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Jennifer E. Baker, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Surgery | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Medical Degree: Thomas Jefferson University
  • Bachelor's Degree: Washington & Jefferson College
  • FellowShip: University of Cincinnati (Surgery)
Board Certifications & Licenses

American Board of Surgery (Certification Date: 2022-11-10)
American Board of Surgery (Surgery Critical Care) (Certification Date: 2023-09-11)

Specialties

Surgery-Surgical Critical Care

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Critical Care Surgery

Traumatic Injury

General Surgery

Trauma

Peer Reviewed Publications

Wright, Franklin L; Schroeppel, Thomas J; Bronsert, Michael R; Urban, Shane; Vega, Stephanie A; Cripps, Michael W; Dorlac, Warren C; Jenson, Whitney R; Baker, Jennifer E; McIntyre, Robert C 2025. Thin air, thick blood: High altitude trauma centers have increased deep venous thrombosis rates. American journal of surgery, 246 , 116365

Singer, Kathleen E; Baker, Jennifer E; Elson, Nora C; Wallen, Taylor E; Salvator, Ann; Quillin, Ralph C; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Makley, Amy T; Goodman, Michael D 2022. How Informed Is Your Informed Consent: Evaluating Differences Between Resident and Attending Obtained Consents for Cholecystectomy. Journal of surgical education, 79 6, 1509-1515

Baker, Jennifer E; Luketic, Karla; Niziolek, Grace M; Freeman, Christopher M; Grannan, Kevin J; Pritts, Timothy A; Paquette, Ian M; Goodman, Michael D 2021. Attending and Resident Surgeon Perspectives and Prescribing Practices of Pain Medication During the Opioid Epidemic. Journal of surgical education, 78 2, 579-589

Seitz, Aaron; Baker, Jennifer E; Levinsky, Nick C; Morris, Mackenzie C; Edwards, Michael J; Gulbins, Erich; Blakeman, Thomas C; Rodriquez, Dario; Branson, Richard D; Goodman, Michael 2021. Antimicrobial Coating Prevents Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in a 72 hour Large Animal Model. The Journal of surgical research, 267 , 424-431

Baker, Jennifer E; Millar, D Anderson; Heh, Victor; Goodman, Michael D; Pritts, Timothy A; Janowak, Christopher F 2020. Does chest wall Organ Injury Scale (OIS) or Abbreviated Injury Scale (AIS) predict outcomes? An analysis of 16,000 consecutive rib fractures. Surgery, 168 1, 198-204

Baker, Jennifer E; Seitz, Aaron P; Boudreau, Ryan M; Skinner, Mitchell J; Beydoun, Ahmed; Kaval, Necati; Caldwell, Charles C; Gulbins, Erich; Edwards, Michael J; Gobble, Ryan M 2020. Doxycycline-Coated Silicone Breast Implants Reduce Acute Surgical-Site Infection and Inflammation. Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 146 5, 1029-1041

Kassam, Al-Faraaz; Cortez, Alexander R; Winer, Leah K; Baker, Jennifer E; Hanseman, Dennis J; Wells, Dennis; Yalamanchili, Suma; Habashy, Engy; Chausse, Steve; Makley, Amy T; Goodman, Michael D; Sussman, Jeffrey J; Quillin, Ralph C 2020. Swipe right for surgical residency: Exploring the unconscious bias in resident selection. Surgery, 168 4, 724-729

Morris, Mackenzie C; Niziolek, Grace M; Baker, Jennifer E; Huebner, Benjamin R; Hanseman, Dennis; Makley, Amy T; Pritts, Timothy A; Goodman, Michael D 2020. Death by Decade: Establishing a Transfusion Ceiling for Futility in Massive Transfusion. The Journal of surgical research, 252 , 139-146

Baker, Jennifer E; Niziolek, Grace M; Elson, Nora C; Pugh, Amanda M; Nomellini, Vanessa; Makley, Amy T; Pritts, Timothy A; Goodman, Michael D 2019. Optimizing Lower Extremity Duplex Ultrasound Screening After Traumatic Injury. The Journal of surgical research, 243 , 143-150

Baker, Jennifer E; Skinner, Mitchell; Heh, Victor; Pritts, Timothy A; Goodman, Michael D; Millar, D Anderson; Janowak, Christopher F 2019. Readmission Rates and Associated Factors Following Rib Cage Injury. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery, ,

Seitz, Aaron P; Schumacher, Fabian; Baker, Jennifer; Soddemann, Matthias; Wilker, Barbara; Caldwell, Charles C; Gobble, Ryan M; Kamler, Markus; Becker, Katrin Anne; Beck, Sascha; Kleuser, Burkhard; Edwards, Michael J; Gulbins, Erich 2019. Sphingosine-coating of plastic surfaces prevents ventilator-associated pneumonia. Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany), 97 8, 1195-1211

Baker, Jennifer E; Goodman, Michael D; Makley, Amy T; Stevens-Topie, Sabre M; Veile, Rosalie A; Mahoney, Eric J; Heyl, Judy R; Cox, Daniel B; Pritts, Timothy A; Athota, Krishna P 2018. Evaluation of a Novel Fibrin Sealant Patch in Hemorrhage Control After Vascular or Hepatic Injury. Military medicine, 2018 Jul 11 [Epub ahead of print] ,

Baker, Jennifer E; Martin, Grace E; Katsaros, Gianna; Lewis, Hannah V; Wakefield, Connor J; Josephs, Sean A; Nomellini, Vanessa; Makley, Amy T; Goodman, Michael D 2018. Variability of fluid administration during exploratory laparotomy for abdominal trauma. Trauma surgery & acute care open, 3 1, e000240

Jung, Andrew D; Baker, Jennifer; Droege, Christopher A; Nomellini, Vanessa; Johannigman, Jay; Holcomb, John B; Goodman, Michael D; Pritts, Timothy A 2018. Sooner is better: use of a real-time automated bedside dashboard improves sepsis care. The Journal of surgical research, 231 , 373-379

Sterbis E, Baker J, Rosenbluth A, Buwen J, Beekley AC, Tichansky DS, Kammerer MR 2016. Incidence of gastrointestinal stromal tumors is drastically increased in patients with morbid obesity Journal of Surgery, 2017 2, J110

Diaz-Ledezma, Claudio; Baker, Jennifer; Parvizi, Javad 2014. "Warning signs" of primary immunodeficiency among patients with periprosthetic joint infection. Journal of applied biomaterials & functional materials, 12 2, 65-9

Morris M.C.;Baker J.E.;Edwards M.J. 01-01-2019. Surgeons, scholars, and leaders Symposium: A 5-year experience American Surgeon, 85 12, 1327-1333

Baker J.E.;Martin G.E.;Katsaros G.;Lewis H.V.;Wakefield C.J.;Josephs S.A.;Nomellini V.;Makley A.T.;Goodman M.D. 01-01-2018. Variability of fluid administration during exploratory laparotomy for abdominal trauma Trauma Surgery and Acute Care Open, 3 1,

Baker, Jennifer E; Boudreau, Ryan M; Seitz, Aaron P; Caldwell, Charles C; Gulbins, Erich; Edwards, Michael J . Sphingolipids and Innate Immunity: A New Approach to Infection in the Post-Antibiotic Era? Surgical infections, 19 8, 792-803