Merrill Benson worked as a Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed B.A in 1961, M.S. Pathology in 1964 and M.D in 1965 from the University of Vermont. He completed Residency in Internal Medicine from Bellevue Hospital and Boston City Hospital and Fellowship in Rheumatology from Boston University School of Medicine. He joined the faculty of Indiana University in 1976 as Associate Professor of Medicine and became Professor of Medicine in 1981 and Professor of Medical Genetics in 1984.
Professor Benson was an internationally recognized expert in the field of amyloidosis. He treated AA and ATTR patients. He discovered the origin of several forms of hereditary amyloidosis, including those related to mutations in apolipoprotein-A1 and Fibrinogen Aa -chain.
He was also a member of the American Association of Immunologists, American Society of Clinical Investigation, Association of American Professors, American Society of Human Genetics, American Rheumatism Association, the Central Society for Clinical Research, and the International Amyloid Society.
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