Benjamin H. Hammond,
MD

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Benjamin Hammond, MD attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate education and attended medical school in Washington, DC at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He trained in pediatrics at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital and then trained in pediatric cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital where he spent an additional year training in non-invasive pediatric electrophysiology. Dr. Hammond's clinical interests include general pediatric cardiology, pediatric electrophysiology, and sports cardiology and exercise testing. Dr. Hammond's research interests include shared decision making, sudden cardiac death, and atrial fibrillation.
Specialties
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
Benjamin Hammond, MD attended the University of Utah for his undergraduate education and attended medical school in Washington, DC at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. He trained in pediatrics at the University of New Mexico Children's Hospital and then trained in pediatric cardiology at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital where he spent an additional year training in non-invasive pediatric electrophysiology. Dr. Hammond's clinical interests include general pediatric cardiology, pediatric electrophysiology, and sports cardiology and exercise testing. Dr. Hammond's research interests include shared decision making, sudden cardiac death, and atrial fibrillation.
Academic Locations
Board Certification and Academic Information
Academic Departments | Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor (Clinical) |
Academic Divisions | Pediatric Cardiology |
Education History
Fellowship | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Pediatric Electrophysiology Fellow, 2021 |
Fellowship | Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine Pediatric Cardiology Fellow, 2020 |
Residency | University of New Mexico School of Medicine Pediatrics Resident, 2017 |
Professional Medical | George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Medicine M.D., 2014 |
Undergraduate | University of Utah Major: Biology; Minors: Spanish and Chemistry B.A., 2009 |
Selected Publications - Journal Articles
Journal Article
- El Assaad I, Hammond BH, Kost LD, Worley S, Janson CM, Sherwin ED, Stephenson EA, Johnsrude CL, Niu M, Shetty I, Lawrence D, McCanta AC, Balaji S, Sanatani S, Fish F, Webster G, Aziz PF (2021). Management and outcomes of atrial fibrillation in 241 healthy children and young adults: Revisiting "lone" atrial fibrillation-A multi-institutional PACES collaborative study. Heart Rhythm, 18(11), 1815-1822.
- Hammond BH, Aziz PF, Phelan D (2021). Importance of Shared Decision Making for Return to Play After COVID-19. Circulation, 143(18), 1733-1734.
Review
Book Chapter
- Hammond BH, Saarel EV (2021). Chapter 13: Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Devices in Athletes. In Engel DJ, Phelan DM (Eds.), Sports Cardiology (pp. 195-210). Springer.
Video/Film/CD/Web/Podcast
- Hammond BH, Phelan DM, Kim JH (2021). ACC.21 Sports Cardiology Highlights - Expert Analysis [Web]. https://www.acc.org/latest-in-cardiology/articles/2021/06/15/13/04/acc21-sports-cardiology-highlights-acc-2021: American College of Cardiology.