Dr. Benji K. Mathews is Senior Medical Director for Hospital Specialty Services and Radiology at HealthPartners, Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School, and a practicing hospitalist. His work sits at the intersection of clinical care, scholarship, education, and health system leadership.

Dr. Mathews’ scholarship focuses on connecting practical innovation with bedside care — translating diagnostic excellence, point-of-care ultrasound, clinician workflow, care redesign, and emerging technologies into models that improve how medicine is taught, delivered, and experienced. His work is grounded in a belief that the future of medicine will depend not only on new tools, but on better systems, wiser implementation, and a deep commitment to patients, clinicians, and teams.

He serves as Site Principal Investigator for the HealthPartners ADEPT program, an AHRQ-funded multicenter initiative focused on diagnostic excellence, and he participates in the HOMERuN collaborative. Nationally, he is active through the Society of Hospital Medicine and CHEST as a physician leader, educator, and invited faculty member. His interests increasingly center on how evolving technologies, care models, and workflows can help make care more accessible, more effective, and more sustainable.

Current job title/position: Senior Medical Director, Hospital Specialty Services and Radiology, HealthPartners; Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School

Conducting  Institute research since: 2009

Education and training: 

• BS, University of Minnesota – Institute of Technology
• MD, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Chief Residency, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Certificate of Leadership in Hospital Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine
• Fellowship in Diagnostic Patient Safety, Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
• MBA, University of St. Thomas Opus College of Business, with Top Honors

Affiliations/other offices held:

• Professor of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School
• Board Member, HealthPartners Institute
• National course co-chair and faculty, CHEST Ultrasonography / Essentials in Critical Care
• Point-of-Care Ultrasound Steering Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
• Practice Management Committee, Society of Hospital Medicine
• Investigator / Member, HOMERuN
• Member, Institute for Healthcare Improvement Leadership Alliance

Overview/research interests: Dr. Mathews’ scholarship focuses on diagnostic excellence, point-of-care ultrasound, clinician workflow and implementation, quality and patient safety, care redesign, medical education, and digital innovation. He is especially interested in how emerging tools, better-designed systems, and new models of care can improve access, affordability, connection, and the everyday practice of medicine.

Current research activities and funding:  Dr. Mathews’ current activities include scholarship and implementation work in diagnostic excellence, point-of-care ultrasound, clinician workflow, care redesign, and hospital-based innovation. He serves as Site Principal Investigator for ADEPT, an AHRQ-funded multicenter diagnostic excellence study, and participates in collaborative scholarship through HOMERuN. His work increasingly explores how operational redesign, digital tools, and new care models can improve quality, learning, and sustainability in clinical practice.