BenjaminMbaMDMRCP (UK), CHCQM, FACP

Summary

• Benjamin Mba, MD, MRCP (UK), CHCQM, FACP is the Vice Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Department of Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine and the Graduate Medical Education Director for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion & Associate Designated Institutional Official for Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine.
  
  Dr. Mba’s career focus has spanned diversity, equity, and inclusion advocacy in graduate medical education, faculty development, quality improvement, and patient safety.
  
  Dr. Mba was recognized as a Great Teaching Attending in a national research study from the University of Michigan 2017. This exploratory qualitative study identified and studied 12 exemplary teaching physicians nationwide. The findings were published in a book titled Teaching Inpatient Medicine by the Oxford University Press and in several peer-reviewed journals. Dr. Mba is a four-time recipient of the Sir William Osler Award for teaching of internal medicine from the Department of Medicine at Cook County Health (CCH), a four-time recipient of the CCH Division of Hospital Medicine’s Cooker Award for inpatient medicine teaching and team leadership, and a four-time recipient of the CCH Department of Medicine Excellence in Medical Student Education Award, a two-time recipient of the Clinical Skills and Scholarship Award as a medicine resident. He received a National ACP Certificate of Appreciation for National Mentoring Month, recognizing his commitment to mentoring and the positive impact of mentorship within the internal medicine community.
  
  In 2023, the Cook County Health Department of Medicine created the Dr. Benjamin I. Mba Award for Teaching Internal Medicine to honor Dr. Mba's dedication and excellence in clinical teaching. This annual award honors medicine attendings for excellence in clinical teaching.
  
  Dr. Mba has given talks and presented workshops on clinical reasoning at regional and national meetings of the ACP and Society of Hospital Medicine.