Benjamin Lewis Ranard, MD, MSHP
Overview
Dr. Benjamin Ranard is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician, Deputy Director of the Center for Patient Safety Science, and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Clinically, he cares for critically ill patients at Columbia University Irving Medical Center / NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
With a goal of improving patient outcomes, Dr. Ranard’s research focuses on helping clinicians and health systems provide high quality medical care. He is working to build infrastructure and tools to support Learning Health Systems, health systems that create knowledge from local data and experience and integrate that knowledge with external evidence to continuously improve patient care. This results in higher quality, safer patient care.
Dr. Ranard earned his undergraduate degree from Cornell University and both his MD and a Master of Science in Health Policy Research from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at Duke University and his Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Columbia University where he served as Chief Fellow.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Intensive Care
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Respiratory Failure
- Sepsis
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Deputy Director, Center for Patient Safety Science
- Associate Program Director, Columbia University Patient Safety and Health Services Research Fellowship
- Co-chair, NYP Sepsis Committee
Gender
- Male
Schedule an Appointment
Connect Patient Portal
For existing patients, login to make an appointment, view documentation or contact your care provider.
Location(s)
Insurance Accepted
Aetna
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- NYP Employee Plan
- NY Signature
- POS
- PPO
- Student Health
Affinity Health Plan
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
AgeWell
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
Amida Care
- Special Needs
Cigna
- EPO
- Great West (National)
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
Emblem/GHI
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Emblem/HIP
- ConnectiCare
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- POS
- PPO
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- EPO
- HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
Fidelis Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Healthfirst
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
Local 1199
- Local 1199
MagnaCare (National)
- MagnaCare
Medicare
- Railroad
- Traditional Medicare
Multiplan
- Multiplan
MVP Health Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid Managed Care
Quality Health Management
- Quality Health Management
RiverSpring
- Special Needs
UnitedHealthcare
- Compass (Exchange)
- Empire Plan
- HMO
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- Medicare Managed Care
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Oxford Liberty
- POS
- PPO
VNSNY CHOICE
- Medicare Managed Care
- SelectHealth
- Special Needs
WellCare
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
World Trade Center Health Plan
- World Trade Center Health Plan
Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- AB, Cornell University
- MD, MSHP, Perelman School of Medicine, University of pennsylvania
- Residency: Duke University
- Fellowship: Columbia University
Honors & Awards
Clinical Trialist Early Career Development Scholars Award, Columbia University
Silverman Fellow in Healthcare Innovation, NewYork-Presbyterian
Patient Safety Research Fellow, Columbia University
The Annual Califf Medicine Resident Research Award, Duke University
Medical Student Research Paper Prize Award, University of Pennsylvania
Cornell Hughes Scholar / Cornell Undergraduate Stem Cell Research Program Scholar, Cornell University
Research
Research Interests
- Clinical Decision Support Systems
- Informatics / Health Information Technology
- Learning Health Systems
- Patient Safety and Quality
- Predictive models and artificial intelligence
- Sepsis
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov