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Alexis Carter MD

  • Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
    Adjunct Associate Professor
  • (404) 785-0326
  • abcart2@emory.edu
  • @PathByteChic
  • Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
    Laboratory Administration
    2220 N Druid Hills Rd
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Overview

Alexis Carter, MD, is an actively practicing Molecular Genetic Pathologist and Physician Informaticist for the Laboratory at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta and an Adjunct Associate Professor within the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Emory University. She is the Program Director for the inaugural Emory Clinical Informatics Fellowship program and is teaching faculty for the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) Clinical Informatics Board Review Course for physicians. She is the chair of the Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) Electronic Health Records and Genomics Working Group and the immediate past AMP secretary/treasurer. She is Vice Chair of the Informatics Committee for the College of American Pathologists and the current Secretary for the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute document development committee for two-dimensional barcoding for both clinical and anatomic pathology laboratory specimens. She was the senior author for the guideline on validation of next-generation sequencing bioinformatics pipelines from AMP, the College of American Pathologists (CAP), and AMIA. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, an Associate Editor for Administrative and Regulatory Affairs for Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, an editorial board member of the Journal of Pathology Informatics, and a reviewer for multiple scientific journals in molecular diagnostics, genetics and informatics. She is board certified in clinical informatics, molecular genetic pathology, anatomic pathology and clinical pathology.

Academic Appointment

  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Medical College of Georgia
  • BS from University of Georgia

Research

Focus

  • My research focuses on using information technology in the laboratory to immediately improve healthcare delivery for patients at the local, national and international levels. My research has included projects in data management, ontologies, barcoding, digital pathology, patient portals, software development and education.

Publications

  • Avoiding Unintended Consequences of Pediatric Blood Order Set Updates through In Situ Usability Testing.
    Appl Clin Inform Volume: 15 Page(s): 763 - 770
    08/01/2024 Authors: Thompson SA; Williams H; Rzewnicki D; Orenstein E; Carter AB; Rollins M; Rogers B; Kandaswamy S
  • Laboratory Test Names Matter: A Survey on What Works and What Doesn't Work for Orders and Results.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 148 Page(s): 155 - 167
    02/01/2024 Authors: Carter AB; Berger AL; Schreiber R
  • Proceedings of the Association for Pathology Informatics Bootcamp 2022.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 14 Page(s): 100331
    01/01/2023 Authors: Obstfeld AE; Brodsky V; Carter AB; Gershkovich P; Haymond S; Levy B; Sinard J; Sellers D; Stoffel M; Jackups R
  • Influence of user-centered clinical decision support on pediatric blood product ordering errors.
    Blood Transfus Volume: 21 Page(s): 3 - 12
    01/01/2023 Authors: Orenstein EW; Rollins M; Jones J; Kandaswamy S; Boudreaux J; Carter AB; Josephson CD
  • Comprehensive Genomic Profiling of High-Risk Pediatric Cancer Patients Has a Measurable Impact on Clinical Care.
    JCO Precis Oncol Volume: 6 Page(s): e2100451
    04/01/2022 Authors: Summers RJ; Castellino SM; Porter CC; MacDonald TJ; Basu GD; Szelinger S; Bhasin MK; Cash T; Carter AB; Castellino RC
  • Cryptic t(6;11) KMT2A rearrangement in a pediatric acute myeloid leukemia patient detected by next-generation sequencing and dual-fusion FISH analysis.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer Volume: 69 Page(s): e29428
    03/01/2022 Authors: Raghunandan S; Jain J; Saxe D; Pauly M; Aljudi AA; Ketterling RP; Carter AB; Raikar SS
  • Lessons Learned from OpenNotes Learning Mode and Subsequent Implementation across a Pediatric Health System.
    Appl Clin Inform Volume: 13 Page(s): 113 - 122
    01/01/2022 Authors: Murugan A; Gooding H; Greenbaum J; Boudreaux J; Blanco R; Swerlick A; Sauer C; Liu S; Bhatia A; Carter A
  • Electronic Health Records and Genomics: Perspectives from the Association for Molecular Pathology Electronic Health Record (EHR) Interoperability for Clinical Genomics Data Working Group.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 24 Page(s): 1 - 17
    01/01/2022 Authors: Carter AB; Abruzzo LV; Hirschhorn JW; Jones D; Jordan DC; Nassiri M; Ogino S; Patel NR; Suciu CG; Temple-Smolkin RL
  • Opinion: Standardizing gene product nomenclature-a call to action.
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A Volume: 118
    01/19/2021 Authors: Fujiyoshi K; Bruford EA; Mroz P; Sims CL; O'Leary TJ; Lo AWI; Chen N; Patel NR; Patel KP; Seliger B
  • Use of LOINC for interoperability between organisations poses a risk to safety.
    Lancet Digit Health Volume: 2 Page(s): e569
    11/01/2020 Authors: Carter AB; de Baca ME; Luu HS; Campbell WS; Stram MN
  • A Novel Electronic Health Record-Based Transfusion Rate Calculator to Reduce Risk of overTransfusion in a Pediatric Healthcare System
    Volume: 60 Page(s): 191A - 192A
    09/01/2020 Authors: Jones J; Popkin M; Deeter J; Orenstein EW; Carter AB; Rollins MR
  • A Survey of LOINC Code Selection Practices Among Participants of the College of American Pathologists Coagulation (CGL) and Cardiac Markers (CRT) Proficiency Testing Programs.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 144 Page(s): 586 - 596
    05/01/2020 Authors: Stram M; Seheult J; Sinard JH; Campbell WS; Carter AB; de Baca ME; Quinn AM; Luu HS; Members of the Informatics Committee, College of American Pathologists
  • Formative Usability Testing Reduces Severe Blood Product Ordering Errors.
    Appl Clin Inform Volume: 10 Page(s): 981 - 990
    10/01/2019 Authors: Orenstein EW; Boudreaux J; Rollins M; Jones J; Bryant C; Karavite D; Muthu N; Hike J; Williams H; Kilgore T
  • Expanding the Scope of The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics to the Informatics Subdivision of the Association for Molecular Pathology.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 21 Page(s): 539 - 541
    07/01/2019 Authors: Carter AB; Zehnbauer B
  • Host Genome Variation is Associated with Neurocognitive Outcome in Survivors of Pediatric Medulloblastoma.
    Transl Oncol Volume: 12 Page(s): 908 - 916
    07/01/2019 Authors: Siegel BI; King TZ; Rupji M; Dwivedi B; Carter AB; Kowalski J; MacDonald TJ
  • Considerations for Genomic Data Privacy and Security when Working in the Cloud.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 21 Page(s): 542 - 552
    07/01/2019 Authors: Carter AB
  • A Model Information Management Plan for Molecular Pathology Sequence Data Using Standards: From Sequencer to Electronic Health Record.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 21 Page(s): 408 - 417
    05/01/2019 Authors: Campbell WS; Carter AB; Cushman-Vokoun AM; Greiner TC; Dash RC; Routbort M; de Baca ME; Campbell JR
  • The Impact of Disruption of the Care Delivery System by Commercial Laboratory Testing in a Children's Health Care System.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 143 Page(s): 115 - 121
    01/01/2019 Authors: Rogers BB; Adams JL; Carter AB; Uwindatwa F; Brawley CB; Cochran CG; Bryan LN; Weinzierl EP; Prahalad S
  • Laboratory Information Systems and Instrument Software Lack Basic Functionality forMolecular Laboratories.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 20 Page(s): 591 - 599
    09/01/2018 Authors: Myers C; Swadley M; Carter AB
  • CHANGING BLOOD CULTURE STRATEGY: A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO ELIMINATE THE PRACTICE OF AUTOMATIC DAILY BLOOD CULTURES IN HOSPITALIZED PEDIATRIC PATIENTS WITH FEVER AND NEUTROPENIA
    Volume: 65
    06/01/2018 Authors: Newton JG; Carter A; Head C; Leahy S; Olson T; Keller F; Wasilewski-Masker K
  • Twenty Years of Digital Pathology: An Overview of the Road Travelled, What is on the Horizon, and the Emergence of Vendor-Neutral Archives.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 9 Page(s): 40
    01/01/2018 Authors: Pantanowitz L; Sharma A; Carter AB; Kurc T; Sussman A; Saltz J
  • Standards and Guidelines for Validating Next-Generation Sequencing Bioinformatics Pipelines: A Joint Recommendation of the Association for Molecular Pathology and the College of American Pathologists.
    J Mol Diagn Volume: 20 Page(s): 4 - 27
    01/01/2018 Authors: Roy S; Coldren C; Karunamurthy A; Kip NS; Klee EW; Lincoln SE; Leon A; Pullambhatla M; Temple-Smolkin RL; Voelkerding KV
  • Artificial Intelligence and the Pathologist: Future Frenemies?
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 141 Page(s): 622 - 623
    05/01/2017 Authors: Sharma G; Carter A
  • Next-Generation Sequencing Informatics: Challenges and Strategies for Implementation in a Clinical Environment.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 140 Page(s): 958 - 975
    09/01/2016 Authors: Roy S; LaFramboise WA; Nikiforov YE; Nikiforova MN; Routbort MJ; Pfeifer J; Nagarajan R; Carter AB; Pantanowitz L
  • Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents (PIER): Instructional Resource Guide
    Volume: 2016
    07/01/2016 Authors: Henricks WH; Pantanowitz L; Karcher DS; Powell SZE; Tucker JA; Markwood P; Aller RD; Boyer PJ; Brodsky VB; Carter AB
  • Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents: PIER Resource Toolkit
    Volume: 2016
    07/01/2016 Authors: Henricks WH; Pantanowitz L; Karcher DS; Powell SZE; Tucker JA; Markwood P; Aller RD; Boyer PJ; Brodsky VB; Carter AB
  • Supporting Laboratory Data Structures and Information Exchange
    Clinical Informatics Resource Guide
    01/01/2016 Authors: Henricks WH; Carter AB
  • Selecting and Installing a Laboratory Information System
    Clinical Informatics Resource Guide
    01/01/2016 Authors: Sinard JH; Carter AB; Routbort M
  • Computational Pathology: A Path Ahead.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 140 Page(s): 41 - 50
    01/01/2016 Authors: Louis DN; Feldman M; Carter AB; Dighe AS; Pfeifer JD; Bry L; Almeida JS; Saltz J; Braun J; Tomaszewski JE
  • Standards for Clinical Grade Genomic Databases.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 139 Page(s): 1400 - 1412
    11/01/2015 Authors: Yohe SL; Carter AB; Pfeifer JD; Crawford JM; Cushman-Vokoun A; Caughron S; Leonard DGB
  • Anatomic Pathology Information Laboratory Information Systems and Natural Language Processing: Early History
    Page(s): 593 - 610
    01/01/2015 Authors: Carter AB; Becich MJ; Collen MF
  • Reduced red blood cell transfusion in cardiothoracic surgery after implementation of a novel clinical decision support tool.
    J Am Coll Surg Volume: 219 Page(s): 1028 - 1036
    11/01/2014 Authors: Razavi SA; Carter AB; Puskas JD; Gregg SR; Aziz IF; Buchman TG
  • Packed red blood cell transfusion practices in cardiothoracic surgery before and after the implementation of transfusion clinical decision support
    Volume: 219 Page(s): E153 - E154
    10/01/2014 Authors: Razavi SA; Carter AB; Puskas JD; Gregg SR; Aziz IF; Buchman TG
  • Pathology Informatics Essentials for Residents (PIER): Instructional Resource Guide and Toolkit
    Volume: 2016
    01/01/2014 Authors: Henricks WH; Pantanowitz L; Karcher DS; Powell SZE; Tucker JA; Markwood P; Aller RD; Boyer PJ; Brodsky VB; Carter AB
  • The 2013 symposium on pathology data integration and clinical decision support and the current state of field.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 5 Page(s): 2
    01/01/2014 Authors: Baron JM; Dighe AS; Arnaout R; Balis UJ; Black-Schaffer WS; Carter AB; Henricks WH; Higgins JM; Jackson BR; Kim J
  • Validating whole slide imaging for diagnostic purposes in pathology: guideline from the College of American Pathologists Pathology and Laboratory Quality Center.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 137 Page(s): 1710 - 1722
    12/01/2013 Authors: Pantanowitz L; Sinard JH; Henricks WH; Fatheree LA; Carter AB; Contis L; Beckwith BA; Evans AJ; Lal A; Parwani AV
  • Improved Presentation of Molecular Assay Results Using Self-contained Interactive HTML/JavaScript Documents
    Volume: 140 Page(s): 437 - 437
    09/01/2013 Authors: Smith GH; Wang J; Zhang L; Carter AB; Hill CE; Mann KP
  • The history of pathology informatics: A global perspective.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 4 Page(s): 7
    01/01/2013 Authors: Park S; Parwani AV; Aller RD; Banach L; Becich MJ; Borkenfeld S; Carter AB; Friedman BA; Rojo MG; Georgiou A
  • Privacy and security of patient data in the pathology laboratory.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 4 Page(s): 4
    01/01/2013 Authors: Cucoranu IC; Parwani AV; West AJ; Romero-Lauro G; Nauman K; Carter AB; Balis UJ; Tuthill MJ; Pantanowitz L
  • Clinical requests for molecular tests: the 3-step evidence check.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 136 Page(s): 1585 - 1592
    12/01/2012 Authors: Carter AB
  • Utility of Electronic Synoptic Reporting for Retrieval of Molecular Results
    Volume: 14 Page(s): 732 - 732
    11/01/2012 Authors: Hinrichs BH; Carter AB; Hill CE; Liu Y; Switchenko J; Mann KP
  • Digital Pathology: Data-Intensive Frontier in Medical Imaging: Health-information sharing, specifically of digital pathology, is the subject of this paper which discusses how sharing the rich images in pathology can stretch the capabilities of all otherwise well-practiced disciplines.
    Proc IEEE Inst Electr Electron Eng Volume: 100 Page(s): 991 - 1003
    04/01/2012 Authors: Cooper LAD; Carter AB; Farris AB; Wang F; Kong J; Gutman DA; Widener P; Pan TC; Cholleti SR; Sharma A
  • In Pursuit of Comprehensive Pathology Reports: Implementing Electronic Cancer Checklists
    Volume: 25 Page(s): 507A - 507A
    02/01/2012 Authors: Stuart LN; Simpson AH; Carter AB; Bradley KT
  • In Pursuit of Comprehensive Pathology Reports: Implementing Electronic Cancer Checklists
    Volume: 92 Page(s): 507A - 507A
    02/01/2012 Authors: Stuart LN; Simpson AH; Carter AB; Bradley KT
  • A tribute to Jeffrey A. Kant, MD, PhD.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 3 Page(s): 47
    01/01/2012 Authors: Carter AB; Gullapalli RR; Hagenkord JM; Kang HP; Monzon FA; Williams TM
  • Clinical requests for molecular tests: the 3-step evidence check
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 136 Page(s): 1585 - 1592
    01/01/2012 Authors: Carter AB
  • Pathology informatics fellowship retreats: The use of interactive scenarios and case studies as pathology informatics teaching tools.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 3 Page(s): 41
    01/01/2012 Authors: Lee RE; McClintock DS; Balis UJ; Baron JM; Becich MJ; Beckwith BA; Brodsky VB; Carter AB; Dighe AS; Haghighi M
  • Board certification for pathologists in clinical informatics: Are you a lumper or a splitter?
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 3 Page(s): 12
    01/01/2012 Authors: Carter AB
  • ZPEG: a hybrid DPCM-DCT based approach for compression of Z-stack images.
    Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc Volume: 2012 Page(s): 5424 - 5427
    01/01/2012 Authors: Khire S; Cooper L; Park Y; Carter A; Jayant N; Saltz J
  • Stepping across borders into the future of telepathology.
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 2 Page(s): 24
    01/01/2011 Authors: Carter AB
  • Patient misidentifications caused by errors in standard bar code technology.
    Clin Chem Volume: 56 Page(s): 1554 - 1560
    10/01/2010 Authors: Snyder ML; Carter A; Jenkins K; Fantz CR
  • HIMSS10 - Perspectives from a newcomer pathologist and a seasoned attendee pathologist: Pathologists should attend!
    J Pathol Inform Volume: 1
    07/13/2010 Authors: Carter AB; Aller R
  • Telepathology for patient care: what am I getting myself into?
    Adv Anat Pathol Volume: 17 Page(s): 130 - 149
    03/01/2010 Authors: Williams S; Henricks WH; Becich MJ; Toscano M; Carter AB
  • Validation of an Inexpensive Telepathology System for Frozen Section Diagnosis
    Volume: 22 Page(s): 300A - 300A
    01/01/2009 Authors: Sirintrapun SJ; Schniederjan MJ; Logani S; Carter AB
  • Validation of an Inexpensive Telepathology System for Frozen Section Diagnosis
    Volume: 89 Page(s): 300A - 300A
    01/01/2009 Authors: Sirintrapun SJ; Schniederjan MJ; Logani S; Carter AB
  • Pathology Informatics from the Trenches

    01/01/2009 Authors: Carter AB
  • Automated Data Analysis of Real-Time PCR Data Using a Modular Programming Approach
    Volume: 10 Page(s): 613 - 613
    11/01/2008 Authors: Gullapalli RR; Carter AB; Kant JA
  • Extraction of DNA from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues: A comparison of methods
    Volume: 9 Page(s): 702 - 702
    11/01/2007 Authors: Carter AB; Melan MA; Sheikh H; Kant JA
  • Validation of a software tool for clinical sequencing analysis.
    Volume: 7 Page(s): 696 - 696
    11/01/2005 Authors: Uhrmacher JA; Monzon FA; Carter AB; Kant JA
  • Database design for a molecular pathology laboratory.
    Volume: 124 Page(s): 457 - 457
    09/01/2005 Authors: Carter AB; Harrison JH; Kant JA
  • University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Division of Molecular Diagnostics Website

    01/01/2005 Authors: Carter AB
  • Assessment of t(9;22) BCR-ABL transcript levels using relative quantification analysis
    Volume: 6 Page(s): 415 - 415
    11/01/2004 Authors: Melan MA; Carter AB; Kant JA
  • Intraoperative testing for parathyroid hormone: a comprehensive review of the use of the assay and the relevant literature.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 127 Page(s): 1424 - 1442
    11/01/2003 Authors: Carter AB; Howanitz PJ
  • Intraoperative parathyroid hormone testing: survey of testing program characteristics.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 126 Page(s): 1045 - 1049
    09/01/2002 Authors: Hortin GL; Carter AB; College of American Pathologists Point-of-Care Testing Resource Committee
  • Use of FTA gene guard filter paper for the storage and transportation of tumor cells for molecular testing.
    Arch Pathol Lab Med Volume: 126 Page(s): 56 - 63
    01/01/2002 Authors: Dobbs LJ; Madigan MN; Carter AB; Earls L
  • Choroid plexus carcinoma presenting as an intraparenchymal mass.
    J Neurosurg Volume: 95 Page(s): 1040 - 1044
    12/01/2001 Authors: Carter AB; Price DL; Tucci KA; Lewis GK; Mewborne J; Singh HK
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