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Samantha Pitts

Samantha Pitts, MD

Internal Medicine

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Female

About Samantha Pitts

Professional Titles

  • Associate Vice Chair for Ambulatory Quality and Safety, Department of Medicine
  • Co-Director, Armstrong Institute’s Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Academy

Primary Academic Title

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Background

Dr. Samantha Irene Pitts is an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She sees patients at Johns Hopkins Green Spring Station.   

Dr. Pitts received her B.A. from Brown University and completed her M.D. and residency training at the University of California, San Francisco, where she focused on primary care and evidence-based medicine. She subsequently received her M.P.H. in epidemiology from the University of California, Berkeley. She has completed fellowship training in applied epidemiology at the New Jersey Department of Health and in general internal medicine and comparative effectiveness research at Johns Hopkins. 

She is a champion of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) team at the Green Spring General Internal Medicine and serves as Assistant Director of the Armstrong Institute’s Patient Safety and Quality Leadership Academy.

Her research interests include ambulatory patient safety and quality, including the application of CUSP in office based practices and improving delivery of evidence-based care through clinical care teams.

Research Interests

Ambulatory patient safety, Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program, Evidence-based medicine, Preventive care delivery, Team based care

Lab Website

Samantha Pitts Lab - Lab Website

  • Research in the Samantha Pitts Lab focuses on care safety and quality in ambulatory patients. Specifically, our activities have included applying the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) in office-based practices and improving the delivery of evidence-based care through clinical care teams.

Professional Activities

  • Principal Faculty, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins Health Care & Surgery Center - Green Spring Station, Lutherville
    • 10753 Falls Road, Pavilion II, Ste 325, Lutherville, MD 21093

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Medicine, 2014

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Fellowship, Epidemiology, 2011

    University of California, Berkeley

    Graduate School, MPH, 2009

    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Residency, Internal Medicine, 1999

    University of California San Francisco School of Medicine

    Medical Education, MD, 1996

    Board Certifications

    Internal Medicine

    American Board of Internal Medicine, 2019

    Insurance

    Johns Hopkins providers accept various commercial health insurance plans. However, they may not be included in all of an insurance company's plans or offerings. This may include Exchange, Medicaid, Medicare, and specific limited benefit plans. Exceptions to participation also exist based on your employer’s benefits package and the provider's location or specialty. Please contact your insurer directly to make sure your doctor is covered by your plan. For more details, please review our Insurance Information.
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