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Jensa Morris, MD

Director, Smilow Hospitalist Service
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About

Titles

Director, Smilow Hospitalist Service; Hospitalist, Internal Medicine

Biography

Jensa Morris completed her undergraduate at Princeton University, medical school at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Internal Medicine training at the Brigham and Women's Hospital. Dr. Morris specializes in the care of hospitalized patients. Over her career at Yale New Haven Hospital, she has been a leader in perioperative medical management of surgical patients, specifically orthopedic and neurosurgical patients. She was the medical lead for the Hip Fracture Comanagement Service and the Arthroplasty Preoperative Optimization Program. Dr. Morris now leads the Smilow Hospitalist Service, dedicated to the care of hospitalized patients with cancer. Dr. Morris has a strong interest in quality improvement, education and team building on the inpatient medical services.

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Other Departments & Organizations

Education & Training

Residency
Brigham and Women's Hospital (2002)
Internship
Brigham and Women's Hospital (2000)
MD
Mount Sinai School of Medicine (1999)
BA
Princeton University (1995)

Board Certifications

  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2019

Research

Overview

As a hospitalist physician dedicated to the clinical care of inpatients, my research projects have centered on the outcomes of clinical initiatives. Recent work has produced rigorous analyses of the impact of medical comanagement of orthopedic, neurosurgical and cancer patients. My research collaborations have evaluated the impact of such programs on length of stay, readmissions, discharge disposition, inpatient and 30-day mortality.

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Evidence-Based Medicine; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Hip Fractures; Hospice Care; Hospital Administration; Hospitalists; Length of Stay; Palliative Medicine; Patient Care Team; Patient Discharge; Patient Handoff; Patient-Centered Care; Perioperative Medicine; Point-of-Care Systems; Practice Patterns, Physicians'; Professional Practice Gaps; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Quality of Health Care

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Jensa Morris's published research.

Publications

2024

2023

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

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    American Board of Internal Medicine

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    American Board of Internal Medicine

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    American College of Physicians

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    Society of Hospital Medicine

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    Medical Executive Committee

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Mailing Addresses

Internal Medicine

20 York Street, CB 2041

New Haven , CT 06510

United States

Internal Medicine

6 FAIR ST

Guilford, CT 06437

United States