Jesse Ehrenfeld

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Jesse M. Ehrenfeld
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Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD MPH serving in Rota, Spain.
Born (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 (age 46)
Wilmington, Delaware, USA
Residence United States
Nationality American
Fields Anesthesiologist and medical informatics
Alma mater Haverford College (B.S.)
University of Chicago (M.D.)
Harvard School of Public Health (M.P.H.)

Jesse Menachem Ehrenfeld (born 24 April 1978) is an American physician. Ehrenfeld is a member of the American Medical Association Board of Trustees[1] and Speaker of the Massachusetts Medical Society,[2] where he is the youngest officer in the 228 year history of the organization.[citation needed] He is also a former Vice-President of the Massachusetts Society of Anesthesiologists.[3] A 2008 recipient of the AMA Foundation Leadership Award,[4] Ehrenfeld is a leading researcher in the field of biomedical informatics. Ehrenfeld’s research interests include bioinformatics and the application of information technology to increase patient safety in the operating room environment. Ehrenfeld’s work has led to the presentation of over 150 abstracts at national/international meetings and the publication of over 75 manuscripts in high impact peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Medical Systems.[5]

Education

Born in Wilmington, DE, Ehrenfeld attended high school at Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. A board certified anesthesiologist, he holds a Bachelor of Science from Haverford College, an MD from the University of Chicago, and a Master of Public Health degree from Harvard University. He completed his Internship in Internal Medicine (2004-2005), Residency in Anesthesiology (2005-2008), and Informatics Fellowship (2008-2010) all at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is Board Certified in both Anesthesiology and Clinical Informatics.

Career

Ehrenfeld's research in the area of continuous quality improvement and intraoperative patient safety has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, the Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research. and the American Medical Association. He is co-director of the Fellowship of Biomedical Informatics at the Massachusetts General Hospital.[6] He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Medical Association and the Massachusetts Medical Society.[7] Ehrenfeld also serves on the publication's committee of the New England Journal of Medicine.[citation needed] His appointments have included Assistant Professorships at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital where he practiced anesthesiology within the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine.[8] He is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.[9] He is the author of several books,[10][11] including "Pocket Anesthesia", "Anesthesia: A Cased Based Survival Guide", and "The MGH Textbook of Anesthetic Equipment" and has published extensively in the medical literature. Ehrenfeld is active in the LGBT community,[12] and is a Log Cabin Republican.[13] He co-directs the Vanderbilt Program for LGBTI Health [14] A Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, Ehrenfeld serves as a medical reserve officer.

Military service (2008–present)

On April 7, 2008 Ehrenfeld was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. Initially assigned to Portsmouth Naval Medical Center, he served as a medical corps officer at an Operational Health Support Unit in Newport, Rhode Island. He was later assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and served with an Operational Health Support Unit in Nashville, Tennessee. He completed Direct Commissioning Officer (DCO) School at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Newport, Rhode Island. In 2014, Ehrenfeld was called to active duty and served a tour in Kandahar, Afghanistan at the NATO Role III Multinational Medical Unit. During his tour, he served both as the Anesthesiology Division Officer and the Public Affairs Officer.

Advocacy

A longtime advocate for patients, equality, and LGBT health, Ehrenfeld made international headlines on February 22, 2015, when he asked the newly appointed Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter his stance on letting transgender individuals serve in the military. The Secretary's response “I don’t think anything but their suitability for service should preclude them [from serving]”[15] — was his first public comment on the issue and the most favorable from a senior U.S. military official to date. Within hours, the event was being reported by news outlets all over the world and by the next afternoon the White House chimed in with its enthusiastic support, sparking even more media attention.[16][17][18][19]

Honors

Personal Life

Ehrenfeld lives in Nashville, Tennessee, with his partner Judd Taback, an administrative judge, and their bulldog Maddie. He enjoys photography, running and traveling with his partner.

References

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  15. ↑ http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=5594
  16. ↑ http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2015/02/26/op-ed-when-being-trans-ally-simple-asking-question
  17. ↑ http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/obama-administration-expresses-support-for-out-transgender-m
  18. ↑ http://time.com/3720592/transgender-military-service-ban/
  19. ↑ http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/defense-secretary-carter-transgender-people-shouldnt-be-denied-military-service-n310701

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