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K I R K K E R K O R I A N S C H O O L O F M E D I C I N E AT U N LV
COMMUNITY FACULTY
DR. LLOYD
JENSEN
Lloyd Jensen, MD, moved to Las Vegas at an auspicious time. “I moved here right as the school
of medicine was enrolling their 昀rst class, summer 2017,= Dr. Jensen explains. Dr. Jensen made
his way to Las Vegas by way of Utah … and Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.
Over the past 20 years, Dr. Jensen, a pediatrician, has facilitated resuscitation courses in limited
resource areas. His work with the World Health Organization, Latter Day Saint Charities, the
American Academy of Pediatrics, and partnerships with United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) have taken him to a total of 19 developing nations where he has
helped train medical professionals.
Whether at home or abroad, Dr. Jensen embraces the role of educator. Dr. Jensen
昀rst stepped into that role while he was working at a hospital in Idaho that
participated in the University of Washington School of Medicine’s WWAMI
program which gives residents the option to rotate through Washington,
Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, hence the acronym.
In his interactions with WWAMI-participating residents, Dr. Jensen “found that
being involved with them was something very bene昀cial,= he says,
