## About

Benjamin P. Linas, MD, MPH, is an infectious disease specialist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a professor of infectious diseases at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Dr. Linas is also an associate professor of Epidemiology at Boston University School of Public Health. He 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 also 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. He has over 20 years of experience.Read More



 

 

 

 

- ### Departments
    
    [Infectious Diseases](/departments/infectious-diseases)
- ### Specialties
    
    Hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection, HCV/HIV co-infection
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.4290](tel:617.414.4290)
- ### Primary Location
    
     725 Albany Street  
    9th Floor  
    Boston, MA 02118
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Professor, Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health.
- ### Residency
    
     Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 2001-2004
- ### Fellowship
    
     Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2005-2008
- ### Education
    
    New York University School of Medicine, 2000
- ### Board Certifications
    
     Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
 
 

 

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