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Benson Hsu is a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine and a pediatric critical care physician at Avera Children's Hospital in South Dakota. Currently, Benson serves as an External Advisor to Bain & Company's private equity practice and previously was a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company's healthcare practice. He has extensive operational and strategic experience, having served as VP on the corporate leadership team of Sanford Health, a $6+ billion integrated healthcare system in the Upper Midwest, where he led data analytics infrastructure and developed strategies for population health transformations. Benson is the Founder and Board Chair of Aequitas Health and previously served as the Chief Scientific Officer for the Preparedness Treatment and Equity Coalition (PTEC), both nonprofits dedicated to addressing gaps in health equity. His academic work includes authoring numerous national practice guidelines for pediatric critical care and inpatient pediatric care, with over 75 peer-reviewed publications and abstracts. He has been published in Harvard Business Review, NEJM Catalyst, Pediatrics, and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. In professional organizations, Benson is the Chair of the Section on Critical Care at the American Academy of Pediatrics and previously served as a member of the Committee on Advocacy & Public Policy at AcademyHealth. Benson received his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University and an MBA from Duke University Fuqua School of Business, graduating with highest honors as a Fuqua Scholar. He earned his MD from the University of Missouri School of Medicine and completed Pediatrics and Pediatric Critical Care training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a TEDx speaker, a Bush Leadership Fellow, McNulty Catalyst Prize Awardee, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA). Benson is also a Fellow of the fifth class of the Health Innovators Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.
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