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Tags:
cost-effectiveness analysis, decision analysis, health economics, quality improvement
Schools:
Harvard University
FULL BIO
Benjamin P. Geisler, MD, MPH is a decision-analytic modeler with experience in cardiovascular and oncologic modeling. He is a graduate of Charité Medical School in Berlin, Germany. Prior to his graduation, Ben was a research assistant at Charité’s Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics. Subsequently, he completed a research fellowship in decision sciences at Massachusetts General Hospital, working mainly on the economic evaluation of clinical trials. Most recently, Ben graduated with a master’s degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is the author of an UpToDate card and several other publications, and an ad-hoc reviewer for journals such as "Annals of Internal Medicine" and "Circulation". Ben currently also serves a co-editor of "Value in Health", the official journal of the International Society For Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. The focus of his current research includes meta-analysis, probabilistic Markov modeling, cost-effectiveness and value of information analysis.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Hematology and Oncology Division, Boston, MA
Position:
Research Associate
Time period:
August 2008 - Present
Employer:
Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany, and others
Position:
Internship
Description:
Completed year-long internship in internal medicine at Charité Hospital in Berlin, Germany, two months of rotations in Sweden (Karolinska Institute), and four month-long rotations in the U.S. (Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY; Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, NY; Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA; and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA)
Employer:
Charité Medical School Berlin, Germany
Position:
Instructed medical students on “Breaking Bad News”
Employer:
Mass General Hospital, Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, MA
Position:
Research Fellow
Time period:
August 2006 - May 2008
Employer:
Charité Medical School, Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology, and Health Economics, Berlin, Germany
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
May 2004 - July 2006
Employer:
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
Position:
Intern
Time period:
June 2003 - September 2003
Employer:
Community Service, Heppenheim, Germany
Position:
Paramedic
Time period:
July 1997 - May 1998
EDUCATION
University:
Harvard University
Time period:
2007 - 2009
Degree:
Public Health
PUBLICATIONS
Articles:
- Published authoritative review about haematological disorder (“Gardner Diamond Syndrome”) in UpToDate
- Published four peer-reviewed studies in “Value in Health”, “European Heart Failure Journal”, and “Journal of Health Organization and Management”
- Co-editor of outcomes research journal “Value in Health”; reviewer for “Circulation”, “Mayo Clinical Proceedings”, and “Medical Decision Making”
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