Benson Mark Hoffman | Scholars@Duke

Benson Mark Hoffman
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

I have a longstanding interest in the effects of cardiopulmonary disease on health-related quality of life, including depression, cognition, and sexual function. I also study the effects of coping, aerobic exercise, and lung transplantation on quality of life.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2016

Contact Information

4569 Crii, Durham, NC 27710
Box 3119 Med Ctr, Durham, NC 27710
benson.hoffman@duke.edu (919) 681-2612

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., State University of New York, Potsdam 2004
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Medicine, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2013 - 2016
- Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2007 - 2013
- Clinical Associate in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Medical Psychology, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2004 - 2007
Research
Selected Grants
- Exercise and Pharmacotherapy for Anxiety in Cardiac Patients awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2021
- Depression and Heart Failure Disease Progression awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2019
- Coping Skills Training in Heart Failure: Outcomes and Mechanisms awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2015
- Exercise, Depression, and Cardiac Risk awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2012
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Blumenthal, James A., Michael A. Babyak, Wade Edward Craighead, Jonathan Davidson, Alan Hinderliter, Benson Hoffman, Pudugramam Murali Doraiswamy, and Andrew Sherwood. “The role of comorbid anxiety in exercise and depression trials: Secondary analysis of the SMILE-II randomized clinical trial.” Depress Anxiety, August 12, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/da.23088.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Yidan Zhu, Gary G. Koch, Patrick J. Smith, Lana L. Watkins, Alan L. Hinderliter, Benson M. Hoffman, et al. “The modifying effects of social support on psychological outcomes in patients with heart failure.” Health Psychol 38, no. 6 (June 2019): 502–8. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000716.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Alan L. Hinderliter, Lana L. Watkins, Benson M. Hoffman, and Andrew Sherwood. “Microvascular Endothelial Function and Neurocognition Among Adults With Major Depressive Disorder.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 26, no. 10 (October 2018): 1061–69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2018.06.011.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., Laurie D. Snyder, Scott M. Palmer, Benson M. Hoffman, Gregory L. Stonerock, Krista K. Ingle, Caroline K. Saulino, and James A. Blumenthal. “Depression, social support, and clinical outcomes following lung transplantation: a single-center cohort study.” Transplant International : Official Journal of the European Society for Organ Transplantation 31, no. 5 (May 2018): 495–502. https://doi.org/10.1111/tri.13094.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., Gregory L. Stonerock, Krista K. Ingle, Caroline K. Saulino, Benson Hoffman, Brian Wasserman, James A. Blumenthal, et al. “Neurological Sequelae and Clinical Outcomes After Lung Transplantation.” Transplant Direct 4, no. 4 (April 2018): e353. https://doi.org/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000766.
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  - Gerity, Sandra L., Susan G. Silva, John M. Reynolds, Benson Hoffman, and Marilyn H. Oermann. “Multimedia Education Reduces Anxiety in Lung Transplant Patients.” Prog Transplant 28, no. 1 (March 2018): 83–86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1526924817746910.
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  - Smith, P. J., J. A. Blumenthal, B. M. Hoffman, R. D. Davis, and S. M. Palmer. “Postoperative cognitive dysfunction and mortality following lung transplantation.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 18, no. 3 (March 2018): 696–703. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.14570.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Laurie D. Snyder, Joseph P. Mathew, Michael T. Durheim, Benson M. Hoffman, Sarah K. Rivelli, and Scott M. Palmer. “Depressive symptoms and early mortality following lung transplantation: A pilot study.” Clin Transplant 31, no. 2 (February 2017). https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.12874.
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  - Sherwood, Andrew, James A. Blumenthal, Gary G. Koch, Benson M. Hoffman, Lana L. Watkins, Patrick J. Smith, Christopher M. O’Connor, et al. “Effects of Coping Skills Training on Quality of Life, Disease Biomarkers, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Heart Failure: A Randomized Clinical Trial.” Circ Heart Fail 10, no. 1 (January 2017). https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.116.003410.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Bryan J. Feger, Patrick J. Smith, Lana L. Watkins, Wei Jiang, Jonathan Davidson, Benson M. Hoffman, et al. “Treatment of anxiety in patients with coronary heart disease: Rationale and design of the UNderstanding the benefits of exercise and escitalopram in anxious patients WIth coroNary heart Disease (UNWIND) randomized clinical trial.” Am Heart J 176 (June 2016): 53–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2016.03.003.
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  - Sherwood, Andrew, James A. Blumenthal, Patrick J. Smith, Lana L. Watkins, Benson M. Hoffman, and Alan L. Hinderliter. “Effects of Exercise and Sertraline on Measures of Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Patients With Major Depression: Results From the SMILE-II Randomized Clinical Trial.” Psychosom Med 78, no. 5 (June 2016): 602–9. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0000000000000301.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Benson M. Hoffman, Sarah K. Rivelli, Scott M. Palmer, Robert D. Davis, and Joseph P. Mathew. “Reduced Cerebral Perfusion Pressure during Lung Transplant Surgery Is Associated with Risk, Duration, and Severity of Postoperative Delirium.” Annals of the American Thoracic Society 13, no. 2 (February 2016): 180–87. https://doi.org/10.1513/annalsats.201507-454oc.
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  - Smith, P. J., J. A. Blumenthal, E. P. Trulock, K. E. Freedland, R. M. Carney, R. D. Davis, B. M. Hoffman, and S. M. Palmer. “Psychosocial Predictors of Mortality Following Lung Transplantation.” American Journal of Transplantation : Official Journal of the American Society of Transplantation and the American Society of Transplant Surgeons 16, no. 1 (January 2016): 271–77. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajt.13447.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., Gregory L. Stonerock, Patrick J. Smith, C Virginia F. O’Hayer, Scott Palmer, Robert D. Davis, Keiko Kurita, Robert M. Carney, Kenneth Freeland, and James A. Blumenthal. “Development and psychometric properties of the Pulmonary-specific Quality-of-Life Scale in lung transplant patients.” J Heart Lung Transplant 34, no. 8 (August 2015): 1058–65. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2015.03.005.
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  - Stonerock, Gregory L., Benson M. Hoffman, Patrick J. Smith, and James A. Blumenthal. “Exercise as Treatment for Anxiety: Systematic Review and Analysis.” Annals of Behavioral Medicine : A Publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 49, no. 4 (August 2015): 542–56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12160-014-9685-9.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Robert M. Carney, Kenneth E. Freedland, C Virginia F. O’Hayer, Elbert P. Trulock, Tereza Martinu, et al. “Neurobehavioral functioning and survival following lung transplantation.” Chest 145, no. 3 (March 1, 2014): 604–11. https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.12-2127.
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  - Combs, Kory, Patrick J. Smith, Andrew Sherwood, Benson Hoffman, Robert M. Carney, Kenneth Freedland, W Edward Craighead, and James A. Blumenthal. “Impact of sleep complaints and depression outcomes among participants in the standard medical intervention and long-term exercise study of exercise and pharmacotherapy for depression.” J Nerv Ment Dis 202, no. 2 (February 2014): 167–71. https://doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000000085.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Andrew Sherwood, Michael A. Babyak, Lana L. Watkins, Patrick J. Smith, Benson M. Hoffman, C Virginia F. O’Hayer, et al. “Exercise and pharmacological treatment of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary heart disease: results from the UPBEAT (Understanding the Prognostic Benefits of Exercise and Antidepressant Therapy) study.” J Am Coll Cardiol 60, no. 12 (September 18, 2012): 1053–63. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2012.04.040.
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  - Hoffman, B. M., J. A. Blumenthal, R. C. Carney, C. V. F. O’Hayer, K. Freedland, P. J. Smith, M. A. Babyak, et al. “Changes in neurocognitive functioning following lung transplantation.” Am J Transplant 12, no. 9 (September 2012): 2519–25. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04072.x.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Patrick J. Smith, and Benson M. Hoffman. “Is Exercise a Viable Treatment for Depression?” Acsms Health Fit J 16, no. 4 (July 2012): 14–21. https://doi.org/10.1249/01.FIT.0000416000.09526.eb.
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  - Goetzinger, Amy M., James A. Blumenthal, C Virginia O’Hayer, Michael A. Babyak, Benson M. Hoffman, Lephuong Ong, R Duane Davis, et al. “Stress and coping in caregivers of patients awaiting solid organ transplantation.” Clin Transplant 26, no. 1 (January 2012): 97–104. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0012.2011.01431.x.
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  - Sherwood, Andrew, Christopher M. O’Connor, Faye S. Routledge, Alan L. Hinderliter, Lana L. Watkins, Michael A. Babyak, Gary G. Koch, et al. “Coping effectively with heart failure (COPE-HF): design and rationale of a telephone-based coping skills intervention.” J Card Fail 17, no. 3 (March 2011): 201–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2010.11.001.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., Michael A. Babyak, W Edward Craighead, Andrew Sherwood, P Murali Doraiswamy, Michael J. Coons, and James A. Blumenthal. “Exercise and pharmacotherapy in patients with major depression: one-year follow-up of the SMILE study.” Psychosom Med 73, no. 2 (February 2011): 127–33. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e31820433a5.
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  - Wang, Jenny T., Benson Hoffman, and James A. Blumenthal. “Management of depression in patients with coronary heart disease: association, mechanisms, and treatment implications for depressed cardiac patients.” Expert Opin Pharmacother 12, no. 1 (January 2011): 85–98. https://doi.org/10.1517/14656566.2010.513701.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Michael A. Babyak, Lana L. Watkins, Alan Hinderliter, Benson M. Hoffman, David C. Steffens, Andrew Sherwood, and P Murali Doraiswamy. “Cerebrovascular risk factors and cerebral hyperintensities among middle-aged and older adults with major depression.” Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18, no. 9 (September 2010): 848–52. https://doi.org/10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181dba0fa.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., Michael J. Coons, and Paul C. Kuo. “Personality differences between surgery residents, nonsurgery residents, and medical students.” Surgery 148, no. 2 (August 2010): 187–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surg.2010.04.005.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Benson M. Hoffman, Harris Cooper, Timothy A. Strauman, Kathleen Welsh-Bohmer, Jeffrey N. Browndyke, and Andrew Sherwood. “Aerobic exercise and neurocognitive performance: a meta-analytic review of randomized controlled trials.” Psychosom Med 72, no. 3 (April 2010): 239–52. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181d14633.
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  - Babyak, Michael A., James A. Blumenthal, Alan Hinderliter, Benson Hoffman, Robert A. Waugh, R Edward Coleman, and Andrew Sherwood. “Prognosis after change in left ventricular ejection fraction during mental stress testing in patients with stable coronary artery disease.” Am J Cardiol 105, no. 1 (January 1, 2010): 25–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.08.647.
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  - Hoffman, B. M., A. Sherwood, P. J. Smith, M. A. Babyak, P. M. Doraiswamy, A. Hinderliter, and J. A. Blumenthal. “Cardiovascular disease risk, vascular health and erectile dysfunction among middle-aged, clinically depressed men.” Int J Impot Res 22, no. 1 (January 2010): 30–35. https://doi.org/10.1038/ijir.2009.43.
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  - Hoffman, B. M., M. A. Babyak, A. Sherwood, E. E. Hill, S. M. Patidar, P. M. Doraiswamy, and J. A. Blumenthal. “Effects of aerobic exercise on sexual functioning in depressed adults.” Mental Health and Physical Activity 2, no. 1 (June 1, 2009): 23–28. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhpa.2008.12.001.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Michael A. Babyak, P Murali Doraiswamy, Alan Hinderliter, Benson M. Hoffman, Robert Waugh, and Andrew Sherwood. “Intima-media thickness and age of first depressive episode.” Biol Psychol 80, no. 3 (March 2009): 361–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.11.001.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., James A. Blumenthal, Michael A. Babyak, Patrick J. Smith, Sharon D. Rogers, P Murali Doraiswamy, and Andrew Sherwood. “Exercise fails to improve neurocognition in depressed middle-aged and older adults.” Med Sci Sports Exerc 40, no. 7 (July 2008): 1344–52. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816b877c.
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  - Taylor, Jessica L., Patrick J. Smith, Michael A. Babyak, Krista A. Barbour, Benson M. Hoffman, Deborah L. Sebring, R Duane Davis, et al. “Coping and quality of life in patients awaiting lung transplantation.” J Psychosom Res 65, no. 1 (July 2008): 71–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2008.04.009.
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  - Blumenthal, J. A., A. Sherwood, M. A. Babyak, P. M. Doraiswamy, and B. M. Hoffman. “Response to letters to the editor [3].” Psychosomatic Medicine 70, no. 2 (February 1, 2008): 264–65. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.psy.0000311332.34779.56.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Michael A. Babyak, P Murali Doraiswamy, Lana Watkins, Benson M. Hoffman, Krista A. Barbour, Steve Herman, et al. “Exercise and pharmacotherapy in the treatment of major depressive disorder.” Psychosom Med 69, no. 7 (September 2007): 587–96. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e318148c19a.
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  - Smith, Patrick J., James A. Blumenthal, Michael A. Babyak, Benson M. Hoffman, P Murali Doraiswamy, Robert Waugh, Alan Hinderliter, and Andrew Sherwood. “Cerebrovascular risk factors, vascular disease, and neuropsychological outcomes in adults with major depression.” Psychosom Med 69, no. 6 (July 2007): 578–86. https://doi.org/10.1097/PSY.0b013e31812f7b8e.
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  - Blumenthal, James A., Andrew Sherwood, Sharon D. Rogers, Michael A. Babyak, P Murali Doraiswamy, Lana Watkins, Benson M. Hoffman, et al. “Understanding prognostic benefits of exercise and antidepressant therapy for persons with depression and heart disease: the UPBEAT study--rationale, design, and methodological issues.” Clin Trials 4, no. 5 (2007): 548–59. https://doi.org/10.1177/1740774507083388.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., Rebecca K. Papas, David K. Chatkoff, and Robert D. Kerns. “Meta-analysis of psychological interventions for chronic low back pain.” Health Psychol 26, no. 1 (January 2007): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/0278-6133.26.1.1.
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  - Cooper, Theodore V., Margaret Dundon, Benson M. Hoffman, and Colby J. Stoever. “General and smoking cessation related weight concerns in veterans.” Addict Behav 31, no. 4 (April 2006): 722–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.05.045.
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  - Hoffman, B. M., M. A. Zevon, M. C. D’Arrigo, and T. B. Cecchini. “Erratum: Screening for distress in cancer patients: The NCCN rapid-screening measure (Psycho-Oncology) (2004) vol. 13 (11) (792-799)).” Psycho Oncology 13, no. 11 (November 1, 2004): 831. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.875.
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  - Hoffman, Benson M., Michael A. Zevon, Mary C. D’Arrigo, and Tracy B. Cecchini. “Screening for distress in cancer patients: the NCCN rapid-screening measure.” Psychooncology 13, no. 11 (November 2004): 792–99. https://doi.org/10.1002/pon.796.
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  - Hoffman, B. M., and S. T. Meier. “An individualized approach to managed mental health care in colleges and universities: A case study.” Journal of College Student Psychotherapy 15, no. 4 (July 13, 2001): 49–63. https://doi.org/10.1300/J035v15n04_06.
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  - Chesney, M. A., W. S. Agras, H. Benson, J. A. Blumenthal, B. T. Engel, J. P. Foreyt, P. G. Kaufmann, R. M. Levenson, T. G. Pickering, and W. C. Randall. “Nonpharmacologic approaches to the treatment of hypertension.” Circulation 76, no. 1 Pt 2 (July 1987): I104–9.
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- Book Sections
  - Hoffman, B. M., C. K. Saulino, and P. J. Smith. “Psychosocial aspects of kidney transplantation and living kidney donation.” In Kidney Transplantation - Principles and Practice, 709–23, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-53186-3.00040-1.
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