Dr. Jennifer Woodward, MD
Not yet claimedGeriatrician, Family medicine doctor · Physician (MD)
Chicago, IL
Dr. Jennifer Woodward is listed as a family and geriatric medicine doctor with Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. Her current practice location is being confirmed, since another health system lists her under the same provider number.
About Dr. Jennifer Woodward, MD
Updated Sep 21, 2026 · next review Dec 20, 2026Dr. Jennifer M. Woodward is a geriatrician and family medicine physician based in Chicago, IL, where she works at Northwestern Medicine and holds an academic appointment at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She is board certified in both family medicine and geriatric medicine.
She earned her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2008, completed a family medicine residency at the Mountain Area Health Education Center in 2011, and finished a geriatric medicine fellowship at Northwestern's McGaw Medical Center in 2016, where she received a Department of Medicine Fellow Teaching Award.
At Northwestern, she directs the Virtual Memory Care program and serves as Associate Program Director for the Geriatrics Fellowship. Her research focuses on building virtual memory care clinics to help dementia patients and their caregivers in rural and underserved areas, work that began during an earlier role at Atrium Health in North Carolina and continues at Northwestern. She has co-authored several studies on dementia care, hospital discharges, and telehealth.
CMS Open Payments records show a total of $9.02 in industry payments to Dr. Woodward between 2021 and 2025, all from one payer, Echosens North America, Inc. Industry payments like this are common and legal, and this is a very small amount.
- Board certification
- Dr. Woodward is board certified in family medicine and geriatric medicine. atriumhealth.org
- Current academic role
- She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and directs the Virtual Memory Care program. familymedicine.northwestern.edu
- Geriatrics fellowship training
- She completed her geriatric medicine fellowship at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 2016. doximity.com
- Teaching award
- She received the Department of Medicine Fellow Teaching Award during her geriatrics fellowship at Northwestern. familymedicine.northwestern.edu
- Rural dementia care research
- She is leading grant-funded research, supported by the Duke Endowment, to build virtual memory clinics connecting dementia patients in rural communities with their care teams. atriumhealth.org
- Innovation award finalist
- She was a finalist for the Atrium Health Teal Acorn Innovator of the Year Award during her time there. atriumhealth.org
- Peer-reviewed publications
- She has co-authored studies on skilled nursing facility discharges, COVID-19 outcomes in dementia patients, and transitioning in-person memory clinics to virtual care. health.usnews.com
- Hospital affiliations
- She is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital, and Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital. doximity.com
Worth knowing
- Records under this provider's NPI number appear at two different practice locations over time: Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, IL, and an earlier role at Atrium Health in Charlotte/Concord, NC. This is consistent with a career move rather than two different clinicians sharing a number. atriumhealth.org
- Some third-party physician-rating sites display this same NPI under a URL slug reading 'Jennifer Fernandez' even though the page text refers to Jennifer M. Woodward, which appears to be a data-indexing error rather than an alternate identity. vitals.com
- No independent news coverage, public statements on medical controversies, disciplinary actions, lawsuits, or personal social media accounts were found; the available public footprint is limited to institutional and directory pages, so some categories reflect 'not found' rather than confirmed absence. nm.org
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
2021 to 2025
$9
1 payment
| 2021 | $0 |
| 2022 | $0 |
| 2023 | $0 |
| 2024 | $0 |
| 2025 | $9 |
Top payers
- Echosens North America, Inc.$9
Payment types
- Food and Beverage$9
A word of caution about these numbers
A payment does not mean your doctor is compromised or acting unethically. Most of these entries are drug samples left for patients, or lunch brought in for the office staff, and the amounts are usually small. Research funding and speaking at medical meetings are also normal parts of a clinical career.
As a rough guide, a total under $15,000 a year is usually not a concern. Much larger sums, especially from one company whose product your doctor recommends to you, are worth asking about. You are allowed to ask.
Sources: nm.org · feinberg.northwestern.edu · medicine.northwestern.edu · familymedicine.northwestern.edu · doximity.com · atriumhealth.org · insiderx.com · vitals.com. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
Summary prepared with AI assistance from the public sources linked above, reviewed every three months. It is not a review, a rating, or an endorsement.
Practice location
Northwestern Medicine
675 N Saint Clair St Ste 18-200
Chicago, IL 60611
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