Spencer Dorn

I am a gastroenterologist, physician leader, clinical administrator, informatics physician, academic, and advisor.

Committed to the greater good, I write here and at Forbes to connect the dots, spark thoughtful conversations, and learn from and connect with others who share a passion for improving healthcare.

Sitting at the intersection of clinical practice, operations, and technology, I enjoy explaining how healthcare works and imagining how it can work better. 

I am fascinated by how artificial intelligence and other digital technologies are reshaping medicine. I am also particularly interested in redesigning specialty care.

I aim to integrate mind and body in both clinical practice and life. 

Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, music, sports, reading, and swimming, most of all in the ocean.

Professor of Medicine

I care for adults with acute and chronic GI conditions – particularly those with disorders of gut-brain interaction (e.g., IBS) and motility (e.g., gastroparesis) – in inpatient, outpatient, and procedural settings. 

I've served as site-PI for 20+ clinical trials and co-authored national constipation practice guidelines. I write and present on topics related to care delivery.

Percentric

My passion is providing businesses healthcare for their employees using a combination of onsite clinics, doctor-by-text telehealth, and executive strategic collaboration.

Physician & Founder

Thread Health

Thread Health is a digital platform focused on optimal health for teens and twenty-somethings, with parental support.

Medical Consultant & Advisor

Percentric Technologies

Percentric Technologies gives healthcare entities a web-based SMS access point, with integrated EMR functionality, so patients can text with providers just like they text family and friends - no app download needed. We also provide consulting to entities looking to explore healthcare access considerations around SMS, including privacy and security.

Software Developer & Founder

Eastern Virginia Medical School

Most recently, taught the 'Real World of Medicine' course to EVMS third and fourth-year medical students, that integrated health policy, entrepreneurism, and technology.

Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

Founded program. Spearheaded growth, managed distinct clinical service lines at miultiple clinical locations, including pediatric acute care, newborn nursery, and pediatric rehab. Worked with hospital executives, nursing leaders, subspecialists and ancillary staff.

Founder, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Children's National Health System

Pediatric Hospitalist

My brand: Be Human. My passion: Let Patients Text.

I work with savvy businesses of all sizes to give employees and their family members easy access to no-cost basic healthcare, using a seamless combination of text messaging and periodic workplace consultations. My carved-out 'space' is between Google searches and going to the doctor office, where so many people just need a little human help. A pre-benefit benefit, to try and pick off the easy stuff so folks don’t have to miss work, pay a lot of money and…generally be dissatisfied.

With that mission in mind, I developed a software platform that allows patients to text healthcare questions to a doctor - using regular SMS texting, just like they text with family and friends - which is then integrated automatically into a medical record.

Licensed in: AZ, CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, MD, NC, NJ, NY, SC, PA, TN, TX, VA, WA.

I'm also a doting dad, a lucky brother, a grateful son, a wonky uncle, a Tar Heel, an amateur guitar player, and a Miami Dolphins fan.

Bryan R. Fine, MD, MPH

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father..."

This past weekend, I had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of watching 'The Princess Bride' first with my 10y daughter (while my son was at a sleepover Saturday night) and then, the next night, with my 9y son (while my daughter was at a friend's house Sunday night).

Was the first time, for both of them.

Was exhilarating to watch my son mimic Fred Savage's interaction almost identically.

Was glorious to sit beside my daughter, see her wide-eyed study of this 'different' kind of princess movie.

It...holds up, ya know?

I love having kids. It's what makes work less...work.

Let patients text :)
#dadtechdoc

Bryan R. Fine, MD

Entrepreneur | Dad | Solutioner | Recovering Doctor

AI won’t replace the coolness of a cement truck in the driveway. 

For kids. And, for Dads. 

Let patients text.

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Hey you. Doc. Clinician. Provider. Whatever...

Check in on your patients.

Let patients (and doctors) text.

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