Jenna Sizemore , MD

Associate Professor

Organization:

West Virginia University School of Medicine

Department:

Medicine

Classification:

Faculty

“Doctors often aren’t trained on the preventative healthcare needs of gender-diverse people – as a result, many patients don’t get the care they need.” Jenna Sizemore. The Conversation. Nov 2022. https://theconversation.com/doctors-often-arent-trained-on-the-preventive-health-care-needs-of-gender-diverse-people-as-a-result-many-patients-dont-get-the-care-they-need-191933 

Interdisciplinary Education Apartment Simulation (IDEAS) Project: A Multidisciplinary Simulation for Transitional Home Care. Sizemore J, Burt-Kowaski A, Evans K, Summers A, Hoffman A, Baugh G. (2020). MedEdPortal. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11111. PMID: 33655077 

Reece J, Dionne C, Krupica T, Lerfald N, Sizemore J, Sofka S. Can global health opportunities lead to an increase in primary care physicians?.J Glob Health. 2020;10(2):020387. doi:10.7189/jogh.10.020387. PMID: 33282217

2022                Academy of Excellence in Teaching and Learning

2022                West Virginia ACP Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

2021                The David H Wilks Memorial Award for Excellence in Simulation

2020                Vice Presidents Team Award Winner. The IDEAS Project.

2017                Housestaff Scholastic Achievement Award

2016, 2017      Emergency Department Collegiality Award

2016                Best Resident Performance at Veterans Affairs Hospital Clarksburg, WV

2015                Best Teaching Intern - Department of Internal Medicine 

2013                Alpha Omega Alpha – WVU SOM Chapter Eastern Division President

2013                Gold Humanism Honor Society Member – WVU SOM Chapter

2013                Larry and Martha Schwab Scholarship for Global Health

2012                Best Overall Poster: Hal Wanger Conference Eastern Division

2012                Morton and Myra Friedman Award for Microanatomy

2010-2014       West Virginia Medical Scholarship, WVU SOM

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

2014-2017       American College of Physicians

2010-2014       American Medical Association

2013-2018       Alpha Omega Alpha

2013-2017       Gold Humanism Honor Society

2011-2012       Physician for Human Rights Student Chapter

Dr. Jenna Sizemore, MD, (she/her) is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, at West Virginia University School of Medicine. A lifelong West Virginian, she was born and raised in an area of West Virginia known for its excellent white-water rafting and rock climbing. She later attended college at Shepherd University, where she graduated summa cum laude in Biochemistry and was a member of the Med STEPS program. She received her Medical Doctorate from West Virginia University School of Medicine, where she later completed a residency in Internal Medicine. She served as a Chief Resident for the WVU IM Residency from 2017-2018 and transitioned to faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She has a strong clinical interest in Global Health and rural, Appalachian medicine. Her professional interests include enhancing graduate medical education, especially with the use of simulation, to combat health disparities. She has been awarded numerous educational innovation grants to expand her simulation research. She currently co-directs the Telemedicine thread curriculum and the Physical Diagnosis and Clinical Integration course for WVU School of Medicine.