Michelle Courtney Spiegel

Michelle Spiegel, M.D., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine. Her work focuses on quality improvement and implementation science in critical care settings.

• University of Missouri-Columbia (B.S. in Biology, M.D.)
• MUSC (Internal Medicine Residency, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship)
• University of Alabama at Birmingham (Graduate Certificate in Healthcare Quality and Safety)

Her research creates clinical decision support systems within electronic health records to standardize care and reduce clinician cognitive burden. Key projects include improving balanced fluid prescribing, non-invasive ventilation triaging, central venous catheter removal, and ventilator best practices. She mentors annual fellowship quality improvement projects and co-mentors residents/post-doctoral fellows.

Recent publications demonstrate expertise in implementation science, clinical decision-making, and critical care quality metrics. Collaborations with Dee Ford and Andrew Goodwin appear in her bibliography.

She joined MUSC faculty in 2021 after completing her fellowship and quality improvement training. Currently, she serves in institutional clinical trial networks and educational programs.