Benjamin A Miko, MD

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Benjamin Miko is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He specializes in the management of opportunistic infections among immunocompromised individuals as well as the treatment of MRSA infections and HIV/AIDS. His past research has focused on the transmission of antimicrobial resistant pathogens among incarcerated individuals. Miko serves as the Program Director of the Infectious Diseases Fellowship and the Section Director of the Microbiology/Infectious Diseases Course for pre-clinical medical students at Columbia.  

Miko holds an MD from Boston University, an MSc in Biostatistics from Columbia University, and a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London, UK). He completed Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Columbia University Medical Center, where he also served as a post-doctoral research fellow with the Center for Interdisciplinary Research to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance. He joined the faculty of the Division of Infectious Diseases in 2013.   

Miko is an Associate Editor of the journal “Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene” (Oxford University Press). He is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) and the Royal College of Physicians of London. He serves on the Item-Writing Task Force for the US Infectious Diseases Board Certification Exam (ABIM) and is an elected Councilor for the Infectious Diseases Society of New York. Miko is an associate member of Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations.  

Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated

  • HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection)
  • Infectious Disease In Immune Disorders
  • MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus)
  • Staphylococcal Infection
  • Tropical Medicine

Academic Appointments

  • Assistant Professor of Medicine at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital

Gender

  • Male

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CUIMC/Harkness Pavilion
180 Fort Washington Avenue
Suite 2-242
New York, NY 10032
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Insurance Accepted

Aetna

  • Aetna Signature Administrators
  • EPO
  • NYP Employee Plan
  • NY Signature
  • Student Health

Affinity Health Plan

  • Medicaid Managed Care

Amerigroup of New Jersey

  • New Jersey Services (Medicaid Managed Care)

Cigna

  • EPO
  • Great West (National)
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO

Emblem/GHI

  • Medicare Managed Care
  • PPO

Emblem/HIP

  • ConnectiCare
  • EPO
  • Essential Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicare Managed Care
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Select Care (Exchange)
  • Vytra

Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield

  • Medicare Managed Care

Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthPlus

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan

Fidelis Care

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

Healthfirst

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Leaf (Exchange)
  • Medicare Managed Care

Local 1199

  • Local 1199

MagnaCare (National)

  • MagnaCare

Medicare

  • Railroad
  • Traditional Medicare

Multiplan

  • Multiplan

MVP Health Care

  • Child/Family Health Plus
  • Essential Plan
  • Medicaid Managed Care

RiverSpring

  • Special Needs

UnitedHealthcare

  • Compass (Exchange)
  • Empire Plan
  • HMO
  • Medicaid (Community Plan)
  • Oxford Freedom
  • Oxford HMO
  • Oxford Liberty
  • POS
  • PPO

VNSNY CHOICE

  • SelectHealth
  • Special Needs

WellCare

  • Medicaid Managed Care
  • Medicare Managed Care

World Trade Center Health Plan

  • World Trade Center Health Plan

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Credentials & Experience

Education & Training

  • Boston University School of Medicine
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Committees, Societies, Councils

  • 2018-Present: Term Member, Council on Foreign Relations
  • 2018-Present: Member, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine
  • Infectious Disease

Honors & Awards

  • 2018: Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Medicine Housestaff Training Program, Columbia University Medical Center
  • 2016: Ewig Clinical Scholar Award, Department of Medicine, Columbia University

Research

Research Interests

  • HIV primary care
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Infectious diseases in immunocompromised hosts
  • MRSA molecular epidemiology
  • Staphylococcal Infections

Selected Publications

  1. Purpura L, Chang M, Annavajhala M, Mohri H, Liu L, Tsuji M, Shah J, Cantos A, Medrano N, Laracy J, Scully B, Miko BA, Pereira M, Ho D, Uhlemann AC, Yin MT. Prolonged severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 persistence and attenuated immunological response in a solid organ transplant patient. Am J Transplant. In Press. 
  2. Laracy JC, Miko BA, Pereira MR. The Solid Organ Transplant with SARS-CoV-2 Infection. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. In Press.
  3. Mehta M, Purpura LJ, McConville TM, Neidell M, Anderson MR, Bernstein EJ, Dietz D, Laracy J, Gunaratne SH, Miller EH, Cheng J, Zucker J, Shah S, Chaudhuri S, Gordillos CA, Patel SR, Guo TW, Karaaslan L, Rashef R, Miko B, Bathon JM, Pereira M, Uhlemann AC, Yin M, Sobieszczyk ME. What about Tocilizumab? A Retrospective Study from a NYC Hospital during the COVID-19 Outbreak. PLoS One. In Press.
  4. Theodore D, Greendyke WG, Miko B, Whittier S, Green DA, Shoucri S, Verna EC, Zucker J, Sobieszczyk ME, Aaron JG, Scully BE, Saimen L, Pereira M, Furuya EY. Cycle thresholds among solid organ transplant recipients testing positive for SARS-CoV-2. Transplantation. In Press.
  5. Macesic N, Laplante JM, Aaron JG, DiMango EA, Miko BA, Pereira MR, Reshef R, St George K. Baloxavir treatment of oseltamivir-resistant influenza A/H1pdm09 in two immunocompromised individuals. Transpl Infect Dis. 2020 Dec5;e13542. doi: 10.1111/tid.13542.
  6. Pereira MR, Aversa MM, Farr MA, Miko BA, Aaron JG, Mohan S, Cohen DJ, Husain SA, Ratner LE, Arcasoy S, Uriel N, Zheng EX, Fox AN, Tsapepas DS, Emond JC, Verna EC. Tocilizumab for severe COVID-19 in solid organ transplant recipients: a matched cohort study. Am J Transplant. 2020 Nov;20(11):3198-3205. doi: 10.1111/ajt.16314.
  7. Pereira MR,  Mohan S,  Cohen DJ,  Husain SA,  Dube GK,  Ratner LE,  Arcasoy S,  Aversa MM, Benvenuto LJ, Dadhani D,  Kapur S,  Dove LM, Brown RS, Rosenblatt RE, Samstein B, Uriel N,  Farr MA, Satlin M, Small CB, Walsh T, Kodiyanplakkal RP,  Miko BA, Aaron JG, Tsapepas DS, Emond JC, Verna EC. COVID-19 in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Initial Report from the US Epicenter. Am J Transplant. 2020 Apr 24. doi: 10.1111/ajt.15941.
  8. Kumbhakar R and Miko BA. Chromobastomycosis in Solid Organ Transplant  Recipients. Curr Fung Infect Rep. In Press.
  9. Austin ED, Sullivan SS, Macesic N, Mehta M, Miko BA, Nematollahi S, Shi Q, Lowy FD, Uhlemann AC. Reduced mortality of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in a retrospective cohort study of 2139 patients: 2007 – 2015. Clin Infect Dis. 2019
  10. Macesic N, Gomez-Simmonds A, Sullivan SB, Korakavi G, Leeds D, Park S, Shim K, Sowash MG, Hoffbrauer M, Finkel R, Hu Y, West J, Greendyke W, Miko BA, Pereira M, Whittier S, Verna EC, Uhlemann AC. Genomic surveillance reveals diversity of multi-drug resistant organism colonization and infection: a prospective cohort study in liver transplant recipients. Clin Infect Dis. 2018;67:905- 912.
  11. Szeto B, Kaba F, Herzig CTA, Befus MB, Lowy FD, Miko BA, Rosner Z, Larson EL. Drug Use Is Associated With Purulent Skin and Soft Tissue Infections in a Large Urban Jail, 2011-2015. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2017;4:ofx135.
  12. Befus MB, Miko BA, Herzig CTA, Keleekai N, Mukherjee DV, Larson E, Lowy FD. HIV and colonization with Staphylococcal aureus in two maximum-security prisons in New York State. J. Infect. 2016;73:568-577.
  13. Befus M, Mukherjee DV, Miko BA, Herzig CTA, Bai R, Appa ZL, Lowy FD, Larson EL. Obesity as Determinant of Staphylococcus aureus Colonization among Inmates in Maximum-Security Prisoner in New York State. Am J. Epidemiol. 2015;182:494-502.
  14. Miko BA, Befus M, Herzig CTA, Mukherjee DV, Apa ZL, Bai RY, Tanner JP, Gage D, Genovese M, Koenigsmann CJ, Larson EL, Lowy FD. Epidemiological and Biological Determinants of Staphylococcus aureus Clinical Infection in New York State Maximum Security Prisons. Clin Infect Dis. 2015;61:203-10.
  15. Miko BA, Kamath SS, Cohen BA, Jeon C, Jia H, Larson EL. Epidemiologic Associations between Short Bowel Syndrome and Bloodstream Infection among Hospitalized Children. J Ped Infect Dis Soc. 2015;4:192-7.

For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov