title: Emelia Benjamin
text: # Emelia Benjamin
  
  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. She is one of the most cited investigators in clinical cardiology with over 330,000 citations and an h-index of 200.
  
  The American Heart Association named her the 2022 Distinguished Scientist.
  
  