Benji Mathews MD FACP, SFHM

Hospital Medicine/Hospitalist

Chief of Hospital Medicine, Regions Hospital; Ultrasound Director, Hospital Medicine, HealthPartners; Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Medical School

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640 Jackson StreetSt. Paul, MN 55101
Phone+1 651-254-9555

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Education & Training

University of Minnesota Medical SchoolClass of 2009

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Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 2011 - 2027
WI State Medical License 2013 - 2027
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Defining minimum image quality criteria for common diagnostic point-of-care ultrasound images: A position statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine.
James Anstey, Ajay Bhasin, Ricardo Franco-Sadud, Anna Maw, Benji K Mathews
Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2026-02-01
22 citations
Comparison of 6 handheld ultrasound devices by point-of-care ultrasound experts: a cross-sectional study.
Ariadna Perez-Sanchez, Gordon Johnson, Neysan Pucks, Riya N Soni, Terry J S Lund
The Ultrasound Journal. 2024-10-02
3 citations
Missing Inferior Vena Cava on POCUS: A Case of Left-Sided IVC with Azygos Continuation.
Ankit Mehta, Kreegan Reierson, Benji Mathews
POCUS Journal. 2023-01-01

Lectures

A New Era in Diagnosis – Tools to Understand and Mitigate Diagnostic Error after the Institute of Medicine Report
Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA - 3/8/2016
Teaching effectively about medical decision making and diagnostic error: How to get it right and how to talk about it when we don’t
Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), Houston, TX - 4/28/2015
That’s How My Brain Works! A Toolkit for Teaching about Error and Cognitive Bias in Case Based Conferences
Workshop given at Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM), Nashville, TN - 4/8/2014

Other

Decision - diagnosis: an introduction to diagnostic error and medical decision-making.MedEdPORTAL Publications. 2016;12:10378.
Ruedinger E, Mathews B, Olson A
http://dx.doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10378
MedEdPORTAL Publications - 4/2016
Talking about the Diagnostic Process and Diagnostic Error in Medical Education
Mathews, B, Ruedinger, E, Olson, A., Academic Internal Medicine Insight
13.13 (2015): 4-5 - 12/2015
Teaching about Cognitive Error in Medical Education
Olson, A, Ruedinger, E, Mathews, B, Academic Internal Medicine Insight
12.3 (2014): 22-23 - 12/2014

Press Mentions

The Transformative Role of POCUS in Hospital MedicineMay 1st, 2025
Hospitals Welcome Walz Staffing PlanJanuary 13th, 2022
To Battle Omicron, Walz Wants $40 Million in COVID Aid for Temporary Medical WorkersJanuary 12th, 2022