Dr. Carla G.N. Benjamin has joined the USA Health infectious disease division. A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Benjamin attended medical school at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine. She completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in infectious disease at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. Benjamin, who is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious disease, is also an assistant professor at the University of South Alabama (USA) Frederick B. Whiddon College of Medicine. She is a member of the Infectious Disease Society of America, American College of Physicians, and Trinidad and Tobago Medical Association. Benjamin has experience treating COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, vibrio, Lyme disease, parasitic infections, blood infections, bone infections and more. She is accepting new patients at the Mastin Internal Medicine Clinic at 2451 University Hospital Drive, Suite 102 in Mobile.