Maura J. Brennan, MD

Department of Medicine
Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Care

Departmental/Divisional Leadership Roles

• Program Director, Geriatric Fellowship
• Program Director, Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program, Baystate Health
• Associate Medical Director, Hospice, Baystate Health

Academic Appointment

• Professor of Medicine at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
• Professor of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences at UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate

Education and Training

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
  Fellowship, Internal Medicine/Geriatrics (2006-2008)
• Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
  Residency, Internal Medicine (1989-1992)
• Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
  M.D. (1989)

Scholarly Foci

• 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

Scholarly Activity

View a list of Dr. Brennan's publications in the Scholarly Commons repository.

Professional Societies and Leadership Roles (Limit 5)

• 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

Significant Honors and Awards (Limit 5)

• 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)

Contact Information

Department of Medicine
759 Chestnut Street
Springfield, MA 01199
413-794-3147
Maura.Brennan@baystatehealth.org