Benjamin Tsoi, MD, MPH

Investigator, Global Community Core
Director, HIV Testing in the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) 

Benjamin Tsoi, MD, MPH, joined the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) in 2006 and currently serves as the Director of HIV Testing in the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control. He oversees HIV testing programs and initiatives within the Bureau, including The Bronx Knows. Prior to this position, he worked for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as an Epidemic Intelligence Service officer in NYC DOHMH's Bureau of Communicable Disease. Dr. Tsoi is an investigator with the HIV Center's Global Community Core.

EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley, CA           
BA - 1989 – Physiology

University of Minnesota School of Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
MD - 1995 - Medicine

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Residency - 1998 - Family Medicine

John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD
MPH - 2004 - Public Health Preparedness in Practice

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA
Postdoctoral Fellowship - 2006 - Epidemiology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1989-1991: Analytical Environmental Chemist, IT Analytical Services, Cerritos, CA
 

1992-1993: Graduate Research Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

1994: Physician-in-Training, Migrant Health Service, Inc., Montevideo, MN

1997: Chief Family Medicine Resident, University of Minnesota/North Memorial, Minneapolis, MN

1997-1998: Resident Director, Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians

1998-2003: Medical Officer, Indian Health Service, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, NM

1998: Member, American Academy of Family Physicians

1998-present: Board Certification in Family Medicine

1999-2003: Board Member, Shiprock Home for Women and Children, Shiprock, NMClinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM

2001-2003: Vice Chief-of-Staff, Indian Health Service, Northern Navajo Medical Center, Shiprock, NM

2006: Aide-de-Camp for Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar

2006-present: Director of HIV Testing, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control, New York, NY

HONORS AND AWARDS

1988: Phi Beta Kappa

1998: Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians Resident of the Year

2005: PHS Commissioned Corps Training Ribbon