Tara Benjamin, MD, MS, is a native of New Iberia, Louisiana. She is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her bachelor's degree was obtained from Xavier University of Louisiana and her medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Her residency was completed at Tulane University and her fellowship at Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also received a master's degree in clinical research. She is the Director of the Maternal Recovery Program for Riley Maternity and Newborn Health and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM). Benjamin has a special interest in opioid use disorder in pregnancy and has a DEA waiver to prescribe buprenorphine for up to 100 patients. Since becoming faculty at IUSM in August 2015, she and her team have managed almost 300 pregnant women with opioid use disorder.