Itamar Naveh-Benjamin, MD

My hometown: Columbia, MO
I chose MIR because: great training in my home state
My personal interests: literary fiction, preparing hummus and Neapolitan pizza from scratch, yearly Lord of the Rings marathons
My favorite go-to meal: oven-baked salmon
Why I’m excited about living in St. Louis: my family is near, the St. Louis Art Museum is incredible and there's so much delicious food in the area
Jobs I've held outside of medicine: Starbucks barista
Something most people don’t know about me: I spent five years in Israel and two years in Canada before moving to the United States