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Associate Professor
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
Dr. Tennison completed her medical degree and internship at the University of Texas Medical School in Houston. She then completed her specialty training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation training at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - John F. Kennedy Johnson Rehabilitation Institute where she was an academic chief in her final year. She is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Dr. Tennison is an Associate Professor in the Palliative, Rehabilitation, and Integrative Medicine department at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dean of McGovern Medical School at Houston. Her research interests include an interdisciplinary approach, improving safety with functional activities, functional outcome measures, the transition of care, peripheral edema management, lymphedema management, and conservative management of musculoskeletal problems. She has published several original research articles as a first author and presented at local and international conferences.