Benjamin Ungar

Benjamin Nathanial Ungar (born January 19, 1986) is a US men's épée fencer. 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. He was a child actor, with film credits in The Substance of Fire and Billy Budd. His brother, Jonathan Ungar, also fenced at Harvard ('03).

Ungar was the valedictorian of his class at Bronx High School of Science.

Fencing career Ungar has fenced with the New York Athletic Club. He was also the Junior Men's Épée World Championships bronze medalist in 2006.

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. He became the third Harvard men's fencer to win an NCAA individual title, and was Academic All-Ivy League. He was Harvard's Male Athlete of the Year 2006. Ungar was also a two-time All-American and two-time All-Ivy League honoree.

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 a 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.