Benny L. Joyner

Benny Joyner

Benny L. Joyner

Contact Information
1001 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14203
Fax: 7163230290
bennyjoy@buffalo.edu



Education and Training:

  • Fellowship, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2009)
  • Residency, Chief Resident Year - Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatric Residency Program at Montefiore Medical Center (2005)
  • Internship, Pediatric Residency Program at Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine (2003)
  • MD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine (2002)
  • MPH, University of North Carolina School of Public Health (2002)
  • BA, Math Education Secondary, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1993)

Employment:

  • Chair & Professor, Pediatrics, University at Buffalo (2025-present)
  • Clinical Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2023–2025)
  • Adjunct Professor, Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2020–2025)
  • Clinical Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2020–2023)
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Social Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2015–2020)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2015–2020)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2015–2020)
  • Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2009–2015)
  • Attending Pediatrician, Emergency Medicine, Pediatric Emergency Room Montefiore Medical Center (2005–2006)
  • Record Assistant, General Alumni Association, Chapel Hill (1995–1996)
  • Mathematics Teacher, Durham Public Schools (1994)
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Awards and Honors:

  • Charles Everette & Katherine M. Brewer Endowed Professor, Department of Pediatrics (2024)
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society (2022)
  • H. Fleming Fuller Award (2020)
  • Craver Medical Student Teaching Award (2020)
  • The C. Richard Morris Faculty Teaching Award (2016)
  • Simmons Scholar Career Development Award (2016)
  • UNC Healthcare Plus-People Award Winner, Winter 2016 (2016)
  • The Walter B. Tunnessen Faculty Clinician Award Department of Pediatrics (2015)
  • Award for: Best abstract in simulation-based medical education at Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) International Meeting (2014)
  • Academic Career Leadership Academy in Medicine (ACCLAIM) (2013)
  • Academy of Educators, Inducted as Member (2013)
  • The Walter B. Tunnessen Faculty Clinician Award Department of Pediatrics (2012)
  • Resident Education Honor Roll Department of Anesthesia (2011)
  • Teaching Scholars Program (2010)
  • Amal Murarka Pediatric Fellow Teaching Award (2009)
  • James Emonson Fellow Honor (2009)
  • Resident of the Year Award (2007)
  • Leo M. Davidoff Honor Society (2006)
  • Best Resident Teacher Award (2004)
  • The James Bell Bullit Award (2002)
  • Eugene E. Mayer Community Service Honor Society (1999)
  • The Novartis Award (1999)
  • Board of Governors Medical Scholarship (1997)
  • Joseph E. Pogue Academic Scholarship (1989)

Grants and Sponsored Research:

  • September 2017–September 2019
    AAP CATCH Grant
    AAP CATCH Grant
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • July 2017–June 2019
    Governor’s Crime Commission
    Governor’s Crime Commission
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • July 2017–June 2018
    AHEC Innovations Grant
    AHEC Innovations Grant
    Role: Co-Investigator
  • November 2008–June 2009
    Carolina Promise Grant
    Carolina Promise Grant
    Role: Other
  • July 2008–June 2009
    T32 (NIH) HL007106-32
    NIH
    Role: Other
  • January 2022
    P-ICECAP (NCT05376267)
    P-ICECAP (NCT05376267 )
    Role: Principal Investigator
  • January 2012
    Carolina Promise Grant
    Carolina Promise Grant
    Role: Other

Journal Articles:

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Books and Book Chapters:

  • Scolaro, K., Woodyard, D., Joyner, B. & Durham, C. Building Interprofessional Teams. In G. Sherwood & S. Horton-Deutsch (Eds.). (2015) In: Reflective Practices: Transforming Organizations and Systems to Improve Quality and Safety. Indianapolis: Sigma Theta Tau Press, 189-214.

Professional Memberships:

  • American Pediatric Society (2023–present)
  • American Heart Association, Pediatric Basic Life Support Writing Group; Co-Chair (2022–present)
  • American Board of Pediatrics, Sub-Board of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine (2022–present)
  • American Heart Association Pediatric Education Subcommittee; Member (2018–2023)
  • Society of Simulation in Healthcare (Pediatric Section); Vice-Chair (2018–2020)
  • Center for Disease Control’s Pediatric Sepsis Workgroup; Member (2018–2019)
  • American College of Critical Care Medicine; Fellow (2018–present)
  • American Heart Association Pediatric Advanced Life Support Guidelines Review Committee (2018–present)
  • American Heart Association Pediatric Emphasis Group (2018–present)
  • American Heart Association Basic Life Support Guidelines Review Committee; Member (2015–2018)
  • American Academy of Pediatrics; Fellow (2013–present)
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine; Member (2006–present)
  • American Thoracic Society (2006–present)
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Presentations:

  • "Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About: Using the Two-Minute Preceptor Model to Improve Serious Illness Communication Skills." Workshop presented at Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (2024)
  • "“Simulation in Medicine: Viewing Simulation as the Means and not the End.”" Graduate Medical Education Conference: Together Towards Tomorrow. (2022)
  • "“Simulation in Healthcare: An Educational Technique for the Modern Educator.”" Celebrating Medicine: North Carolina Medical Society’s LEAD 2022 Health Care Conference (2019)
  • "“We Know It When We See It: Reducing Subjectivity in the Assessment of Professionalism Milestones.”" Academy for Professionalism in Health Care Annual Meeting (2019)
  • "The What, Why and How of Simulation in 2018”" Grand Rounds, Albert Einstein Hospital. (2018)
  • "Simulation Instructor Workshop Part 1: Simulation in our Pediatric Anesthesia World: An Introduction to Techniques and Tools for Improving Clinical Practice and Teaching" Society for Pediatric Anesthesiology (SPA) Annual Meeting (2018)
  • "Change Practice, Develop Policies and Be Successful in Your Institution" Society for Simulation in Healthcare International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (2018)
  • "Teamwork and Communication During Pediatric Crises" 71st Annual Post Graduate Assembly in Anesthesia (2017)
  • "The Heart of the Matter: Improving Collaboration and Communication through Interprofessional Education (IPE) (Course Director)" 17th International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare (IMSH) (2017)
  • "Preparing Collaborative Practice-Ready Practitioners to Transform Patient Care" NY Simulation Center at New York University Medical Center (2016)
  • "Interprofessional Simulation and Patient Safety." Grand Rounds, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. (2016)
  • "Invited Poster Moderator" 8th Annual International Pediatric Simulation Symposia and Workshops (2016)
  • "Using Interprofessional Simulation to Improve Interdisciplinary Teamwork and Communication." Shaping Systems Collaborative #5 (2016)
  • "What? So What? Now What? Society for Simulation in Healthcare" Workshop: Interprofessional Education and Simulation: International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare (2016)
  • "High stakes emergency training at a budget friendly price" Workshop at the 14th Annual International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation & Learning (2015)
  • "What? So What? & Now What?-Examining Interprofessional Education in a New Light." Workshop at Robert Morris University IPE Symposium (2015)
  • "Facilitation Skills to Break Down Identified Barriers to Communication" NC AHEC Continuing Interprofessional Education (CIPE) Faculty Development Institute (Webinar) (2015)
  • "Interprofessional Collaboration- A Means to Improve Patient Safety, NURS588.001" Leadership in Health Care Organizations, UNC School of Nursing (2015)
  • "Diabetic Emergencies in the PICU." Current Concepts in Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Conference (2014)
  • "Status Asthmaticus in the Pediatric Patient: Management and Treatment Strategies." Pediatric Critical Care Nursing Conference (2013)
  • "Airway Management." Transition to Internship, Department of Pediatrics (2012)
  • "Resuscitation of Critically Ill Children in Resource-Poor Countries" Medecins Sans Frontieres (2012)
  • "Airway Management." Transition to Internship, Department of Pediatrics (2010)
  • "Ethics in Pediatric Critical Care" Current Trends in Pediatrics (2010)
  • "Inhalation Injury in the Pediatric Patient" Department of Anesthesia Grand Rounds (2010)
  • "Interpretation of Pediatric Chest Radiographs: A Primer for the Non-Radiologist" Pediatric Update Conference (2010)
  • "Monitoring in the Critically Ill Pediatric Patient" North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care (2010)
  • "Speaker" Current Trends in Pediatric Critical Care (2010)
  • "Status Epilepticus in the Pediatric Patient." Pediatric Grand Rounds (2010)
  • "Speaker" North Carolina EMS Society, Emergency Medicine Today Conference: Pediatric Airway Management (2009)
  • "Speaker" North Carolina Society for Respiratory Care: Current Strategies for the Management of Meningococcemia. (2009)
  • "Guest Lecturer" Pediatric Trauma Day (2008)
  • "Guest Lecture" Pediatric Trauma Day (2007)
  • "Necrotizing Fasciitis and the Pediatric Patient" Department of Pediatric Grand Rounds at Montefiore Medical Center (2006)
  • "Presenter" Critical Care Nursing Trauma Series (2006)
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Service Activities:

  • ; Associate Chief Medical Officer, Pediatric Professional Services, UNCHealth (2024–2025)
  • Occoneechee Council, Boy Scout Troop 424 Immaculata Catholic Church Durham, North Carolina; Committee Chair (2024–present)
  • ; Co-Chair, UNCHealth Triangle West Strategy Group, Reputation Sub-Group (2023–2025)
  • ; Medical Director, UNC Health Nursing Education Office (2023–2025)
  • ; Member, UNCHealth Drug Shortage Task Force (2023–2025)
  • Occoneechee Council, Boy Scout Troop 424 Immaculata Catholic Church Durham, North Carolina; Assistant Scout Master (2023–present)
  • ; Co-Chair, UNC Health Medical Center Operating Plan, People Sub-Group (2022–2025)
  • ; Manuscript Reviewer for the Journal of the American Heart Association (2022–present)
  • ; Member of Professional Liability Advisory Committee (PLAC) (2021–2025)
  • UNC-CH; Vice-Chair, Hospital Ethics Committee (2021–2025)
  • ; UNC Faculty Practice (FP) Benefits and Exemptions Committee (2020–2025)
  • ; UNC Faculty Practice (FP) Executive Board (2020–2025)
  • ; UNC Hospitals Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (2018–2025)
  • Port-au-Prince, Haiti; Medical Professional (2018–2019)
  • ; Associate Director, UNC Healthcare Ethics Committee Lead Consultant Group (2017–2025)
  • ; Manuscript Reviewer for Journal of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (2017–present)
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church, Medical Mission Trip; Medical Professional (2016–2018)
  • ; Member, Faculty Executive Committee, UNC-CH Faculty Council (2015–2021)
  • Occoneechee Council, Cub Scout Pack 424 Immaculata Catholic Church Durham, North Carolina; Assistant Den Master (2015–2020)
  • Westminster Presbyterian Church Durham, North Carolina; Sunday School Teacher (2015–2020)
  • ; Pediatric Pulmonology Editorial Board Ad-Hoc Manuscript Reviewer (2015–present)
  • Agenda Committee, UNC-CH Faculty Council; Member (2014–2019)
  • ; Durham Summer Swim League President (2014–2015)
  • ; Durham Summer Swim League Swim Meet Volunteer (2013–present)
  • NC Children’s Hospital Pediatric Simulation Committee; Faculty Advisor (2013–2021)
  • UNC-CH; Carolina Covenant Mentor (2013–2018)
  • UNC Healthcare TeamSTEPPS Implementation Team; Physician Lead (2013–2017)
  • UNC-CH; Faculty Council Representative (2012–2018)
  • ; Manuscript Reviewer for Pediatric Pulmonology (2012–present)
  • ; Member, UNC Hospitals Ethics Committee (2011–2025)
  • ; Associate Medical Director for Pediatric Transport (2011–2013)
  • UNC Project Uganda, Pediatric Critical Care Medical Mission Kampala, Uganda; Medical Professional (2011–2012)
  • ; Manuscript Reviewer for Critical Care Research and Practice (2011–present)
  • ; Manuscript Reviewer for New England Journal of Medicine (2011–present)
  • ; Hospital Trauma Committee Member (2010–2012)
  • UNC Project Uganda, Cardiac Surgery Medical Mission Kampala, Uganda; Medical Professional (2009–2010)
  • Heartcare International Cardiac Surgery Medical Mission San Salvador, El Salvador; Medical Professional (2006–2007)

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Contact Information

1001 Main Street
Buffalo, New York 14203
Fax: 7163230290
bennyjoy@buffalo.edu