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Benjamin Howell, MD, MPH, MHS

Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
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Assistant Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)

Biography

Benjamin A. Howell, MD, MPH, MHS grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and earned his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco along with a Masters of Public Health from the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He completed residency and chief residency in the Internal Medicine-Primary Care residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital after which he stayed at Yale to complete a health services research post-doctoral fellowship in the National Clinician Scholars Program. He then stayed at Yale, joining the faculty in the Section of General Internal Medicine and is also faculty in the Yale Program in Addiction Medicine and the SEICHE Center for Health and Justice. Dr. Howell is interested in addressing social and structural determinants of health to improve the health outcomes of individuals, families, and communities impacted by mass incarceration and increase access to evidence-based treatments for addiction.

Last Updated on January 10, 2025.

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Education & Training

MHS
Yale School of Medicine (2020)
Chief Resident, Advocacy and Community Health
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2017)
Resident
Yale-New Haven Hospital (2016)
Internship
Yale School of Medicine (2014)
MD
University of California, San Francisco, Sch of Med (2013)
MPH
University of California, Berkeley, School of Public Health (2012)
BA
Columbia University (2002)

Research

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Medical Research Interests

Health Services; Jails; Opiate Overdose; Opioid Epidemic; Opioid-Related Disorders; Prisons

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Clinical Care

Overview

Benjamin Howell, MD, is an internal medicine specialist who focuses on treating a range of adult health conditions, with a particular emphasis on individuals affected by societal and structural elements such as mass incarceration. He is committed to enhancing access to evidence-based treatments for addiction.

As an assistant professor of internal medicine at Yale School of Medicine, Dr. Howell engages in research exploring the impact of policies on access to addiction treatment and related health outcomes. His work includes investigating how exposure to correctional systems affects opioid treatment access and overdose outcomes, as well as Medicaid policy’s influence on substance-use treatment accessibility.

Dr. Howell received his medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco, and completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital. He also holds a graduate degree in public health from the University of California, Berkeley.

Clinical Specialties

Internal Medicine

Board Certifications

  • Addiction Medicine (Preventive Medicine)

    Certification Organization
    AB of Preventive Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2022

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2016

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