Benjamin R. Chan, MD, MBA, MEd

Benjamin R. Chan, MD, MBA, MEd, Associate Professor (Clinical), attended Stanford University, graduating in 2000 with a BA in Psychology and minor in Human Biology. He attended the University of Utah School of Medicine (Class of 2004) and trained in General Psychiatry at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and completed a fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD.

In 2010, Dr. Chan joined the University of Utah School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry as a Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist. He has mentored several medical students and resident physicians during his time here. In turn, he has taught a wide variety of lectures to second and third year medical students. He has completed the Medical Scholars Program through the School of Medicine, and currently serves on the Education Steering Committee. He is also a small group leader in the Clinical Method Curriculum (CMC). In July 2018, Dr. Chan was promoted to Associate Professor (Clinical) in the Child Psychiatry Division in the Department of Psychiatry.

In March 2012, Dr. Chan became the Assistant Dean of Admissions for the University of Utah School of Medicine. He works with the Admissions Committee to help highly qualified pre-medical students matriculate at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also works with the pre-medical advisors at many colleges and universities in Utah and Idaho to inform and educate about the School of Medicine in general and the admissions process specifically. In July 2017, Dr. Chan was promoted to Associate Dean of Admissions and Associate Dean of Idaho Affairs. In July 2018, he also helped create and directs the Rural & Underserved Utah Training Experience (RUUTE) whose goal is to improve medical education opportunities, health care access and long-term socio-economic benefit for rural and underserved communities throughout Utah.

Dr. Chan also completed a Master of Business Administration (MBA) through the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah and a Master of Education (MEd) through the University of Cincinnati.