Clinical Informatics Fellow Spotlight: Brian Vadasz
Brian Vadasz, MD, is a clinical informatics fellow at Northwestern University, where he also completed his anatomic and clinical pathology residency and fellowships in hematopathology and clinical informatics. Throughout his training, he has developed expertise in artificial intelligence, clinical workflow improvement, electronic health record decision support and committee leadership.
What is a highlight of your fellowship?
A highlight of my fellowship has been leading the transition from static images to digital pathology for tumor boards and lymphoma conferences at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, work that was published in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology. I also co-created a new two-week clinical informatics rotation for the pathology residency program, helping design the curriculum and lead teaching sessions.
What is the Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable?
The Clinical Informatics Learning Roundtable (CI-LRT) is a partnership with the Northwestern Clinical Informatics Fellowship and I.AIM. Monthly CI-LRT events feature a brief review of current articles, projects or research with a didactic discussion covering the broad-spectrum picture of clinical informatics for all faculty, staff physicians or trainees interested in learning more about clinical informatics.
How have you integrated AI into your work?
My work focuses on the intersection of hematopathology and emerging technologies, including AI tools aimed at improving lymphoma diagnosis and reducing disparities in care for underserved patients. I have contributed to national and institutional efforts in digital pathology and AI governance, which has given me the opportunity to think carefully about how these tools should be evaluated and implemented responsibly. In addition, I’ve presented on the growing role of AI in laboratory medicine and have been fortunate to contribute to the ASCO Educational Book on clinical applications of AI in oncology.
What are your plans for the future?
I will join the University of Toronto next year as an assistant professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, with a focus on hematopathology and clinical informatics.