He continued his education at Brown Medical School.  During medical school, he decided that he would obtain a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) in healthcare management at Harvard University in order to further his education in both finance and management, as well as areas of traditional public health. After completing his MPH and then his MD, he began his Internal Medicine residency at Temple University in Philadelphia. This was a very deliberate choice as the hospital is located in an underserved area of the city, which allowed him to refine his clinical skills as well as apply his knowledge of public health to a population that was in need.  While there, he was able to submit abstracts focused on infectious and kidney disease, as well as to do clinical rotations with the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.

Upon graduating residency, Dr. Spencer joined Abington Health System, which would later merge with Jefferson Health.  He spent 15 years there as a primary care physician and hospitalist. For ten of those years, he served as the Medical Director for Population Health for Jefferson Medical Group-North, as well as an Associate Medical Director for the Delaware Valley Accountable Care Organization.  This work allowed Dr. Spencer to focus on quality improvement projects, including preventative screening, transitions of care, readmissions, and telehealth.  He submitted presentations for several conferences and publications based on this work, including at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. He created and led a clinical ambulatory pharmacy program that transformed medication and chronic disease management within the system, leading to publications at IHI and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He was also honored to be chosen as a content expert by the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) in the area of chronic kidney disease progression.

As the Chief Medical Officer at Onslow Memorial, Dr. Spencer utilized the skills he had honed in his previous roles. Specifically, this included work to deploy standard quality improvement processes with a specific focus on improving infectious disease control. He also had the opportunity to leverage his business experience and a recent Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Johns Hopkins Carey Business School to incorporate pay for performance clauses in vendor contracts and expand the hospital’s clinical offerings. 

Dr. Spencer was previously the Deputy Chief Health Officer for Cityblock and is currently Chief Medical Officer for Fidelis Care New Jersey.  Dr. Spencer uses the skills he acquired over his career to assist in improving healthcare delivery for some of the most vulnerable citizens in an organization that is progressive and innovative. Dr. Spencer provides expertise in the areas of program implementation, health care management, value-based health care, quality improvement, and clinical informatics.