Professional Bio
Benjamin Collins, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medicine, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
As a postdoctoral research fellow at Vanderbilt, he studied issues related to artificial intelligence (AI) in health care with the Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society. He completed medical school at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital. During residency, he also earned an MA degree from Temple. He then completed a clinical informatics fellowship at Oregon Health & Science University along with an MS degree in biomedical informatics, finishing a capstone project by developing an online training module for clinicians on using algorithms in health care.
Dr. Collins is interested in the use of AI for clinical decision support and to improve health care and options for all. This includes working to ensure that AI does not contribute to healthcare outcome differences through qualitative research, community engagement, and improving clinician education and training on the use of AI.
He is also interested in medical education, narrative medicine, and medical philosophy. He is also active as a volunteer in AMIA and served as the 2023-2024 education co-chair for their education, governance, and policy subcommittee.
Education
MD - Virginia Commonwealth University, 2017
Residency - Internal Medicine - Temple University, 2020
MA - Urban Bioethics - Temple University, 2020
MS - Biomedical Informatics - Oregon Health & Science University, 2022
Fellowship - Clinical Informatics - Oregon Health & Science University, 2022
Fellowship - Postdoctoral Research - Vanderbilt University, 2023
Fellowship - Postdoctoral - Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 2025
Contact
Email
Kimryn.Rathmell@Vumc.Org
Address
777 Preston Research Building
2220 Pierce Ave
Nashville, TN 37232-6307