Spencer Dorn, MD, MPH

SpencerAssistant Professor of Medicine

Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology
130 Bioinformatics Bldg

Campus Box 7080

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7080

Phone: 919-966-0141

Fax: 919-966-8929

Biography

Dr. Dorn received his undergraduate degree, with highest distinction, from the University of Michigan ; his medical degree, summa cum laude, from SUNY at Brooklyn College of Medicine; and a Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Dr. Dorn completed his internal medicine training at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was a clinical fellow at Harvard Medical School . He subsequently trained at UNC as a National Institutes of Health Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Digestive Diseases Epidemiology and later as a clinical fellow in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. Upon completion of his training Dr. Dorn joined the UNC faculty as an Assistant Professor of Medicine. His clinical and research interests are in health services for chronic digestive diseases, especially functional GI disorders.

Clinical Interests

  • Functional GI and motility disorders
  • Patient-centered care

Research Interests

Health services for digestive disorders, including health care delivery, outcomes, policy, quality of care

Current Studies

  • IBS patient satisfaction with care
  • Program to collect patient-reported data at the point-of-care

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