Benjamin Lewis Ranard, MD, MSHP

Critical Care Medicine
Specialties
Internal Medicine, Pulmonology, Critical Care Medicine, more

Locations and Appointments


New Patients

CUIMC/Milstein Hospital Building

177 Ft. Washington Avenue
New York, NY 10032
US
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Insurances Accepted


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    Medicare Managed Care
    Student Health
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    POS
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Essential Plan
    ConnectiCare
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    POS
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    PPO
    Empire Plan
    HMO
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Student Health
    NY Signature
    NYP Employee Plan
    Aetna Signature Administrators
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Special Needs
    Medicare Managed Care
    New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)
    POS
    Great West (National)
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Essential Plan
    ConnectiCare
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    POS
    EPO
    PPO
    HMO
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Essential Plan
    HMO
    Essential Plan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Medicare Managed Care
    Leaf (Exchange)
    Child/Family Health Plus
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Traditional Medicare
    Railroad
    Multiplan
    Essential Plan
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Child/Family Health Plus
    HMO
    Quality Health Management
    Special Needs
    Medicaid (Community Plan)
    PPO
    Empire Plan
    HMO
    POS
    Compass (Exchange)
    Oxford HMO
    Oxford Liberty
    Oxford Freedom
    SelectHealth
    Medicare Managed Care
    World Trade Center Health Plan

About Benjamin Lewis Ranard, MD, MSHP


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.


Specialties & Expertise

  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
  • Intensive Care
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Sepsis

Education

  • Fellowship: Columbia University
  • Residency: Duke University

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC
  • Associate Program Director, Columbia University Patient Safety and Health Services Research Fellowship
  • Co-chair, NYP Sepsis Committee
  • Deputy Director, Center for Patient Safety Science

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