Benjamin Collins, MD, MS, MA

Benjamin Collins is a physician and postdoctoral research fellow in 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 in Richmond, VA and internal medicine residency at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. 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.

He 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. 

Outside of informatics he is an Instructor in Clinical Medicine and does clinical work as a hospitalist. He is also interested in medical education, narrative medicine, and medical philosophy. He is also active as a volunteer in AMIA and serves as the 2023-2024 education co-chair for their education, governance, and policy subcommittee.