Benjamin (Benji) Ungar

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| event = Men's Epee

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Benjamin "Benji" Nathanial Ungar (born January 19, 1986) is a US Men's Épée fencer.{{cite web|url=http://www.fencing.net/tags/ben-ungar/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225101231/http://www.fencing.net/tags/ben-ungar/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 25, 2010|title=Ben Ungar | Fencing.Net|access-date=May 7, 2014}}[https://icahn.mssm.edu/files/ISMMS/Assets/Education/Resources/2017%20Achievement%20Ceremony%20Program.pdf "Achievement Ceremony"] He was the NCAA Men's Épée Champion in 2006, and was a member of the USA Men's Épée team that won the silver medal at the 2010 World Fencing Championships.

Early life

Ungar is a native New Yorker, and has lived in The Bronx in New York.[http://www.newsday.com/sports/undefeated-bronx-science-fencers-three-peat-1.313042 "Undefeated Bronx Science Fencers Three-peat,"] Newsday.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160514093032/http://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Fencing/FENCING-US-Fencers-Set-for-2010-World-Fencing-Championships-in-Paris FENCING US Fencers Set for 2010 World Fencing Championships in Paris] He was a child actor, with film credits in The Substance of Fire and Billy Budd.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0881086/|title=Benjamin Ungar - IMDb|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=June 1, 2014}} His brother, Jonathan Ungar, also fenced at Harvard ('03).[http://www.gocrimson.com/sports/mfencing/2008-09/bios/ungar_benjamin?view=bio "Benjamin Ungar" - Harvard]

Ungar was the valedictorian of his class at Bronx High School of Science. In high school, Ungar was a member of the National Honors Society and was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. While a student at school, he wrote a historical paper on William Hogarth's Southwark Fair, which was published on the Internet and is still available in an updated version.[http://www.william-hogarth.de/Southwark.html Benjamin N. Ungar, "Take Me to the Southwark Fair: William Hogarth's Snapshot of the Life and Times of England's Migrating Early 18th Century Poor]

Fencing career

Ungar has fenced with the New York Athletic Club. He was a member of US National Men's Epee Team at Cadet and Junior World Championships in 2002, 2003, and 2006. He was a bronze medalist at the World Fencing Junior Championships. Ungar was the first American to win a Junior Épée World Cup, winning the Junior Men's Épée World Cup in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/RankingDetail.aspx?param=B8CD9D85771DD4E38F820959A9E99D3097B60321A10602D71E5875F3817C2D60|title=Detail of points|publisher=fie.ch|access-date=June 1, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2009/02/11/fencing-epeeist-pierces-the-competition/|title=FENCING | Epéeist pierces the competition |work=Yale Daily News|date=February 11, 2009 |access-date=June 1, 2014}} He was also the Junior Men's Épée World Championships Bronze Medalist in 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.fie.ch/Competitions/FencerDetail.aspx?param=4BA7B02E606EE67EE5CCAD03BFAC2C51|title=Fencer|publisher=fie.ch|access-date=May 7, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/4/13/sports-brief-ungar-captures-bronze-at/|title= Ungar Captures Bronze at Worlds|work=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=May 7, 2014}}

Fencing for Harvard University as a sophomore, Ungar was the NCAA Men's Épée Champion in 2006. His win was listed as one of Harvard's 25 greatest athletic accomplishments.{{cite web|url=http://harvardmagazine.com/2011/09/the-crimson-triumphant|title=25 great moments in Harvard sports history | Sep–Oct 2011|work=Harvard Magazine|date=August 23, 2011 |access-date=May 7, 2014}} Ungar became the third Harvard men's fencer to win an NCAA individual title, and was Academic All-Ivy League. He was Harvard University's Male Athlete of the Year 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/6/6/male-athlete-of-the-year-benjamin/|title=MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR: Benjamin Ungar|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=May 7, 2014}} Ungar was also a two time All-American and two-time All-Ivy League honoree.{{cite web|url=http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2009-10/releases/Ungar-Claims-Title-at-Nationals|title=Ungar Claims Title at Summer Fencing Nationals - Ivy League|publisher=ivyleaguesports.com|access-date=June 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030321/http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/sports/mfencing/2009-10/releases/Ungar-Claims-Title-at-Nationals|archive-date=May 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Ungar was a Senior Men's Épée World Championships Silver Medalist in 2010.

Medical career

Ungar is a 2017 graduate of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and graduate from dermatology residency within the same institution in 2021. Now he serves as the director for Alopecia Center of Excellence and the director of Rosacea and Seborrheic Dermatitis Clinics at the ISMMS. In 2011, he accepted an award for Best Basic Science Paper by the International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery.{{cite web|url=http://www.isass.org/event_galleries/2011_04_sas11_awards_ceremony/|title= SAS11 - Awards Ceremony|publisher=isass.org|access-date=June 1, 2014}}