Jennifer L. Hartwell , M.D., F.A.C.S.

Professional Background

Dr. Jennifer Hartwell, MD, FACS is an Associate Professor of Surgery and the Section Chief of Emergency General Surgery, Acute Care Surgery Division, in the Department of Surgery at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Dr. Hartwell grew up in Ohio where she obtained her undergraduate degree in Zoology from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She then went to medical school at Wright State University School of Medicine in Dayton, Ohio. She completed her General Surgery training at the University of Illinois at Chicago and pursued her passion for Trauma, Acute Care Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care with her fellowship at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis.

Dr. Hartwell has a special interest in surgical nutrition and is an advocate for physician and learner wellbeing. She enjoys spending time with her husband and four children when she is not working.

• MD, Medicine, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
• Residency, General Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
• Clinical Fellowship, Trauma/Surgical Critical Care, University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Memphis, TN

• Advanced Cardiac Life Support, American Heart Association
• Advanced Trauma Life Support, American College of Surgeons

• Western Trauma Association Algorithms Committee, WTA Algorithms Committee, Chair, 2026 - Present
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma EGS Task Force, EGS Task Force, Member, 2025 - Present
• American College of Surgeons, Kansas Chapter, Councilor, 2025 - 2026
• American Board of Surgery, Surgical Critical Care Entrustable Professional Activities Reactor Panel for Trauma, Burns, and Surgical Critical Care Board , Member, 2024 - Present
• American College of Surgeons Surgeon Well-Being Coalition , Surgeon Well-Being Coalition , Co-Chair, 2023 - Present
• American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Communications Committee, Communications Committee, Member, 2018 - Present
• American College of Surgeons, Member, 2005 - Present

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• Video Education for Surgical Patient Engagement (VESPE) Program, The University of Kansas Health System

• Hartwell jL. 2018. 2018 ASPEN Virtual Nutrition Support Fundamentals Course
• Hartwell Jennifer. 2024. A Multipronged Approach for Process Improvement in the Care of Patients with Acute Appendicitis
• Kapoor R, Hartwell JL, Cotton A. 2019. A Process Change to Improve Enteral Nutrition Delivery and Prevent Caloric Debt in Critical Care
• Hartwell JL. 2019. A Reflection of One's Self in the Trauma Bay: When the Patient is the Unsuspecting Healer
• Hartwell Jennifer, Albanese Kelly, Retterer Abby, Martin Stacey, O'Mara M. Shay. 2016. A Trauma Patient Advocate is a Valuable Addition to the Multidisciplinary Trauma Team: A Process Improvement Project. The American Surgeon™, 82 (8), 183-185. https://doi.org/10.1177/000313481608200803
• Sanner-Dixon Kate, Tessman Hunter, Knowles Taylor, Morey Kennedy, Baker Jordan, Prabhakar Chalise, Broski Julie, Hartwell Jennifer L. 2025. AAST Grade -The Ultimate Predictor of Appendectomy Complications
• Hartwell JL, Zarzaur BL. 2019. Abdominal Compartment Syndrome and Management of the Open Abdomen. Current Surgical Therapy, 13th Edition (13th Edition ), 1246-1250. https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/book/3-s2.0-B9780323640596002280
• Thornsberry Tanner, Nault Connors Jill, Welch Julie, Hayden Julie, Hartwell Jennifer, Ober Michael, Sotto Sylk, Draucker Claire, Wasmuth Sally, Boustani Malaz, Overley Ashley, Monahan Patrick, Kroenke Kurt. 2020. Addressing Mental Health Needs of Health Care Workers through Peer Support Groups During the COVID-19 Crisis. Proceedings of IMPRS, 3. https://doi.org/10.18060/24783
• Keric N, Shatz DV, Schellenberg M, de Moya M, Moore LJ, Brown CVR, Hartwell JL, Inaba K, Ley EJ, Peck KA, Fox CJ, Rosen NG, Weinberg JA, Coimbra RS, Kozar R, Martin MJ. 2023. Adult Blunt Hepatic Injury: A Western Trauma Association Critical Decisions Algorithm.. The journal of trauma and acute care surgery
• Tesoriero Ronald, Coimbra Raul, Biffl Walt, Burlew Clay, Croft Chasen A, Fox Charles, Hartwell Jennifer L, Keric Natasha, Lorezo Manuel, Martin Matthew J, Magee Gregory A, Moore Laura J, Privette Alicia R, Shellenberg Morgan, Schuster Kevin M, Weinberg Jordan A, Stein Deborah J. 2024. Adult emergency resuscitative thoracotomy: A Western Trauma Association clinical decisions algorithm. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery