Benjamin Mba, MBBS

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.