Benjamin James Kurth

MD

Lieutenant, Navy

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Medicine
Location: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
General internal medicine, heart failure, substance use disorders, emotional intelligence
Email
benjamin.j.kurth.mil@mail.mil
Office Phone
(301) 400-0676

Education

University of Kansas, Bachelors of Science 2009
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Doctorate of Medicine 2014

Biography

Training future military medical professionals is the most fulfilling job I could ever imagine.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

1st place, “Iron Med” competition - quiz-bowl style competition amongst all the meeting participants, Maryland Chapter ACP Meeting, 2015

1st place, Doctor’s Dilemma - medical Jeopardy competition among 13 regional Internal Medicine training programs, Maryland Chapter ACP Meeting, 2015

• 1st place, Doctor’s Dilemma - medical Jeopardy competition among all the Navy Internal Medicine training programs, Navy Chapter ACP Meeting, Portsmouth, VA 2017

1st place, Oral presentation - regional ACP Associates Meeting, Washington, DC. “Consider What’s Below the Diaphragm When Evaluating Pulmonary Hypertension,” 2016

Semi-finalist, Doctor’s Dilemma- national ACP meeting, San Diego, CA 2017

Representative Bibliography

Kurth, BJ, Wagler, V & Keith, M. Cardiac Tamponade as a Manifestation of Severe Dermatomyositis. BMJ Case Rep. 2016

Harris, HB, Kurth, BJ, Lam, TK, Meyerle, JH. Heparin-Induced Bullous Hemorrhagic Dermatosis Confined to the Oral Mucosa. Pending publication by Cutis