Benjamin Cherry, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)Cards
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Director, Internal Medicine Subinternship
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Director, Internal Medicine Subinternship
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Director, Internal Medicine Subinternship
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About
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Director, Internal Medicine Subinternship
Biography
Benjamin M. Cherry is an academic hospitalist at VA Connecticut and Assistant Professor at Yale School of Medicine in the Section of General Internal Medicine. He also serves as Director of the Internal Medicine Subinternship for the Department of Internal Medicine. His current teaching and research interests include curricular development for point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) and the intersection of clinical care, health systems, and health care policy. He is Co-Chair of VA Connecticut's Clinical Ethics Committee and Co-Team Leader of its Scarce Resource Allocation team. He established VA Connecticut's first COVID-19 video follow-up clinic to monitor recovery and symptom recurrence following hospitalization for COVID-19. He serves as Health and Public Policy Chair for the Connecticut chapter of the American College of Physicians, and as Emergency Medical Services commissioner for the town of Woodbridge.
Dr. Cherry completed his Internal Medicine residency training at Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was honored with the Ralph I. Horwitz Research in Residency award, the West Haven VA Clinic award, and the Yale-New Haven Hospital Medical Staff Patient Experience award. As faculty, he has been recognized with the Asghar Rastegar VA Teacher of the Year Award, given by the Yale Internal Medicine housestaff in recognition of his contributions to their residency education.
He received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, where he graduated with Honors, Distinction in Research, and was recognized with the Noether Memorial Fund Award for excellence in the area of therapeutics. During the 2011-2012 academic year, he won a competitive research fellowship at National Cancer Institute where he studied progression risk models and precursor states to the plasma cell malignancy multiple myeloma in the lab of Ola Landgren, M.D., Ph.D. He co-authored the protocol and served as associate investigator for NCI trial #NCT01675141, which studied the effect of maintenance lenalidomide on the immune cells of patients with multiple myeloma. He met his wife, Rachel, at Northwestern University; they remain purple-blooded alumni.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
Assistant ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
Education & Training
- Fellow
- Yale School of Medicine (2025)
- Resident Physician
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (2016)
- Intern
- Yale-New Haven Hospital (2014)
- MD
- Case Western Reserve University (2013)
- Fellow
- National Institutes of Health (2012)
- BA
- Northwestern University, Political Science, Int'l Studies (2004)
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2017
Research
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Yale Co-Authors
Publications Timeline
Craig Gunderson, MD, SFHM
Alyssa Ann Grimshaw, MBA, MLIS, MPH
Benjamin Rodwin, MD
Wonnie Ryu, MD, MPH
Lori Bastian, MD, MPH
Naftali Kaminski, MD
Publications
2021
Development and Evaluation of Resident-Championed Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents
Haghighat L, Israel H, Jordan E, Bernstein E, Varghese M, Cherry B, Van Tonder R, Honiden S, Liu R, Sankey C. Development and Evaluation of Resident-Championed Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents. POCUS Journal 2021, 6: 103-108. PMID: 36895666, PMCID: PMC9983722, DOI: 10.24908/pocus.v6i2.15194.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsInternal medicineCare ultrasound curriculumIM residentsGoal of acquisitionPost-workshop surveysAbdominal systemsHalf-day workshopSet of prePOCUS useSkilled facultyDidactic teachingStandardized curriculumUltrasound curriculumInternal medicine residentsPOCUS educationPOCUS curriculumCurriculumUltrasound instructionResident education
2020
Prevalence of harmful diagnostic errors in hospitalised adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Gunderson CG, Bilan VP, Holleck JL, Nickerson P, Cherry BM, Chui P, Bastian LA, Grimshaw AA, Rodwin BA. Prevalence of harmful diagnostic errors in hospitalised adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMJ Quality & Safety 2020, 29: 1008-1018. PMID: 32269070, DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010822.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsAdverse eventsDiagnostic errorsPhysician reviewSystematic reviewInpatient adverse eventsRisk of biasPatient safety hazardsSystem-related factorsSystematic literature searchWeb of SciencePulmonary embolismAdult patientsCase seriesCommon diagnosisPooled rateAdult admissionsCochrane LibraryDatabase inceptionDiagnostic error rateStudy characteristicsLiterature searchPatientsCommon diseaseDiagnosisCommon being
2018
Do Patients with Cellulitis Need to be Hospitalized? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Mortality Rates of Inpatients with Cellulitis
Gunderson CG, Cherry BM, Fisher A. Do Patients with Cellulitis Need to be Hospitalized? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Mortality Rates of Inpatients with Cellulitis. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2018, 33: 1553-1560. PMID: 30022408, PMCID: PMC6108983, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-018-4546-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsInfectious Diseases SocietyOutpatient managementMortality rateDiseases SocietyNewcastle-Ottawa Quality Assessment ScaleActual clinical evidencePneumonia severity indexCommunity-acquired pneumoniaLow-risk patientsQuality Assessment ScaleThird of deathsWorldwide mortality rateRandom-effects modelSystematic literature searchInpatient mortalityRisk patientsConsecutive patientsClinical evidenceResultsEighteen studiesDiseases codesI2 statisticCommon causeInclusion criteriaStudy qualityCellulitisS100A12 as a marker of worse cardiac output and mortality in pulmonary hypertension
Tzouvelekis A, Herazo‐Maya J, Ryu C, Chu J, Zhang Y, Gibson KF, Adonteng‐Boateng P, Li Q, Pan H, Cherry B, Ahmad F, Ford HJ, Herzog EL, Kaminski N, Fares WH. S100A12 as a marker of worse cardiac output and mortality in pulmonary hypertension. Respirology 2018, 23: 771-779. PMID: 29611244, PMCID: PMC6047907, DOI: 10.1111/resp.13302.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsPH patientsPH cohortCardiac outputWorld Health Organization group 1Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis patientsPulmonary hypertension patientsPulmonary fibrosis patientsBlood mononuclear cellsProtein serum concentrationsHigher S100A12Pulmonary hypertensionS100A12 levelsOverall mortalityHypertension patientsPrognostic valueValidation cohortMononuclear cellsPeripheral bloodSerum concentrationsInflammatory diseasesGroup 1PatientsFibrosis patientsS100A12
2017
Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care
Katz R, Cherry B. Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2017, 174: 1125-1125. DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.17080927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
2015
Peer-Assisted Learning in Introductory Histopathology Improves Learner Scores and Delivers Learner Satisfaction
Beck A, Wood C, Helms R, Arvizo C, Cherry B, Ziats N. Peer-Assisted Learning in Introductory Histopathology Improves Learner Scores and Delivers Learner Satisfaction. Medical Science Educator 2015, 26: 85-92. DOI: 10.1007/s40670-015-0207-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsConceptsYear medical studentsFirst-year medical studentsMedical studentsPeer teachingFaculty instructionFaculty teachingSecond-year medical studentsNon-professional teachersPeer-Assisted LearningYears of studentsScores of studentsPeer teachersTeacher competenciesLearning environmentM1 studentsTeacher performanceLearner satisfactionLearners’ scoresStudentsTeachingScience elementsAssessment objectivesTeachersOverwhelming satisfactionInstruction
2013
Modeling progression risk for smoldering multiple myeloma: results from a prospective clinical study.
Cherry BM, Korde N, Kwok M, Manasanch EE, Bhutani M, Mulquin M, Zuchlinski D, Yancey MA, Maric I, Calvo KR, Braylan R, Stetler-Stevenson M, Yuan C, Tembhare P, Zingone A, Costello R, Roschewski MJ, Landgren O. Modeling progression risk for smoldering multiple myeloma: results from a prospective clinical study. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2013, 54: 2215-8. PMID: 23311294, PMCID: PMC7561256, DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2013.764419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvolving therapeutic paradigms for multiple myeloma: back to the future.
Cherry BM, Korde N, Kwok M, Roschewski M, Landgren O. Evolving therapeutic paradigms for multiple myeloma: back to the future. Leukemia & Lymphoma 2013, 54: 451-63. PMID: 22880935, DOI: 10.3109/10428194.2012.717277.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchImmunoparesis and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are disassociated in advanced age.
Cherry BM, Costello R, Zingone A, Burris J, Korde N, Manasanch E, Kwok M, Annunziata C, Roschewski MJ, Engels EA, Landgren O. Immunoparesis and monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance are disassociated in advanced age. American Journal Of Hematology 2013, 88: 89-92. PMID: 23169485, PMCID: PMC5572208, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23355.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
activity American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter
Professional OrganizationsChairDetailsChair, Committee for Health and Public Policy, Connecticut Chapter08/16/2018 - Presentactivity Journal of General Internal Medicine
Journal ServiceReviewerDetails2018 - Presentactivity American College of Physicians, Connecticut Chapter
Professional OrganizationsCouncil MemberDetailsMember, Governor’s Council2017 - Presentactivity Intern Selection Committee, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program
CommitteesInterviewerDetails2016 - Presentactivity Program Evaluation Committee, Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program
CommitteesFaculty MemberDetails2016 - Present
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