Benjamin Thomas Black MD FAAP

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Medical Director at the Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopment, University of Missouri School of Medicine

701 Veterans United DrColumbia, MO 65201
Phone+1 573-884-6052
Fax+1 573-884-1151

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Summary

Dr. Benjamin Black is a pediatrician located in Columbia, MO, specializing in developmental-behavioral pediatrics. He completed his residency in Pediatrics and fellowships in Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology and Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics at Children's Mercy Hospital. Dr. Black is the Medical Director at the Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders at the University of Missouri and serves on the faculty at Children's Mercy Kansas City. His expertise includes autism and ADHD, and he has contributed to various publications, some of which examine topics like taVNS in autism and pharmacogenomic testing in pediatric neuropsychiatry.

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From upstate New York to the heart of mid-Missouri, Dr. Ben Black has had many stops along his journey. However, his passion for children with special needs has

Education & Training

Childrens Mercy HospitalFellowship, Pediatric Clinical Pharmacology, 2012 - 2016
Children’s Mercy HospitalFellowship, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics, 2012 - 2015
Children’s Mercy HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2009 - 2012
Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson UniversityClass of 2009

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Certifications & Licensure

MO State Medical License 2010 - 2027
KS State Medical License 2015 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Identifying homogenous patient subgroups using transformer based hierarchical clustering of heterogeneous Mixed-Modality medical data.
William Baskett, Benjamin Black, Adnan I Qureshi, Chi-Ren Shyu
Journal of Biomedical Informatics. 2025-09-01
15 citations
Remotely supervised at-home delivery of taVNS for autism spectrum disorder: feasibility and initial efficacy.
Benjamin Black, Samantha Hunter, Hannah Cottrell, Roee Dar, Nicole Takahashi
Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2023-01-01
Parental understanding and attitudes following pharmacogenomic testing for pediatric neuropsychiatric patients.
Courtney Berrios, Sophia K Sadaro, Tracy Sandritter, Jennifer A Wagner, Sarah Soden
Pharmacogenomics. 2022-04-01