Travis Osterman DO, MS

Travis Osterman, DO, MS, is a medical oncologist, informatician, and Clinical Director in the Office of the Chief Health Information Officer at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC). He also serves as Director of Cancer Clinical Informatics at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. Dr. Osterman has dual faculty appointments at VUMC in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and in the Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology.

Dr. Osterman received his doctorate of osteopathy from Nova Southeastern University. He completed his residency at Indiana University Medical Center, during which he served as Chief Resident. He completed a fellowship in hematology/oncology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and received his Master's of Science at Vanderbilt University. Dr. Osterman is board-certified in clinical informatics and internal medicine with a subspecialty in medical oncology and is a Fellow of the Applied Informatics Recognition Program.

Dr. Osterman's clinical interest is lung cancer. He leads the Clinical Cancer Informatics Innovation (C2I2) group, whose research focuses on applying clinical informatics methods across the cancer care continuum. His team also develops tools to support both research and patient care.

Dr. Osterman is involved in several national efforts to improve the availability of oncology-specific EHR data to support quality improvement across oncology practices. He serves on the ASCO CancerLinQ Physician Advisory Board, the Minimum Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE) Workgroup, and the Member and Meeting Publications Editorial Board. He also serves on the Epic Adult Oncology Steering Board and is Chair of Epic's Beacon Community Operations Group.

Dr. Osterman serves on the NCCN Electronic Health Record (EHR) Workgroup and the Patient Reported Outcomes (PRO) Workgroup. These committees focus on leveraging EHR systems to promote innovation and standardize best practices across cancer centers.