve University
ScM, Harvard School of Public Health
Publications
Haimovich JS, Kany S, Ajufo E, Andrade JG, Benjamin EJ, Healey JS, Kirchhof P, Lubitz SA, McIntyre WF, Rienstra M, Sanders P, Schnabel RB, Ellinor PT, Khurshid S. Outcomes and Management of Stressor-Associated Atrial Fibrillation: JACC State-of-the-Art Review. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2025 Sep 23; 86(12):910-939. PMID: 40962378.
Published on 8/23/2025Cornacchione Ross J, Ranker LR, Fetterman JL, Benjamin EJ, Hong T. Public Support for Warning Label Policies on Social Media Among U.S. Adults in 2024. Am J Prev Med. 2025 Aug 23; 69(6):108067. PMID: 40854337.
Published on 8/23/2025Jha M, Dong Z, Ruda MM, Prescott B, Xanthakis V, Nayor M, Gajjar P, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF, Tsao CW. Associations of cardiovascular health with arterial health in adults free of cardiovascular disease. Am J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Sep; 23:101083. PMID: 40918934.
Published on 8/22/2025Erhabor J, Yao Z, Tasdighi E, Benjamin EJ, Bhatnagar A, Blaha MJ. E-cigarette Use and Incident Cardiometabolic Conditions in the All of Us Research Program. Nicotine Tob Res. 2025 Aug 22; 27(9):1651-1656. PMID: 40089810.
Published on 7/29/2025Ekenze O, Pinheiro A, Beiser AS, Lioutas VA, Aparicio HJ, Benjamin EJ, Vasan RS, DeCarli C, Seshadri S, Demissie S, Romero JR. Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease and Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Cerebral Small Vessel Disease Burden. Brain Sci. 2025 Jul 29; 15(8). PMID: 40867146.
Published on 7/14/2025Richardson E, Mo CC, Calabretta E, Corrado F, Kocoglu MH, Baron RM, Connors JM, Iacobelli M, Wei LJ, Benjamin EJ, Rapoport AP, Díaz-Ricart M, Martínez-Mellado AJ, Carlo-Stella C, Richardson PG, Moraleda JM. Defibrotide for Protecting Against and Managing Endothelial Injury in Hematologic Malignancies and COVID-19. Biomolecules. 2025 Jul 14; 15(7). PMID: 40723876.
Published on 7/12/2025Islam SJ, Teruya S, Fine D, Sabogal N, Fils S, Ullah I, Sanchorawala A, Miller E, Gallegos C, DE Freitas C, Kurian D, Ionescu N, Janvier I, Raiszadeh F, Benjamin EJ, Magnani JW, Maurer MS, Ruberg FL. Health Literacy and Physical Function Among Older Black and Hispanic Individuals With Heart Failure. J Card Fail. 2025 Jul 12. PMID: 40659241.
Published on 7/12/2025Middeldorp ME, van Deutekom C, Weil LI, Van Gelder IC, De Ruijter UW, Jeurissen PT, Benjamin EJ, van Munster BC, Rienstra M. Sex differences in hospitalisation and healthcare utilisation for patients with atrial fibrillation Middeldorp et al. Sex differences in healthcare utilisation and AF. Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc. 2025 Oct; 60:101748. PMID: 40852474.
Published on 7/1/2025Cooper LL, Prescott BR, Xanthakis V, Rong J, Larson MG, Benjamin EJ, Hamburg NM, Vasan RS, Mitchell GF. Interrelations of aortic spring function, cardiovascular disease risk factors, and left ventricular diastolic function: The Framingham Heart Study. medRxiv. 2025 Jul 01. PMID: 40630593.
Published on 6/25/2025Vinter N, Johnsen SP, Lip GYH, Benjamin EJ, Frost L, Trinquart L. Comparison of excess mortality between atrial fibrillation, heart failure, myocardial infarction, and stroke: trends over 2000-2022. Eur J Prev Cardiol. 2025 Jun 25. PMID: 40561136.
Media Mentions
Published on 12/23/2023
Top 5 Heart Failure Content of 2023
Published on 9/27/2023
Framingham Heart Study celebrates 75th anniversary
Published on 7/23/2023
Dr Emelia J. Benjamin: Atrial Fibrillation Is Common and Increasing in Incidence
Published on 6/4/2023
ASPC announces program for annual Congress on CVD Prevention
Published on 12/21/2022
Left Atrial Dysfunction Tied to Cerebral Infarcts in Absence of Prior AF, Stroke
Published on 12/7/2022
Published on 10/14/2020
People of Color, and Women Remain Significantly Underrepresented in Cardiovascular Healthcare
Published on 6/15/2020
Vitamin K may offer protective health benefits as we age, study suggests
Published on 4/13/2020
Brookline resident honored by Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine
Published on 12/5/2019
Boston University Professor Emelia Benjamin Earns Two Awards From the American Heart Association
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