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Samantha Spencer, MD, Emergency Medicine, Northfield, IL

SamanthaSpencerMD

Emergency Medicine Northfield, IL

Clinical Informatics

Senior Director, Standards and Guidelines

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  • Office

    College Of American Pathologists
    325 Waukegan Rd
    Northfield, IL 60093

Summary

  • Senior Director, Standards and Guidelines with oversight of pathology/clinical informatics, AI, digital and computational pathology, center for pathology and laboratory practice guidelines, and cancer protocols and data standards. Advise and lead in cancer informatics and standardization activities with key stakeholder organizations such as the CDC, AJCC, ACoS, NCI, and WHO-IARC. Lead as business sponsor for FDA-funded project developing and testing IVD laboratory test encoding data exchange and quality assurance program. Developing best-practice standardized and structured reporting products assisting pathologists in their cancer reporting workflow and health systems in better use and exchange of their data to advance patient care. Previously clinical editor for SNOMED-CT, emergency physician, emergency department quality assessment officer, and practicing internist. Board-certified in Clinical Informatics and Emergency Medicine.

Education & Training

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

Certifications & Licensure

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

Committees

  • Lead staff, CAP Council on Informatics and Pathology Innovation 2022 - Present
  • Member, AJCC Executive Committee 2019 - Present
  • Staff, CAP Cancer Committee 2011 - Present
  • Staff, CAP Pathology Electronic Reporting Committee 2011 - Present

Professional Memberships

Other Languages

  • French