Jacob Lenning, MD
Director, Ultrasound
Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Biosketch
Jacob Lenning, MD, is an emergency physician. He is a graduate of Kalamazoo College. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. He completed his emergency medicine residency at Sinai Grace Hospital of the Detroit Medical Center. He completed his combined ultrasound and medical education fellowship at the Wayne State University School of Medicine and Detroit Receiving Hospital of the Detroit Medical Center. He is currently an assistant professor and the ultrasound director for the Emergency Medicine Residency Program at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. His clinical, teaching, and research interests include ultrasound and medical education.
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- Fellowship 2023, Ultrasound and Medical Education, Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine
- Residency 2022, Emergency Medicine, Detroit Medical Center & Sinai-Grace Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine
- MD 2019, Wayne State University School of Medicine
- BA 2015, Chemistry, Kalamazoo College
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- emergency ultrasound
- Emergency Medicine
- Education, Medical, Graduate
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Lenning J., Halfill C., Rountree J. Reversible Cerebral Vasoconstriction Syndrome Following a Steroid Burst: A Case Report Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine. 2026;10:178-181.
McMillan-Castanares N.A., Mullikin A.M., Dewyer Z.C., Lenning J.C., Melgar T.A. Point-of-care ultrasound of the lung and pleural space in pediatrics Chronic Disease and Disability the Pediatric Lung Inaugural Genetic and Immunological Perspectives Second Edition. 2025:185-222.
Lenning J.C., Messman A.M., Kline J.A. Application of motor learning theory to teach the head impulse test to emergency medicine resident physicians Aem Education and Training. 2024;8
Lenning J.C., Paxton J.H. Indications and Contraindications Intraosseous Vascular Access A Guide for Healthcare Professionals. 2024:59-92.
Lenning J., Nay A., Ogren M., Dolcourt B., Mangan K., Messman A. PEARL: Pharmacy Education Applied to Resident Learners Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2023;24:23-29.
Harrison N.E., Ehrman R., Favot M., Gowland L., Lenning J., Abidov A., Henry S., Gupta S., Welch R., Levy P. Right ventricular dysfunction in acute heart failure from emergency department to discharge: Predictors and clinical implications American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2022;52:25-33.
Harrison N.E., Favot M.J., Gowland L., Lenning J., Henry S., Gupta S., Abidov A., Levy P., Ehrman R. Point-of-care echocardiography of the right heart improves acute heart failure risk stratification for low-risk patients: The REED-AHF prospective study Academic Emergency Medicine. 2022;29:1306-1319.
Berkowitz B.A., Lenning J., Khetarpal N., Tran C., Wu J.Y., Berri A.M., Dernay K., Haacke E.M., Shafie-Khorassani F., Podolsky R.H., Gant J.C., Maimaiti S., Thibault O., Murphy G.G., Bennett B.M., Roberts R. In vivo imaging of prodromal hippocampus CA1 subfield oxidative stress in models of Alzheimer disease and Angelman syndrome FASEB Journal. 2017;31(9):4179-4186.
Berkowitz B.A., Podolsky R.H., Lenning J., Khetarpal N., Tran C., Wu J.Y., Berri A.M., Dernay K., Shafie-Khorassani F., Roberts R. Sodium Iodate Produces a Strain-Dependent Retinal Oxidative Stress Response Measured In Vivo Using QUEST MRI Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science. 2017;58(7):3286-3293.
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- Development of an inexpensive head impulse training model. Lenning J, Richardson K, Versalle D, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024