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Benjamin J. Sandefur, M.D., M.H.P.E.

  1. Emergency Medicine Physician
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Location

  1. Rochester, Minnesota

Languages

English

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Benjamin J. Sandefur, M.D., M.H.P.E., is an emergency physician and medical educator based at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He currently serves as Associate Residency Program Director and Chair of Faculty Recruitment in the Department of Emergency Medicine, where he has practiced since 2012. Dr. Sandefur was appointed as an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science in 2023.

Dr. Sandefur completed his medical degree at the Mayo Medical School in 2008, followed by a residency in Emergency Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, where he served as Chief Resident. He earned a Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2023.

His research interests include emergency airway management, emergency electrocardiography, and medical education. Dr. Sandefur has contributed to the field through both his scholarship and his work as a medical educator. He has been recognized with several teaching awards, including the Mayo Clinic's Distinguished Emergency Medicine Clinician Award, Mayo Fellows’ Association Teacher of the Year Award, Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine Young Educator of the Year Award, and was the Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine nominee for the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award.

  1. Emergency care
  • Medical education
  • Emergency electrocardiography
  • Emergency airway management
  1. 2023
    MHPE - Master of Health Professions EducationUniversity of Illinois at Chicago
  2. 2012
    Chief ResidentBrigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
  3. 2012
    Resident - Emergency MedicineBrigham and Women's Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency
  4. 2008
    MDMayo Medical School, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
  5. 2003
    BS - Chemistry with Distinction Minor in BiologyWestern Kentucky University

Certifications

  1. 2013
    Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine

Awards and honors

  1. 2022
    The Distinguished Emergency Medicine Clinician AwardMayo Clinic Department of Emergency Medicine
  2. 2021
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award (2019-2020)Department of Internal Medicine
  3. 2020
    Selected as the 2020 Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine nominee for the Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award. Arnold P. Gold Humanism in Medicine Honor Society
  4. 2020
    Young Educator of the Year AwardClerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine
  5. 2020
    Mayo Fellows' Association Emergency Medicine Teacher of the Year 2020Mayo Fellows' Association
  6. 2019
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award (2018-2019)Department of Internal Medicine
  7. 2018
    Senior FellowMayo Clinic Academy of Educational Excellence
  8. 2017
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award (2016-2017)Department of Internal Medicine
  9. 2016
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award (2015-2016)Department of Internal Medicine
  10. 2014
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Teaching Award (2013-2014)Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  11. 2014
    Mayo Fellows' Association Emergency Medicine Teacher of the Year 2014Mayo Fellows' Association
  12. 2013
    Recipient of the Internal Medicine Residency's Recognition for Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award (2012-2013)Internal Medicine, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
  13. 2003
    Summa Cum LaudeWestern Kentucky University
  14. 2003
    Scholar of the Ogden College of Science and EngineeringWestern Kentucky University

Professional memberships

  1. 2023 - present
    Voting MemberEmergency Medicine Personnel Committee
  2. 2021 - present
    Voting MemberEmergency Medicine Executive Committee
  3. 2020 - present
    MemberProgram Evaluation Committee, Emergency Medicine Residency, Mayo Clinic
  4. 2020 - present
    Oral Board ExaminerAmerican Board of Emergency Medicine
  5. 2019 - present
    Content ExpertNational Board of Medical Examiners Emergency Medicine Subject Examination Standard Setting Panel
  6. 2018 - present
    ChairClinical Competency Committee, Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mayo Clinic Rochester
  7. 2018 - present
    MemberMortality and Morbidity Review Committee, Mayo Clinic Rochester Committees
  8. 2018 - present
    MemberEmergency Medicine Program Leadership Committee
  9. 2017 - present
    ChairDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Recruitment Committee
  10. 2015 - present
    FellowAmerican College of Emergency Physicians
  11. 2013 - present
    FellowAmerican Academy of Emergency Medicine

Publications

Research activities

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