• Specialties

    Hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection, HCV/HIV co-infection

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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.

  • Administrative Title

    Professor, Infectious Diseases, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health.

  • Education

    New York University School of Medicine, 2000

  • 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

  • Board Certifications

    Infectious Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine

  • Special Interests

    Hepatitis-C virus (HCV) infection, HCV/HIV co-infection

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Boston University

Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.

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