Dr. Jeffrey Jensen has been named the new dean of Barry University’s School of Podiatric Medicine and Physician Assistant program, Barry Provost Dr. Linda Peterson recently announced.
Jensen joins Barry from private practice in Denver, CO, where he has been the owner and clinical director of the Diabetic Foot and Wound Center since 1994. Dr. Jensen earned his DPM from the California College of Podiatric Medicine and accomplished his surgical residency training at Kern Hospital in Warren, Michigan. For the last 10 years, Dr. Jensen has served as Externship and Research Director at North Colorado Podiatric Surgical Residency. He has also been an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Health Science Center since 1995.
An active researcher, Dr. Jensen has been the principle investigator of more than 30 multi-center-clinical trials for wound care related drugs and medical devices. Most recently, Dr. Jensen founded MedEfficiency, Inc., a medical device company that has generated $2.8 million in research funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). He holds four patents for devices to assist in off-loading fractures and treat diabetic foot wounds.
