| Emelia J. Benjamin | |
| Honorific Suffix: | MD, ScM, FACC, FAHA |
| Nationality: | American |
| Fields: | Medicine Cardiology Epidemiology |
| Workplaces: | Boston University, Boston Medical Center |
| 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] |
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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.
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.