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.

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

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
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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