Benjamin Sommers
| Benjamin D. Sommers | |
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| File:Benjamin D. Sommers 2017-02-07.jpg | |
| Born | Benjamin Daniel Sommers |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. in English from Princeton University Ph.D. from Harvard University in health policy |
| Occupation | Physician, Health Economist |
Benjamin Daniel Sommers is an American physician and health economist. He is an assistant professor of Health Policy and Economics at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a primary care physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Education
Sommers received his B.A. in English from Princeton University in 2000, his Ph.D. from Harvard University in health policy in 2005,[1] and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 2007. He completed his residency in internal medicine and primary care at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in 2010.[2]
Research
Sommers is known for studying the effects of health care laws in the United States, such as the Affordable Care Act and Massachusetts health care reform, on outcomes such as access to and utilization of healthcare, mortality rates, and insurance plan cancellations.[3][4][5][6]
References
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External links
- Interview in the Princeton Alumni Weekly
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- Articles with hCards
- Harvard School of Public Health faculty
- Living people
- Health economists
- Princeton University alumni
- American economists
- Harvard Medical School alumni
- American physicians
- Primary care physicians
- Year of birth missing (living people)
- Place of birth missing (living people)
