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Dr. Travis Osterman is a practicing medical oncologist and informatician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he serves as Associate Vice President for Research Informatics. He chairs the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE™) Executive Committee, an international cancer data standard implemented at more than 70 institutions across six countries and the only method of submitting data to CMS' Enhancing Oncology Model. He is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and clinical informatics.

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Dr. Travis Osterman is a practicing medical oncologist and informatician, Associate Vice President for Research Informatics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and Director of Cancer Clinical Informatics at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. He is board certified in internal medicine, medical oncology, and clinical informatics.

At Vanderbilt, Dr. Osterman leads the Clinical Genomics Workstream and has led the effort to make structured genomic data more accessible for patient care and research; under his leadership, Vanderbilt's electronic health record contains more structured genomic data than any other institution in the United States.

Nationally, Dr. Osterman chairs the minimal Common Oncology Data Elements (mCODE™) Executive Committee. mCODE is implemented at more than 70 institutions across six countries and serves as the only method of submitting data to CMS' Enhancing Oncology Model. He advises Microsoft, Epic, Tempus AI, and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and founded the Epic Beacon Community Operations Group.

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Key facts

Name & post-nominals: Travis Osterman, DO, MS, FAMIA, FASCO
Roles: Associate Vice President for Research Informatics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; Director of Cancer Clinical Informatics, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center; Chair, ASCO mCODE Executive Committee
Board certifications: Internal Medicine (ABIM, 2015); Medical Oncology (ABIM, 2016); Clinical Informatics (ABPM, 2016)
Fellowships: American Society of Clinical Oncology (FASCO, 2023); American Medical Informatics Association (FAMIA, 2019)
mCODE scale: more than 70 institutions across six countries; only method of submitting data to CMS' Enhancing Oncology Model
Vanderbilt genomic data: more structured genomic data in the electronic health record than any other institution in the United States
Disclosures: ASCO COI; CMS Open Payments

Topics most frequently covered

The mCODE oncology data standard and its role in CMS' Enhancing Oncology Model
Structured genomic data integration into the electronic health record
Artificial intelligence in oncology - efficacy and toxicity prediction
Interoperability and EHR governance for cancer care
Clinical informatics education for medical students and residents
Lung cancer screening and real-world data

Now

Recent activity across publications, invited talks, scientific meetings, and press - auto-generated from the same source-of-truth library that drives /research/ and /speaking/. Last updated: 2026-05-21.

Recent activity (last 12 months)

Invited talk HL7 International Working Group Meeting (Europe): "mCODE Overview and Current State". May 18, 2026
Invited talk Vanderbilt Lecture Series CME (Nashville, Tennessee): "Using AI in Clinical Practice: Current Trends and Emerging Federal Regulations". May 7, 2026
Abstract Abstract LB385: Polygenic risk score of genetic variants in genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes and drug transporters, in association with febrile neutropenia. Cancer Research. Apr 17, 2026
Invited talk 2026 NCCN Annual Conference (Orlando, Florida): "Harnessing Artificial Intelligence to Improve Oncology Care". Mar 28, 2026
Invited talk NASEM Workshop: Policy Issues for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Research and Care (Washington, DC): "AI in Cancer Care: 2 Wins, 2 Current Challenges". Mar 9, 2026
Invited talk Jackson-Madison County General Hospital (Jackson, Tennessee): "An Update on the Use of AI in Clinical Practice". Mar 6, 2026
Invited talk Blanchfield Army Community Hospital (Fort Campbell, Kentucky (virtual)): "Using AI in Clinical Practice: Current Trends and Emerging Federal Regulations". Feb 10, 2026
Peer-reviewed publication SmokeBERT and Beyond: Bridging Clinical Narratives and Structured Smoking Data To Improve Lung Cancer Screening. JCO clinical cancer informatics. Dec 22, 2025
Invited talk "Leveraging Data to Day-to-Day Improvements". Oct 31, 2025
Peer-reviewed publication Clonal Hematopoiesis of Indeterminate Potential After Radiation Therapy. International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics. Oct 24, 2025
Peer-reviewed publication Introducing mCODEGPT as a zero-shot information extraction from clinical free text data tool for cancer research. Communications Medicine. Oct 15, 2025
Patent Model generation apparatus for therapeutic prediction and associated methods and models. Sep 18, 2025
Scientific meeting presentation The Evolving Artificial Intelligence Landscape in Cancer Care: "AI and the Cancer Journey: Navigating New Frontiers in Policy and Technology". Sep 9, 2025
Peer-reviewed publication Artificial intelligence across the cancer care continuum. Cancer. Aug 15, 2025
Peer-reviewed publication Advancing the science of genomic learning healthcare systems. Learning Health Systems. Jul 23, 2025
Scientific meeting presentation NCCN Annual Congress (Virtual): "Improving Clinical Trial Accrual: Doing More with Less". Jun 15, 2025
Abstract Real-world side effects of targeted therapies: High-throughput association studies leveraging the CancerLinq Discovery lung cancer database.. Journal of Clinical Oncology. May 28, 2025

In the news

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