Dr. Jennifer Olenik is a hospitalist, a physician that specializes in managing the care of patients within the hospital. Dr. Olenik practices at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center. She joined the Section in 2019 and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine. Her interests include medical education and palliative care. She holds two leadership positions within the medical school: the Director of the Internal Medicine Sub-Internship and the Direct Patient Care Curriculum Director of CARE-7, the novel four-year palliative care curriculum. She teaches communication, including as a VitalTalk and Serious Illness Care Program trainer.

Dr. Olenik earned her medical degree from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and completed her internal medicine residency, chief residency, and palliative medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a member of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Society of Hospital Medicine, and Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine.