Benjamin Thomas, MD, FACEP
Biography
Clinical Assistant Professor
- Clinical Science
Dr. Benjamin Thomas is an Emergency Medicine physician with Kaiser Permanente in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a clinician, he is focused on providing evidence-based patient-centered care while also improving how his healthcare system operates and interacts with the community. His insights on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy have recently been featured in the New York Times and on CNN. He is passionate about increasing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the healthcare workforce and committed to rebuilding trust between underserved communities and the healthcare system.
Education and Training
- Degrees
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BA,
University of California, Santa Barbara
MD, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- Postdoctoral Training
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Residency,
Emergency Medicine, Alameda County Medical Center
Professional Positions
- Attending Physician
- Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
- 2018-present
- Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director
- Drexel College of Medicine, Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
- 2020-present
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Science
- Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine
- 2021-present
- Co-Director of The Introduction to Integrated Healthcare Pipeline Program
- Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
- 2022-present
- Hospital Director of Patient Care Experience
- Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center
- 2022-present
Honors and Awards
- Student Medicine Educator of the Year
- Highland Hospital Emergency Department
- 2018
Scholarly Activities
- Selected peer-reviewed research manuscripts
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- Thomas B, Durant E, Barbant S, Nagdev A. Repeat Point-of-Care Echocardiographic Evaluation of Traumatic Cardiac Arrest: A New Paradigm for the Emergency Physician. Clin Pract Cases Emerg Med. 2017 May 23;1(3):194-196. doi: 10.5811/cpcem.2017.2.33021. PMID: 29849292; PMCID: PMC5965168.
- Rusoja EA, Thomas BA. The COVID-19 pandemic, Black mistrust, and a path forward. EClinicalMedicine. 2021 May; 35:100868. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2021.100868. Epub 2021 May 6. PMID: 33977258; PMCID: PMC8102042.