Whitney Jenson, MD

Publications

• Lin LC, April MD, Douin DJ, Winkle JM, Jenson WR, Rizzo JA, Schauer SG. Airway management in trauma patients: A seven-year review of emergency department intubations. Am J Emerg Med. 2026 Jan;99:306-312. PubMed PMID: 41135359
• Wright FL, Schroeppel TJ, Bronsert MR, Urban S, Vega SA, Cripps MW, Dorlac WC, Jenson WR, Baker JE, McIntyre RC Jr. Thin air, thick blood: High altitude trauma centers have increased deep venous thrombosis rates. Am J Surg. 2025 Aug;246:116365. PubMed PMID: 40367597
• Costantini TW, Burlew CC, Jenson WR, Pfeifer R, Klingebiel FK, Kundi R, Scalea TM, Coimbra R. Pelvic fracture bleeding control: What you need to know. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Sep 1;99(3):319-327. PubMed PMID: 40170225
• Makinen JM, Douin DJ, Rizzo JA, Hirshberg JS, Jenson WR, Winkle JM, Yazer MH, Schauer SG. A national database review of whole blood use among females of childbearing potential experiencing traumatic hemorrhage. Transfusion. 2025 May;65 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):S166-S172. PubMed PMID: 40123080
• Hawley KL, Jenson WR, Etra JW, Marshall WA. Letter to the editor: Enoxaparin in trauma patients with epidural analgesia - it is time to challenge ASRA's warnings. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Dec 5;50(12):996. PubMed PMID: 39142720
• Fakhry SM, Shen Y, Wilson NY, Orlando A. Multicenter study of trauma activation criteria and time-sensitive care in older versus younger adults. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025;10(4):e001770. PubMed PMID: 41262856
• Wilson DJ, Gellings JA, Coleman J, Mukherjee K, Bonne S, Boltz M, Hartwell JL, Bruns B, Kurle J, Hassan M, Todd SR, Maqbool B, Morse BC, Cripps MW, Patel M, Margulies DR, Lilienstein JT, Aryan N, Zarzaur BL, Bayouth CV, Porter J, Staudenmayer K, Mederos DR, Fasanya C, Leneweaver K, Jacobson LE, Farrell MS, Norwood S, Cull JD, Hoth J, Kamine T, Prabhakaran K, Rakitin I, Englehart MS, Fusco-Ruiz T, Blondeau B, Adams CA Jr, McKenzie K, Holleman G, Liggett MR, Cunningham K, DeMoya M, Murphy PB. Beyond capacity: an EAST multicenter mixed-methods study exploring surgeon perceptions on patient ratios in acute care surgery. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025;10(4):e001937. PubMed PMID: 41262852
• Murphy PB, Coleman JJ, Wilson DJ, Maring M, Gellings J, Biesboer E, Kamine TH, Mukherjee K, Bonne S, Boltz MM, Winfield RD, Dumas RP, Kurle J, Guzman-Curtis R, Sciarretta JD, Maqbool B, Morse BC, Cripps MW, Gondek S, Barmparas G, Lilienstein J, Nahmias J, Faucher L, Bayouth CV, Egodage T, Marie Knowlton L, Berne JD, Fasanya C, Shaddix M, Jacobson LE, Farrell MS, Fernandez LG, Manning BM, Martin RS, Kirsch JM, Rakitin I, Englehart MS, Montgomery SC, Blondeau B, Emigh B, McKenzie K, Taghavi S, Tatebe LC, Cunningham KW, de Moya MA. Understaffed and overworked: The stark reality of acute care surgeon staffing in the United States, an Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma multicenter study. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2025 Oct 1;99(4):560-570. PubMed PMID: 40611385
• Burlew CC, Jenson WR, Cironi K, Burke EG, Dumas RP, Appelbaum RD, et al. High-impact technical and patient management tips from the 2024 AAST Continuous Certification Course: preperitoneal pelvic packing, trauma video review, video-assisted thoracic surgery for retained hemothorax, and laparoscopic common bile duct exploration. Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open. 2025;10:e001910. https://doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2025-001910
• Sater A, Meiler S, Jenson WR, Hawley KL, Marshall WA. Drain erosion into duodenum after cholecystectomy. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2025;10(4):e001899. PubMed PMID: 41426501
• Sater A, Marshall WA, Jenson WR, Hawley KL. Beyond guidelines: surgical stabilization of rib fractures in patients with chronic pain. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2024;9(1):e001556. PubMed PMID: 39161374
• Hawley KL, Jenson WR, Etra JW, Marshall WA. Letter to the editor: Enoxaparin in trauma patients with epidural analgesia - it is time to challenge ASRA's warnings. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 Aug 13. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 39142720
• Rice CP, Vaishnavi KB, Chao C, Jupiter D, Schaeffer AB, Jenson WR, Griffin LW, Mileski WJ. Operative complications and economic outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2019 Dec 28;25(48):6916-6927. PubMed PMID: 31908395

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital Trauma Center
12505 E. 16th Avenue
Anschutz Inpatient Pavilion 2, First floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-2711

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, Board Certification