Benjamin S Avner, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
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Patient Care Related:Infectious Diseases, 269.337.4300
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Benjamin S. Avner, MD, PhD, is a board-certified infectious disease physician with Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He is a graduate of the Medical Scientist Training Program at the University of Illinois - Chicago, and completed residency training in internal Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin followed by a fellowship program in infectious diseases at the University of Iowa. Dr. Avner's interests include treatment and prevention of multidrug resistant infections and medical education.
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- American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine)
- American Board of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease)
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- Fellowship 2019, Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa
- Residency 2015, Internal Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PhD 2012, Physiology & Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of Illinois
- MD 2005, College of Medicine, University of Illinois
- BA 2003, Biology, Northwestern University
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- Streptococcus Pneumoniae Infection Presenting As Cauda Equina Syndrome Due to Epidural Abscess - A Case Report. Camelo Pereira M, Nogueira Gomes T, Avner B, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Ear Swelling and an Unusual Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis. de Castro R, Lima N, Ladzinski A, Leitao D, Avner B, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021