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A. Benjamin Appenheimer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases

Current Positions

  • Clinical Associate Professor of Internal Medicine-Infectious Diseases
  • Assistant Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program
  • Associate Clinical Director, Infectious Diseases
  • Co-Medical Director, TelePrEP, University of Iowa Health Care

Education

  • MD, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois
  • Resident, Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Fellow, Infectious Diseases, University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Licenses & Certifications

  • Medical License, Iowa Board of Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease

Selected Publications

  • Saeed, H. N., Rapuano, C. J., Hou, J. H., Appenheimer, A. B., Chodosh, J., Kang, J. J., Morrill, A. M., Vyas, N., Zegans, M. E., Zuckerman, R., Tu, E. Y. & Thulasi, P. (2020). Oral Miltefosine as Salvage Therapy for Refractory Acanthamoeba Keratitis. American journal of ophthalmology. PMID: 33045218.
  • Kobayashi, T., Ford, B., Fujita, N. & Appenheimer, A. B. (2020). Ocular Actinomycosis Mimicking Meningioma. (Vols. 7). (6), pp. ofaa170. Open forum infectious diseases. PMCID: PMC7273183.
  • Julian, K. G., Crook, T., Curley, E., Appenheimer, A. B., Paules, C. I., Hasse, B., Diekema, D. J., Daley, C. L., de Sanctis, J., Hellinger, W. C., Levin, A., McSherry, G., Freer, C. & Whitener, C. J. (2020). Long-term follow-up of post-cardiac surgery Mycobacterium chimaera infections: A 5-center case series. The Journal of infection 80 (2) 197-203. PMID: 31863789.
  • Appenheimer, A. B., Bokhour, B., McInnes, D. K., Richardson, K. K., Thurman, A. L., Beck, B. F., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Asch, S. M., Midboe, A. M., Taylor, T., Dvorin, K., Gifford, A. L. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Should Human Immunodeficiency Virus Specialty Clinics Treat Patients With Hypertension or Refer to Primary Care? An Analysis of Treatment Outcomes. Open forum infectious diseases 4 (1) ofx005. PMCID: PMC5413997.
  • Appenheimer, A. B., Bokhour, B., McInnes, D. K., Richardson, K. K., Thurman, A. L., Beck, B. F., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Asch, S. M., Midboe, A. M., Taylor, T., Dvorin, K., Gifford, A. L. & Ohl, M. E. (2017). Should Human Immunodeficiency Virus Specialty Clinics Treat Patients With Hypertension or Refer to Primary Care? An Analysis of Treatment Outcomes. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 4 (1). DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofx005.
  • Stapleton, J. T. & Appenheimer, A. B. (2017). HIV/AIDS. In Ray, B. E., Graber, M. A. & Wilbur, J. K. (Eds.) Graber and Wilbur's Family Medicine Examination and Board Review. (4th ed.) McGraw-Hill Education.
  • Appenheimer, A. B., Bokhour, B., McInnes, D. K., Richardson, K. K., Thuman, A. L., Vaughan-Sarrazin, M., Midboe, A. M., Dvorin, K., Asch, S. M., Gifford, A. L. & Ohl, M. A. (2016). Treating hypertension in patients with HIV: Specialty clinic or primary care clinic?. ID Week 2016.