Jennifer M. Olenik

Dr. Jennifer M. Olenik serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of General Internal Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, where she practices as a hospitalist across Penn Medicine's major facilities including the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital. She provides comprehensive care for adult inpatients and accepts new patient consults.

Her educational journey includes medical training at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine followed by residency and fellowship at UCSF Medical Center. Dr. Olenik's clinical expertise spans hospital medicine with specialized focus in palliative care integration, particularly addressing opioid use disorder and chronic pain management in complex medical patients.

Her research program emphasizes clinical reasoning and medical education innovation, evidenced by the RISE collaborative learning framework and systematic approaches to goals of care documentation. Recent publications (2019-2020) in the Journal of Palliative Medicine address critical gaps in managing substance use disorders within palliative contexts and ethical dimensions of chronic pain treatment.

As a clinician-educator, Dr. Olenik actively contributes to trainee development through conference presentations at the Society of General Internal Medicine and American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, focusing on making clinical reasoning visible and developing practical tools for complex care scenarios.