Samuel McDonald

Dr. Samuel McDonald is an emergency physician and Deputy CMIO (Deputy Chief Medical Information Officer) at UT Southwestern. Following a career as a research mathematician at the U.S. Department of Defense, he transitioned to medicine and earned a master’s degree in Biomedical Informatics from UT Southwestern. His work focuses on integrating clinical decision support and machine learning into electronic health records (EHRs) to improve emergency care quality.

His research spans Long COVID outcomes, clinical AI applications, emergency department operations, and patient portal engagement. Recent publications highlight trends in predictive modeling for triage optimization, post-viral sequelae, and digital health disparities, particularly in underserved populations. While no explicit scientific awards are listed, his work bridges emergency medicine and health informatics, aiming to create actionable EHR tools.