Samantha Spencer MD

Clinical Informatics

Senior Clinical Terminologist

IMO HealthRosemont, IL 60018

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Summary

Dr. Samantha Spencer is clinical informaticist with a focus on cancer data reporting/public health based in the greater Chicago area, and is board certified in clinical informatics and emergency medicine. She completed her residency in Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine at Christiana Care Health Services in 2005 after obtaining her MD from UMDNJ (Rutgers) New Jersey Medical School in 2000. She holds a BA in Russian and Pre-Medicine from the University of Notre Dame and a recent certificate in Product Strategy from Kellogg Executive School of Management. Her published work includes articles on electronic cancer protocols, cancer and biomarker data capture, and an emphasis on standardized structured data reporting.

Education & Training

Kellogg Executive School of Management (Northwestern University)Certificate, Product Strategy, 2019 - 2020
Christiana Care Health ServicesResidency, Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine, 2000 - 2005
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 2000
University of Notre DameBA, Russian, Pre-Med, Cum Laude, 1991 - 1995

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Certifications & Licensure

IL State Medical License 2005 - 2026
American Board of Emergency Medicine Emergency Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Clinical Informatics

Publications & Presentations

Journal Articles

College of American Pathologists Cancer Protocols: From Optimizing Cancer Patient Care to Facilitating Interoperable Reporting and Downstream Data Use. PMID: 33439728
Vanda F. Torous, MD, Ross W. Simpson, MD, Jyoti P. Balani, MD, Alexander S. Baras, MD, PhD, Michael A. Berman, MD, George G. Birdsong, MD, Giovanna A. Giannico, MD, Gl..., JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics, 1/13/2021
Cancer biomarkers: the role of structured data reporting. PMID: 25275812
Simpson RW, Berman MA, Foulis PR, Divaris DX, Birdsong GG, Mirza J, Moldwin R, Spencer S, Srigley JR, Fitzgibbons PL., Arch Pathol Lab Med, 5/2015
Introducing new College of American Pathologists reporting templates for cancer biomarkers. PMID: 23808404
Fitzgibbons PL, Lazar AJ, Spencer S., Arch Pathol Lab Med, 2/2014

Press Mentions

American Joint Committee on Cancer announces new leaders for 2020December 17th, 2019
California readies to collect cancer data in real timeMay 2nd, 2020
From the President’s Desk: Human factors engineeringMay 2nd, 2020