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Benjamin Rodwin, MD

Assistant Professor
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Additional Titles

Academic Hospitalist, Internal Medicine

Associate Program Director, Traditional Residency Program, Internal Medicine

Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Office of Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

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Titles

Assistant Professor

Academic Hospitalist, Internal Medicine; Associate Program Director, Traditional Residency Program, Internal Medicine

Positions outside Yale

Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Office of Education, VA Connecticut Healthcare System

Biography

Dr. Rodwin is a staff physician and academic hospitalist at the VA Connecticut Healthcare System in West Haven, CT. He completed his undergraduate degree in Biology and Neuroscience at Brandeis University. He then spent a year working in the laboratory of Dr. Anthony Hollenberg at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center before attending New York University School of Medicine. After completing his medical degree with a concentration in health policy, Dr. Rodwin came to Yale for his internship and residency. During residency, Dr. Rodwin completed research on variations in care at the patient, provider, and hospital levels with a particular focus on early adoption of new medications for cardiovascular diseases. After residency, Dr. Rodwin completed a year as the Chief Resident for Quality and Safety at the West Haven VA through the VA's National Center for Patient Safety and completed lean-six sigma training. Since then, he has worked at VA Connecticut as a hospitalist where he attends on the wards, teaching medical students and residents. His research is focused on patient safety, including assessments of preventable inpatient mortality and diagnostic errors, quality improvement, and variations in care between providers and hospitals. He serves as an Associate Program Director of the Traditional Internal Medicine Residency Program at Yale and as the Director of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety in the Office of Education at VA Connecticut.

Appointments

Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Chief Resident for Quality and Safety
West Haven VA (2018)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2017)
MD
New York University School of Medicine (2014)
BS
Brandeis University (2009)

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    ABIM
    Original Certification Date
    2017

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Benjamin Rodwin's published research.

Publications

Featured Publications

2024

2023

2020

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Journal of General Internal Medicine

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    BMJ Open

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    VA National Center for Patient Safety

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    Society of Hospital Medicine

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    Facility- and Provider-Level Variation of Care in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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Contacts

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Mailing Address

General Internal Medicine

950 Campbell Ave

West Haven, CT 06515

United States