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Matthew H. Samore, MD

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  • Matthew Samore, MD is the Principal Investigator of both the Salt Lake VA Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center and the VA Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research. He is a Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics, and Division Chief of Epidemiology at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Samore attended the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Afterwards, he completed his fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Samore was a member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 8 years, where his expertise encompassed epidemiologic methods, electronic surveillance, and decision-support systems.

    As the Division Chief, Dr. Samore has spearheaded program building efforts in health services research and informatics at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah. He has broad-based experience in leading multi-disciplinary research programs. He has received funding from FDA, AHRQ, CDC, and VA.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine - Primary
    Biomedical Informatics - Adjunct
    Family & Preventive Medicine - Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences - Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Epidemiology

    Public Health
  • Matthew Samore, MD is the Principal Investigator of both the Salt Lake VA Informatics Decision Enhancement and Surveillance (IDEAS) Center and the VA Consortium for Healthcare Informatics Research. He is a Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Informatics, and Division Chief of Epidemiology at the University of Utah.

    Dr. Samore attended the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine then completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis. Afterwards, he completed his fellowship at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Beth Israel Hospital in Infectious Diseases. Dr. Samore was a member of the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 8 years, where his expertise encompassed epidemiologic methods, electronic surveillance, and decision-support systems.

    As the Division Chief, Dr. Samore has spearheaded program building efforts in health services research and informatics at the VA Salt Lake City Health Care System and University of Utah. He has broad-based experience in leading multi-disciplinary research programs. He has received funding from FDA, AHRQ, CDC, and VA.

    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Internal Medicine -Primary
    Biomedical Informatics -Adjunct
    Family & Preventive Medicine -Adjunct
    Population Health Sciences -Adjunct
    Academic Divisions Epidemiology

    Public Health

    Research interests

    Education history

    Fellowship Infectious Disease - Beth Israel/Brigham & Women's Hospital Fellow
    Internal Medicine - Barnes Hospital/Washington University Resident
    Internship Internal Medicine - Barnes Hospital/Washington University Intern
    Medicine - University of Wisconsin/Med School M.D.
    Undergraduate Biology - Macalester College B.A.
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