Jennifer Mooney, MD

Jennifer Mooney, MD, FACS completed both her general surgery residency and surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas. Upon completion of fellowship in 2012, Dr. Mooney joined the faculty at LSU Medical School as Assistant Professor of Surgery and remained part of the Trauma Critical Care division until 2017, when she joined the Urgent Surgery Associates, PA, team.

Dr. Mooney is a diplomate of the American Board of Surgery in both General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care, and a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. She is a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the Western Trauma Association, and the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma. She holds an Associate Professor appointment with Texas A&M Health Sciences Center and has served as the Acting Internship Clerkship Director (2022 to 2024) and the Associate Program Director for the General Surgery Residency Program (2018 to 2025). She is passionate about resident and student education and was awarded the Teaching Faculty of the Year award both at LSU (2017) and BUMC (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024).

Dr. Mooney currently serves as the Trauma Medical Director (2025 to present) for BUMC and is heavily involved in both mass casualty/disaster preparation and clinical research. Her research interests include pelvic angioembolization for fracture-associated hemorrhage and chemical prophylaxis for the development of thromboembolic disease (DVT/PE) in patients with traumatic brain and spine injuries. She is currently serving as national PI for a multicenter study focusing on DVT prophylaxis in patients with epidural hematomas of the spine.