Ryan Benavente

Ryan Benavente, BS

Chamorro

(He/Him/His)

Medical Student MS2

Harvard Medical School

Climate Health & Sustainability

I am currently a second-year student at Harvard Medical School. I have an interest in the economics and broad-scale decision-making involved in improving healthcare systems, as well as the ethics and humanism that underlies every patient encounter. Currently, I am interested in exploring pediatric cardiothoracic surgery. My ultimate goal is to become a physician in under-resourced communities within Hawai'i and across the Pacific. Eventually, I hope to pursue widespread systemic healthcare change, focusing on distributing healthcare equitably and justly to all.

Hometown: Honolulu, HI

Undergrad: Santa Clara University

Medical School: Harvard Medical School

Hobbies: Mixed Martial Arts, Hiking and Beach, Cooking, Film, Music, and Literature

Cancer Disparities among Pacific Islanders: A Review of Sociocultural Determinants of Health in the Micronesian Region

Racial disparities in survival and stage at diagnosis among adolescent and young adult patients with cancer.

Race and ethnicity reporting by US federal standards in high-impact phase 2/3 oncology clinical trial publications.

Congratulations to Ryan Benavente and Megan Gimmen on their publication in JAMA that discusses the nuances of "United States" data in the context of national health care economic burden and the importance of counting patients who are from the US-affiliated Pacific Islands. Their insight is invaluable to the Taparra lab.