Medical School
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Philadelphia, PA - 2009
Residency
Harvard-Affiliated Emergency Medicine Residency, Boston, MA
Fellowship
Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA
Patricia C. Henwood, MD, FACEP
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Population Health
Chief Clinical Officer and James D. & Mary Jo Danella Chief Quality Officer, Jefferson Health
Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, Population Health
Chief Clinical Officer and James D. & Mary Jo Danella Chief Quality Officer, Jefferson Health
Education
Most Recent Peer-Reviewed Publications
- Operation Allies Welcome Medical Response Unit at Philadelphia International Airport: A Framework for Medical Triage of High Volume of Displaced Persons Arriving by Air
- Changing The Playbook For Immigrant Health
- Civilian perception of the role of the military in Nigeria's 2014 Ebola outbreak and health-related responses in the North East region
- COVID-19 Vaccine Equity: Codesigning Public Health Interventions with Community Partners
- High sensitivity of ultrasound for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in adults in South Africa: A proof-of-concept study
Board Certification
Emergency Medicine
Research & Clinical Interest
Dr. Patricia Henwood is the Chief Clinical Officer and James D. & Mary Jo Danella Chief Quality Officer for Jefferson Health and an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Population Health at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Henwood leads Jefferson’s nationally awarded OnPoint quality and safety program across Jefferson Health. Her career has focused on a multidisciplinary approach to improving care quality and building more effective systems globally and locally, with a focus on improving outcomes and reducing care disparities for vulnerable populations.
Dr. Henwood led Jefferson’s COVID-19 response throughout the pandemic and initiated Jefferson’s mobile community COVID-19 vaccination efforts as well as vulnerable community COVID-19 testing sites in coordination with the City of Philadelphia.
Dr. Henwood has worked in multiple countries developing partnerships with numerous hospitals, universities, local public health departments, and ministries of health targeted to advance emergency care, outbreak response, and imaging capacity. Her prior field-based research focused on quality improvement, infectious disease, and point-of-care ultrasound. She has been a principal investigator and led major grant funded initiatives, including support for her focus on outbreak response and community health equity.
Dr. Henwood leads Jefferson’s Capacity Building Award as part of PCORI’s Health System Implementation Initiative to more rapidly build pathways for evidence-based medicine to come to care in health systems.