Benjamin Mba, MBBS
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Vice Chair for Collaborative Excellence; Graduate Medical Education Director for Collaborative Excellence & Associate Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Yale New Haven Hospital & Yale School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Vice Chair for Collaborative Excellence; Graduate Medical Education Director for Collaborative Excellence & Associate Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Yale New Haven Hospital & Yale School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Vice Chair for Collaborative Excellence; Graduate Medical Education Director for Collaborative Excellence & Associate Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Yale New Haven Hospital & Yale School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
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Professor of Medicine (General Medicine)
Vice Chair for Collaborative Excellence; Graduate Medical Education Director for Collaborative Excellence & Associate Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Yale New Haven Hospital & Yale School of Medicine, Internal Medicine
Biography
Benjamin Mba, MBBS, MRCP (UK), CHCQM, FACP, a professor of medicine (general medicine), is the vice chair for collaborative excellence at Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Internal Medicine. He also serves as the graduate medical education (GME) director for collaborative excellence and the associate designated institutional official (DIO) for Yale New Haven Hospital and Yale School of Medicine (YSM). Dr. Mba joined Yale and Yale New Haven Hospital on July 1, 2023, bringing a strong dedication to the principles of collaborative excellence.
Since joining Yale, Dr. Mba has introduced new educational, recruiting, and training opportunities and resources. He also led the first department-wide climate survey for inclusion in the Department of Medicine. Additionally, Dr. Mba oversees the Office for Collaborative Excellence in Medicine (OCEIM) and develops strategies for the Department of Medicine to recruit, retain, support, and provide mentorship and sponsorship that promote engagement and inclusive excellence.
Dr. Mba leads several YSM and YNHH GME outreach and recruitment efforts aimed at attracting highly qualified trainees to promote excellence through diverse perspectives, philosophies, backgrounds, and experiences.
Before joining Yale, Mba was the associate chair of medicine for faculty development at the Department of Medicine at Cook County Health and a professor of medicine at Rush Medical College in Chicago. He worked at Cook County Health for 24 years.
Dr. Mba’s career has been characterized by a broad focus, including clinical education, promoting inclusive excellence in graduate medical education, residency program leadership, faculty development, quality improvement, and patient safety.
Dr. Mba received multiple honors from Cook County Health (CCH) and Rush Medical College for his roles as a clinician-educator and mentor. He is a four-time recipient of the Sir William Osler Award for teaching internal medicine from the Department of Medicine at CCH, a four-time winner of the CCH Division of Hospital Medicine’s Cooker Award for inpatient medicine teaching and team leadership, and a four-time recipient of the CCH Department of Medicine Excellence in Medical Student Education Award. Additionally, he has received the Clinical Skills and Scholarship Award twice during his tenure as a medical resident.
Dr. Mba was recognized as an exemplary teaching attending physician in a national research study conducted by the University of Michigan. This exploratory qualitative study identified and examined 12 outstanding teaching physicians across the country. The findings were published in a book titled "Teaching Inpatient Medicine" by Oxford University Press and featured in several peer-reviewed journals, including the American Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Appointments
General Internal Medicine
ProfessorPrimary
Other Departments & Organizations
- General Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
- Office for CE in Medicine
- Yale Medicine
Education & Training
- MBBS
- College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Nigeria (1994)
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
- Certification Organization
- AB of Internal Medicine
- Original Certification Date
- 2003
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Publications
2025
Impact of COVID-19 on Venous Thromboembolism in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalizations: A Propensity-Matched Analysis.
Shah MP, Dahiya DS, Ojemolon P, Parikh C, Shah Y, Pinnam BSM, Gangwani MK, Ali H, Pan CW, Paladiya R, Mohammed A, Chandan S, Mba B, Mohan BP. Impact of COVID-19 on Venous Thromboembolism in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Hospitalizations: A Propensity-Matched Analysis. JGH Open 2025, 9: e70220. PMID: 40657470, DOI: 10.1002/jgh3.70220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEquity begins with everyone: Bridging the divide.
Mba B, Navarro C, Ngongi-Wumba S. Equity begins with everyone: Bridging the divide. Med Educ 2025 PMID: 40522268, DOI: 10.1111/medu.15735.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersCharacteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Multiple Myeloma in Adolescents and Young Adults.
Olafimihan A, Nwachukwu C, Jackson I, Ogedegbe OJ, Ntukidem OL, Fawehinmi P, Shaka H, Mba B, Farooqui MW. Characteristics and Clinical Outcomes of Multiple Myeloma in Adolescents and Young Adults. Eur J Haematol 2025 PMID: 40405541, DOI: 10.1111/ejh.14437.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Comparison of Endoscopic and Surgical Gastrojejunostomy in Patients with Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A National Cohort Analysis (2016-2020).
Pinnam BSM, Ojemolon PE, Mohammed A, Dahiya DS, Chandan S, Gopakumar H, Ali H, Gangwani MK, Agrawal R, Mba B, Mutneja H, Gandhi S, Hasan MK, Inamdar S. A Comparison of Endoscopic and Surgical Gastrojejunostomy in Patients with Malignant Gastric Outlet Obstruction: A National Cohort Analysis (2016-2020). Gastrointest Endosc 2025 PMID: 39870244, DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2025.01.025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2024
Sex disparities in outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation- a multi-year propensity-matched nationwide study
Kumar M, Hu J, Ali S, Khlidj Y, Upreti P, Ati L, Kumar S, Shaka H, Zheng S, Bae J, Alraies M, Mba B, Yadav N, Vora A, Davila C. Sex disparities in outcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantation- a multi-year propensity-matched nationwide study. International Journal Of Cardiology 2024, 418: 132619. PMID: 39370048, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.132619.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsTranscatheter aortic valve implantationAcute kidney injuryProcedure-related mortalityAcute respiratory failureMechanical circulatory supportTranscatheter aortic valve implantation outcomesSudden cardiac arrestPropensity score matchingAortic stenosisReadmission ratesCardiogenic shockIncidence of acute kidney injuryOutcomes of transcatheter aortic valve implantationManagement of severe aortic stenosisCirculatory supportPost-procedural complication ratesSevere aortic stenosisPost-procedural bleedingSignificant disparitiesPost-procedural outcomesIn-hospital mortalityAortic valve implantationPearson chi-square testNationwide Readmissions DatabaseWomenPandemic effect on national hospitalizations for acute hyperglycemic complications.
Shaka H, Ilelaboye A, Shaka A, Krishnaraju E, Khoshbin K, Doraiswamy M, Baskaran N, Mba B. Pandemic effect on national hospitalizations for acute hyperglycemic complications. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2024, 37: 576-582. PMID: 38910828, DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2024.2346391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTrends and disparities in colorectal cancer hospitalizations and outcomes: a 10-year joinpoint trend study.
Olafimihan A, Obomanu E, Cuartas-Mesa MC, Turk E, Fawehinmi P, Olatunji G, Kokori E, Aderinto N, Shaka H, Mba B, Mullane M. Trends and disparities in colorectal cancer hospitalizations and outcomes: a 10-year joinpoint trend study. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2024, 37: 535-542. PMID: 38910805, DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2024.2346404.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
Hospitalization Trends and Outcomes of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the United States: A Decade-Long Nationwide Analysis
Kwei-Nsoro R, Ojemolon P, Attar B, Shaka H, Zarza-Gulino P, Asare M, Annor E, Mba B. Hospitalization Trends and Outcomes of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in the United States: A Decade-Long Nationwide Analysis. Cureus 2023, 15: e44315. PMID: 37779798, PMCID: PMC10536399, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.44315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal hospital chargesNational Inpatient SampleLength of stayJoinpoint regression analysisPrevalence ratesEosinophilic esophagitisHospitalization trendsStudy periodMortality ratePrevalence of EoEInflammatory bowel diseaseAnnual percentage changeAverage prevalence rateRegression analysisHospital-specific variablesPatient demographicsBowel diseaseHospital chargesInpatient DatabaseInpatient SampleMale genderEsophageal mucosaEsophageal diseaseHospitalizationNationwide analysisReader comments
Kwei-Nsoro R, Mba B. Reader comments. Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings 2023, 36: 778-778. PMID: 37829219, PMCID: PMC10566399, DOI: 10.1080/08998280.2023.2244524.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetric
2022
Trends and Disparities in Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infection Hospitalizations in the United States: A Ten-Year Joinpoint Trend Analysis
Ojemolon P, Shaka H, Kwei-Nsoro R, Laswi H, Ebhohon E, Shaka A, Abusalim A, Mba B. Trends and Disparities in Outcomes of Clostridioides difficile Infection Hospitalizations in the United States: A Ten-Year Joinpoint Trend Analysis. Journal Of Clinical Medicine Research 2022, 14: 474-486. PMID: 36578367, PMCID: PMC9765321, DOI: 10.14740/jocmr4828.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsTotal hospital chargesMortality rateCDI hospitalizationMortality outcomesMean total hospital chargesNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseOdds of mortalityAdult hospitalizationsInfection hospitalizationsHospital stayPrimary admissionElderly patientsMean LOSMale sexHospital chargesAdmission ratesEpidemiological trendsNosocomial infectionsHospitalizationOlder ageStudy periodSample databaseYoung adultsMean lengthRacial subgroups
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Activities
activity American College of Physicians
2009 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsFellowactivity American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review
2019 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberDetailsProfessional Member of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Reviewactivity Society of General Internal Medicine
2023 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsMemberactivity Society of Hospital Medicine
2023 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsFellowactivity Stop Before You Start: Case-based Clinical Reasoning Series
07/16/2025 - 07/16/2025LectureDepartment of Medicine Faculty Development SeriesDetailsWaterbury, CT, United StatesSponsored by Saint Mary's Hospital
Honors
honor The Dr. Benjamin Mba Award for Teaching Internal Medicine, an annual award for teaching attendings named in honor of Dr. Benjamin Mba
06/02/2023Other AwardThe Cook County Health Department of MedicineDetailsUnited Stateshonor Elected Governor-elect designee for the ACP Northern Illinois Chapter
12/07/2022Regional AwardAmerican College of Physicians Northern Illinois ChapterDetailsUnited Stateshonor National Certificate of Appreciation for Mentoring in Internal Medicine
01/03/2022National AwardAmerican College of Physicians (ACP)DetailsUnited Stateshonor Student Education Award
12/10/2021, 12/13/2019, 12/14/2007, 12/16/2005Other AwardDepartment of Medicine, Rush Medical CollegeDetailsUnited Stateshonor Sir William Osler Teaching Award
06/05/2020, 06/05/2015, 06/06/2008, 06/04/2004Other AwardThe Cook County Health Department of MedicineDetailsUnited States
News
News
- March 31, 2025
Meet Cayetana Navarro, Program Manager, Collaborative Excellence
- October 22, 2024
Health Equity Summit Celebrates Achievements, Plans Future Solutions
- October 18, 2024
Yale Ob/Gyn Delves into DEI During Annual Retreat
- September 19, 2024Source: WSHU
Yale New Haven Hospital’s COVID mortality rate 34% lower than national average
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