Chief, Division of General Surgery,Beth Israel Deaconess Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Joined April 2017
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Benjamin James retweeted
2 Sep 2025
We are overdue for medical debt reform, expansions of financial assistance, and public/private debt forgiveness programs.
Thanks to PI @benjamesMD, @GomezJorgeMD, and the rest of the team @BIDMChealth @BIDMCSurgery
@himmelhandler @awgaffney @lowninstitute @RoKhanna @davechokshi
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Benjamin James retweeted
2 Sep 2025
🚨Cancer patients have medical debt in collections that lasts for years after diagnosis/treatment despite >95% insurance coverage.
After years of analysis, we report in @JAMAOnc on debt, collections, bankruptcy, & credit scores in >74k control-matched patients over 10 years.
31 Aug 2025
Despite high insurance coverage rates, individuals diagnosed with #cancer in Massachusetts experienced increases in medical debt, with those having bladder and colorectal cancer facing additional increases. ja.ma/3UKRUxb @NishantUppal7
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Benjamin James retweeted
11 Jan 2025
Was an honor to co-present at @BIDMCSurgery Grand Rounds this week on the financial burden faced by cancer patients, led by @benjamesMD and starring @GomezJorgeMD and Ana Bogdanovski
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Benjamin James retweeted
26 Sep 2024
We found that up to ~15% of cancer survivors experience catastrophic health expenditures (OOP costs > ~40% disposable income)
Stark reminder that even seemingly small medical bills can cause financial damage for low-income households
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25 Sep 2024
Impact from @harvardmed and @BIDMChealth: patient financial burden, catastrophic health expenditures, and the ballooning costs of varying #cancer treatments. bit.ly/47IBoDA
Authors: @NishantUppal7, @j_broekhuis, @GomezJorgeMD, @HaoWei95, @natalia__chaves, @benjamesMD
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Benjamin James retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Impact from @harvardmed and @BIDMChealth: patient financial burden, catastrophic health expenditures, and the ballooning costs of varying #cancer treatments. bit.ly/47IBoDA
Authors: @NishantUppal7, @j_broekhuis, @GomezJorgeMD, @HaoWei95, @natalia__chaves, @benjamesMD
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Benjamin James retweeted
10 Sep 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Benjamin James (@benjamesMD) on being named the new Chief of General Surgery at BIDMC! 🎊
#BIDMC #BILH #generalsurgery #chief
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Benjamin James retweeted
30 Jul 2024
We are pleased to announce that Benjamin James, MD, MS @benjamesMD has been selected to serve as new Associate Editor for the Endocrine Surgery section of JSR. Dr. James is an Associate Professor @harvardmed and Chief of the Division of General Surgery @BIDMCSurgery.
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Benjamin James retweeted
21 Oct 2023
BIDMC Surgery crew at the #AAS Fundamentals of Surgical Research Course! It was great to hear from and engage with faculty and peers from all over the country. Thank you @BIDMCSurgery and Dr. @benjamesMD for the opportunity to attend.
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Benjamin James retweeted
3 Oct 2023
At #ATA2023 we showed that bankruptcy rates among patients with thyroid cancer in MA from 2010-2019 are higher than other cancer types despite declines in medical debt and high rates of health coverage.
Abstract/prelim results: liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/t…
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Benjamin James retweeted
3 Oct 2023
Grateful to keep studying cancer care affordability with mentors @benjamesMD and Dr. Esselen and co-authors @GomezJorgeMD, @shley_odonoghue, Ana Bogdanovski, Aaron Fleishman
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Benjamin James retweeted
1 May 2023
Another amazing @TheAAES conference with a great @BIDMCSurgery team! #AAES2023 @benjamesMD @GomezJorgeMD @ReaganACollins
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Benjamin James retweeted
30 Apr 2023
Great paper showing that female patients are more likely to be referred by female providers for parathyroid surgery @j_broekhuis @benjamesMD
Makes me wonder if this is also related to the provider’s belief in subjective symptoms as an indication for surgery!
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Benjamin James retweeted
1 May 2023
Very excited to have been a part of this wonderful project 💪🏼👏🏼 @j_broekhuis @GomezJorgeMD @ReaganACollins @natalia__chaves @benjamesMD
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19 Apr 2023
What an amazing opportunity to meet such incredible NAM members at the Emerging Leaders Forum in DC this week
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Benjamin James retweeted
30 Mar 2023
Huge congrats to Dr. @natalia__chaves, a friend, mentee, classmate, and now co-resident @BIDMCSurgery on her just-published paper! Proud is an understatement.
@benjamesMD @ScottFligor @ReaganACollins @TheEndoSociety
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Benjamin James retweeted
25 Mar 2023
Grateful and excited to have participated in @harvardmed @BIDMCSurgery Harvard Surgery Research Day with our poster on Social Vulnerability and Surgeon evaluation of Primary Hyperparathyroidism. Wonderful team @ReaganACollins @GomezJorgeMD and mentor @benjamesMD 👏🏼⭐️
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Benjamin James retweeted
26 Mar 2023
Lots of science today at the 12th #HarvardSurgeryResearchDay ! Sharing our work on opportunistic use of 4DCT to screen for bone mineral disease in PHPT. Shoutout to a superb team @j_broekhuis @natalia__chaves @Mariapaulacote @ReaganACollins and our amazing mentor @benjamesMD
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8 Feb 2023
So proud of @ReaganACollins presenting on rural versus urban treatment of thyroid cancer @BIDMCSurgery
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Benjamin James retweeted
7 Feb 2023
Proud to present our hard-working study Delays in Surgery and Papillary Thyroid Cancer at @AcademicSurgery. Can’t thank enough my mentor @benjamesMD and all of the other authors who contributed to the paper. @j_broekhuis @ScottFligor @ReaganACollins
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