Dr. Benjamin P. Linas MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
15 Parkman Street Medical Walk In Unit Boston MA, 02114About
Dr. Benjamin Linas is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Linas specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
New York Univ Sch of Med, New York Ny 2000
New York University School of Medicine 2000
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Written informed-consent statutes and HIV testing.
- Cost-effectiveness of surveillance strategies after treatment for high-grade anal dysplasia in high-risk patients.
- Hepatitis C screening trends in a large integrated health system.
- Valuing cure: bridging cost-effectiveness and coverage decisions for hepatitis C therapy.
- Quality of hepatitis C care at an urban tertiary care medical center.
- Current practices of screening for incident hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among HIV-infected, HCV-uninfected individuals in primary care.
- Relationship between hepatitis C clinical testing site and linkage to care.
- Potential Impact and Cost-effectiveness of Self-Testing for HIV in Low-Income Countries.
- Clinical impact of treatment timing for chronic hepatitis C infection: a decision model.
- Eighteen- to 30-year-olds more likely to link to hepatitis C virus care: an opportunity to decrease transmission.
- Editorial Commentary: Decision Science at Work: The Case of Hepatitis C Virus Postexposure Prophylaxis.
- Understanding Cost and Value in Hepatitis C Therapy.
- Experience and Outcomes of Hepatitis C Treatment in a Cohort of Homeless and Marginally Housed Adults.
- The cost-effectiveness of one-time hepatitis C screening strategies among adolescents and young adults in primary care settings.
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Practice At 725 Albany St Shapiro 9, Suite B
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