Maura J. Brennan, MD

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Geriatric Hospital Medicine
Member of Baystate Medical Practices
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Background and Clinical Focus

Academic Appointment:

Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School - Baystate

Languages:

English

Gender:

Female

Age Groups Seen:

Geriatrics

Provider Affiliation:

Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, Baystate Wing Hospital

Practice Groups:

Baystate Geriatric Medicine (Inpatient)

Insurances Accepted

Note:

Baystate Healthcare facilities and physicians accept most insurances. Please contact your insurance company to verify eligibility.

  • TUFTS TOGETHER MCO
  • TUFTS HEALTH TOGETHER ACO
  • FALLON ACO
  • BMC HEALTHNET MCO
  • BMC HEALTHNET ACO
  • HNE BE HEALTHY PARTNERSHIP
  • FALLON NON MASS HEALTH
  • HEALTH NEW ENGLAND EXCLUDING BE HEALTHY
  • TUFTS PUBLIC PLANS NON MASS HEALTH
  • VT MEDICAID
  • BLUE SHIELD MEDICARE ADV
  • BLUE SHIELD PPO IND
  • CONNECTICARE
  • UNICARE GIC
  • FIRST HEALTH COVENTRY
  • UNITED HEALTHCARE
  • CT MEDICAID
  • CELTICARE
  • AETNA
  • HARVARD PILGRIM
  • CONSOLIDATED
  • CIGNA GREAT WEST
  • TRICARE
  • HMO BLUE
  • TUFTS
  • MULTIPLAN PHCS
  • COMMONWEALTH CARE ALLIANCE
  • NORTHEAST DIRECT
  • MEDICARE
  • RAILROAD MEDICARE
  • TUFTS US FAMILY HEALTH
  • MA MEDICAID
  • SENIOR WHOLE HEALTH
  • SERENITY CARE PACE

Education and Training

Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Fellowship, MD, 2008

Yale University School of Medicine*

Medical School, MD, 1989

Baystate Medical Center

Residency, MD, 1992

Board Certifications
Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Scholarly Focus

  • Quality improvement work in team-based geriatrics and palliative medicine care
  • Workforce development in geriatrics and palliative care
  • Geriatrics education of residents and fellows and recruiting into geriatrics
  • Compassionate care
  • Designing programs to demonstrate value in caring for the most vulnerable patients

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles

  • American Geriatrics Society and Association of Geriatrics Academy Programs: Education Committee's Subcommittee on Resident Activities, Co-Chair; AGS Education Committee, Member; Fellow, AGS; ADGAP Working Group on Geriatric medicine Tracks and Combined medicine Residency-Geriatrics Fellowship Training and ADGAP Nominating Committee
  • National Association for Geriatrics Education (NAGE): Executive Committee, Immediate Past President, Legislative Affairs Committee
  • American College of Physicians: Fellow
  • Advisory Council to the Governor of Massachusetts, Alzheimer’s Disease Research and Treatment: Member
  • American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine: Fellow

Awards and Honors

  • Dennis W. Jahnigen Memorial Award, American Geriatrics Society (2017)
  • Ethel Weinberg Academic Excellence Award, Baystate Medical Center (2017)
  • AMA-WPS Inspirational Physician Award (2014)
  • Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award of the Arnold P. Gold Foundation, awarded by the Tufts University School of Medicine students and faculty (2004)
  • Finalist, Compassionate Caregiver Award, The Kenneth B. Schwartz Center (2004)

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