Academic Title:
Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment:
Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine
Additional Title:
Director of Innovation, University of Maryland Medical Intelligent Imaging (UM2ii) Center; Faculty, University of Maryland-Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC)
Email:
Location:
https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/um2ii/
Education and Training
2006–2010 B.A., Neuroscience, Wellesley College
2010–2012 M.A., Graduate Medical Sciences, Boston University
2013–2017 M.D., Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine
Post-Graduate Education and Training
2017–2018 Preliminary-Medicine Residency, Yale-Waterbury Hospital
2018–2022 Diagnostic Radiology Residency, Mt. Sinai West
2022–2023 Body Imaging Fellowship, Stanford University
2022–2023 Informatics fellowship, American College of Radiology (ACR)
Biosketch
Florence (Flo) Doo, M.D., M.A., CIIP, is an abdominal radiologist, clinical informaticist, and physician innovator.
Dr. Doo is an Assistant Professor and serves as Director of Innovation at the University of Maryland Medical Intelligent Imaging (UM2ii) Center in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, and also leads the medical imaging AI research program at the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing (UM-IHC).
Dr. Doo’s expertise spans clinical radiology, imaging informatics, AI-driven healthcare innovation, and entrepreneurship. She has held local and national leadership positions with prominent medical societies such as the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), the American College of Radiology (ACR), the Society for Advanced Body Imaging (SABI), and the Association of Academic Radiology (AAR). She is a recipient of multiple awards, including the RSNA Roentgen Resident/Fellow Research Award, Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) medical honor society induction, the American Board of Radiology Volunteer Service Award, and recognition as a semifinalist for Most Influential Radiology Researcher by AuntMinnie.com ("Minnies," 2024).
Dr. Doo has authored over 40 peer-reviewed publications*, addressing the intersection of medical imaging, climate impacts on health care delivery, and responsible implementation of AI in clinical practice. Her work is currently funded through several prestigious career development and research grants, including the Association of Academic Radiologists Clinical Effectiveness in Radiology Research Academic Fellowship (AAR CERRAF, a foundation career development award suppoerted by GE Healthcare), the UMMC Innovation Challenge award (for development of a large language model clinical data chatbot), the Mid-Atlantic Center for Cardiometabolic Health Equity (MACCHE, a Johns Hopkins NIH MHHD P50 Center) project grant, and the internal University of Maryland Baltimore Institute for Clinical and Translational Research (UMB ICTR/CTSA K12) mentored career development grant award.
Her research program focuses on translating technologies to improve clinical patient care (safe applications of AI and informatics tools), promoting healthcare sustainability, and addressing health care delivery challenges.
*For more on Dr. Doo's publications, please see ResearchGate profile or ORCID link below.
Research/Clinical Keywords
abdominal imaging, artificial intelligence (AI), large language models (LLMs), deep learning, clinical informatics, AI safety, responsible AI, business, entrepreneurship, innovation, population health, sustainability, climate health
Highlighted Publications
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6519-5222