James M. Bensler, MD
Assistant Professor
Department:
SOM-Medicine-CARD
Email:
jbensler@umc.edu
Work Phone:
(601) 984-5678
Biography
James Bensler grew up in Alaska. He attended college at University of Denver, Denver, CO., where he received his BS in Biological Sciences. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA., completing his Internal Medicine residency there as well. He then went on to train in Cardiology and Electrophysiology Fellowships at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute in Houston, TX. In 2010 he and his family moved to Mississippi where he continues to practice in Cardiac Electrophysiology.
Education
| University of Washington, MD, Doctor of Medicine | 2003 |
| University of Denver, BS, Biological Sciences | 1999 |
| University of Washington, Internal Medicine | |
| Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiac Electrophysiology | |
| Baylor College of Medicine, Cardiology | |
| University of Washington, Internal Medicine |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, NBE - Adult Transthoracic Plus Transesophageal | 09/2008 - 06/2018 |
| Certification, Internal Medicine | 08/2006 - 12/2026 |
| Certification, Nuclear Cardiology | 09/2008 - 09/2018 |
| Certification, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 09/2010 - Present |
| Certification, National Board of Echocardiography | 09/2008 - 06/2018 |
| Certification, Cardiovascular disease | 09/2009 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Medical Board | 07/2010 - 06/2025 |
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine | 2020 - Present |
| The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216 | |
Sponsored Program Funding
| Extramural, LUX-DxTM Insertable Cardiac Monitor Remote Programming and Performance Study, Boston Scientific | 12/2021 - 09/2023 |
Publications
Journal Article | |
| Ali Nazeri, MD, Ali Massumi, MD, James M Wilson, MD, Christopher Frank, MD, Michael Bensler, MD, Jie Cheng, MD, Mohammad Saeed, MD, Abdi Rasekh, MD, and Mehdi Razavi, MD. Arrhythmogenicity of weight loss supplements marketed on the internet. Heart Rhythm. 2009 May; 6(5): 658-6 | 2009 |
| John J. Carothers, PharmD, Michael G. Bruce, MD, Thomas W. Hennessy, MD, Michael Bensler, MD, Julie M Morris, BS, Alisa L. Reasonover, BS, Debby A. Hurlburt, BSN, Alan J. Parkinson, MD, John M. Coleman, MD, and Brian J. McMahon, MD The relationship between previous fluoroquinolone use and levofloxacin resistance in Helicobacter pylori infection. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2007 Jan 15; 44(2): e5-8. Epub 2006 Dec 7. | 2006 |
| J. Michael Bensler, BS, Thomas W. Hennessy, MD, MPH, and Brian J. McMahon, MD. Antimicrobial Resistance Among Helicobacter pylori Is Associated With Past Antimicrobial Use. Journal of Investigative Medicine. Jan 2001;49:74A. | |
Abstracts | |
| Shenae A. Cummins, James M. Bensler, Michael E. Hall, Gabriel A. Hernandez, Michael R. McMullan, Rizwan M. uhammad R. Sohail, Zerelda Esquer Garrigos Impact of Timing of Device Removal on Outcomes in Patients with Cardiovascular Implantable Electronic Device Infections J Am College of Cardiology. 2024. Apr, 83 (13_Supplement) 141 | 2024 |
Presentations
| Invited Symposia, Management of Atrial Fibrillation, 2024 Cardiovascular Disease Symposium, Jackson, MS | 04/2024 |
| Invited Symposia, Syncope, 2020 Cardiovascular Disease Symposium for the Primary Care Provider, Jackson, MS | 09/2020 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Update in Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Baptist Heart, Baptist Medical Center | 09/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A New Paradigm in Managing Anti-Coagulation in Atrial Fibrillation, Baptist Medical Center, Lake Tiak-O-Khata | 07/2014 |
| 2014 Nursing staff Lunch & Learn, EKG Interpretation and Arrhythmia Review, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center | 07/2014 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, A New Paradigm in Managing Anti-Coagulation in Atrial fibrillation, Baptist Medical Center, The Onward Store, Rolling Fork, MS | 06/2014 |
| Invited Symposia, Applying Current Guidelines and Evidence to Manage Atrial Fibrillation, Jackson Heart Clinic, Jackson, MS | 06/2014 |
| Invited Symposia, Recent Advances in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, Health Care Partners of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV | 11/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Applying Current Guidelines and Evidence to Manage Atrial Fibrillation, Jackson Heart Clinic, Embassy Suites in Ridgeland, MS | 05/2012 |
| Invited Symposia, EP Jeopardy 13th Symposium on Cardiac Arrhythmias, Practical Approach to Heart Rhythm Disorders, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX | 02/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Rivaroxaban, Baptist Hospitalist program, Baptist Medical Center | 02/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sudden Cardiac Death (co-presentation with Dr. Doug Harkins, Jackson Heart Clinic), Baptist Medical Center, Deer Valley, Utah | 02/2012 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Sudden Cardiac Death, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Table 100 | 10/2011 |
| UMMC Family Medicine Conference, Class III anti-arrhythmics, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center | 04/2011 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Arrhythmia Mechanisms and Pharmacologic Therapy, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center | 04/2011 |
| UMMC Family Medicine Conference at Baptist, Sleep Apnea and Cardiac Arrhythmias, Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center | 12/2010 |
| UMMC Family Medicine Core Conference, Atrial Fibrillation: Twenty Questions, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Baptist Medical Center | 11/2010 |
| State/Local Invited Seminars/Lectures, Lessons from the Echo report, Baptist Cardiology, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center | 11/2010 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Patrick Lehan Cardiology Faculty of the year, UMMC | 2022 |
| Alpha Omega Alpha induction, Alpha Omega Alpha | 2003 |
| Arthur Schiable Anatomy Award, UAA WWAMI program | 2000 |
| Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, Phi Beta Kappa | 1999 |
Professional Membership and Service
| American College of Cardiology, Fellow | 2018 - Present |
| American Heart Association, Member | 2015 - 2017 |
| Heart Rhythm Society, Fellow | 2011 - Present |
Community Service
| Pine Lake, Volunteer physician | 07/2021 - Present |
| Jackson Free Clinic, Physician supervisor | 07/2020 - Present |
Other Service
| Medtronic Electrophysiology Advisor Board | 07/2011 - 06/2018 |
Teaching Experience
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2025 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Spring 2024 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Electrical and Chemical Cardioversion - Internal Medicine Residents Lecture | Spring 2024 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2024 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Syncope - Internal Medicine Resident Lecture | Spring 2024 - 2024 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2023 - 2023 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2023 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, EKG Basics - Internal Medicine Residents | Summer 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2022 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2022 - 2022 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lab Presenter, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2021 - 2021 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lab Presenter, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2021 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Electrophysiology Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Noon Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
| Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Cardiology Fellows Conference | Fall 2020 - 2020 |
| Clinical Cardiac Ele, Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer | Spring 2020 - 2020 |
Directed Student Learning
| Preceptor, Advised: Cherliyn Cabanero | 2023 - 2023 |
| Preceptor, Advised: Austin Turner | 2021 - 2021 |
| Preceptor |
Fellows supervised
| General Cardiology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 07/2024 - 06/2025 |
| General Cardiology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 07/2023 - 06/2024 |
| General Cardiology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 07/2022 - 06/2023 |
| General Cardiology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 07/2021 - 06/2022 |
| General Cardiology Fellowship Program, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 07/2020 - 06/2021 |
| General Cardiology Fellowship, Attending Physician, 15 fellows supervised, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | 01/2020 - 06/2020 |