Jennifer Green Lusk
Biography
Jennifer Green Lusk, M.D., is Associate Medical Director for Academic Affairs and Pediatric Hospitalist in the Pediatric Hospital Medicine Division at CHOC Children's in Orange, California. She also serves as Associate Program Director for the UCI/CHOC Pediatric Residency Program and Fellowship Program Director for the UCI/CHOC Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program. Lusk received her M.D. from Georgetown University School of Medicine and completed her pediatric residency at CHOC Children's, where she served as Chief Resident. She holds appointments as HS Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of California, Irvine, and Adjunct Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University.
Lusk's clinical and scholarly work focuses on pediatric hospital medicine, medical education, and quality improvement. She has contributed to research on pediatric readmissions, developing risk assessment tools and leading institutional efforts to reduce hospital readmissions. Her work has also addressed sepsis screening, care transitions, and communication between physicians and nurses. She received the Jennifer Daru Memorial Award from Hospital Pediatrics in 2017 for best article. Lusk is an elected member of Alpha Omega Alpha and a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Lusk dedicates approximately 700 hours annually to clinical teaching of pediatric residents, hospital medicine fellows, family practice residents, and medical students, with 90% of this time spent in bedside teaching and clinical rounds. She chairs the Clinical Competency Committee and Professionalism Committee for the UCI/CHOC Pediatric Residency Program and serves on multiple institutional committees related to clinical quality, patient safety, and medical education. Lusk has received multiple teaching awards, including the UCI Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, the Dorothy Waffarn Child Health Teaching Award, and the CHOC Medical Student Teaching Award. She was named AAP Chapter 4 Young Physician of the Year in 2017 and has been recognized as OCMA Physician of Excellence annually from 2016 to 2024.
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- B.S. in Neuroscience, Duke University, 2003
- M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2007
Distinctions
- Hospital Pediatrics Jennifer Daru Memorial Award for Best Article, 2017
- Alpha Omega Alpha, 2007
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2012
- AAP Chapter 4 Young Physician of the Year, 2017
- UCI Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award, 2023-2024
- UCI Faculty Clinical Mentor of the Year Award, 2024
- Dorothy Waffarn Child Health Teaching Award, 2014-2015, 2017
- UCI Outstanding Faculty Award, 2013-2014
- CHOC Medical Student Teaching Award, 2016-2017, 2024
- OCMA Physician of Excellence, 2016-2024
Areas of Expertise
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Readmission Risk Assessment
- Quality Improvement Initiatives
- Medical Education Leadership
- Febrile Neutropenia Management
- Physician-Nurse Communication Strategies
- Zoonotic Infections
Recent Publications
- Nieves Delma J, Tran M Tuan, Singh Jasjit, Ashouri Negar, Morphew Tricia, Lusk Jennifer G, Adler-Shohet Felice C, Marano Rachel, Osborne Stephanie, Strickland Jennifer, Arrieta Antonio C, “Remdesivir Use in Pediatric Patients with Acute SARS-CoV-2 Infection Is Safe and Well Tolerated” (opens in new tab), Children, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 331, 2025.
- Weiss M, Ehwerhemuepha L, Pugh K, Moore R, Lusk J, Godambe S, “Post-discharge Pediatric Primary Care 'Connectivity' and 7-Day and 30-Day Readmission Rates” (opens in new tab), Clinical Pediatrics, vol. 64, pp. 1522-1529, 2025.
- Lusk J, Behar S, “Pediatric zoonoses. PedsRap. Chapters 10 and 11” (opens in new tab), Hippo Education, 2025.
- Basalely A., Gist K.M., Stanski N.L., Fuhrman D.Y., Seo J., Ollberding N.J., Strong A., Damian M., Morgan C., Reynaud S., Muff-Luett M.A., Deep A., Serpe C., Krallman K.A., Menon S., Ahern E., Arikan A.A., Alhamoud I., Alobaidi R., Anton-Martin P., et al., “Thrombocytopenia in Children and Young Adults Undergoing Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: A WE-ROCK Study” (opens in new tab), Blood Purification, vol. 54, pp. 322-333, 2025.
- Pugh K, Granger D, Lusk J, Feaster W, Weiss M, Wright D, Ehwerhemuepha L, “Targeted Clinical Interventions for Reducing Pediatric Readmissions” (opens in new tab), Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1151-1163, 2021.
- Reyes M, Paulus E, Hronek C, Etinger V, Hall M, Vachani J, Lusk J, Emerson C, Huddleson P, Quinonez RA, “Choosing Wisely Campaign: Report care and achievable benchmarks of care for children's hospitals” (opens in new tab), Hospital Pediatrics, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. 633-641, 2017.
- Kyle U.G., Lucas L.A., Mackey G., Silva J.C., Lusk J., Orellana R., Shekerdemian L.S., Coss-Bu J.A., “Implementation of Nutrition Support Guidelines May Affect Energy and Protein Intake in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit” (opens in new tab), Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 116, pp. 844-851.e4, 2016.
- Green JS, Singh J, Cheung M, “A cluster of pediatric endemic typhus cases in Orange County, California”, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 163-165, 2011.
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Last updated on 5/19/2026.