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Alex Fenn, MD

Emergency Medicine · Clinical Informatics

Building safer healthcare AI at the point of care.

Emergency physician and clinical informaticist at UNC Health. My work sits at the intersection of EHR design, AI in clinical practice, and the daily reality of caring for patients in a busy Level I trauma center.

I’m a 2nd-year Clinical Informatics Fellow transitioning to EM/informatics faculty in September 2026, working as an attending in the Emergency Department while taking part in informatics initiatives across UNC Health.

Before medicine I spent three years as a bilingual third-grade teacher in Denver through Teach For America — which still shapes how I think about education, equity, and the craft of building something that actually helps the person in front of you.

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name: Alex Fenn, MD
role: Emergency Medicine · Clinical Informatics
tagline: Building safer healthcare AI at the point of care.
location: Durham, NC
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Emergency physician and clinical informaticist at UNC Health. My work sits at the
intersection of EHR design, **AI in clinical practice**, and the daily reality of
caring for patients in a busy Level I trauma center.

I'm a 2nd-year Clinical Informatics Fellow transitioning to EM/informatics faculty
in September 2026, working as an attending in the Emergency Department while taking
part in informatics initiatives across UNC Health.

Before medicine I spent three years as a bilingual third-grade teacher in Denver
through Teach For America — which still shapes how I think about *education, equity,
and the craft of building something that actually helps the person in front of you.*