
Colleen Sam, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department Internal Medicine
Biography
Dr. Sam was born in South Africa. She completed medical school and relocated to Boston to complete her Residency followed by a General Medicine Fellowship with a Masters in Public Health at Boston University. She joined UT Southwestern Medical Center in 2006. She is the Medical Director of the Parkland and Aston Clinic Anticoagulation Clinics.
Education
- Undergraduate
- Uni of the Witwatersrand (1984), Biochemistry
- Undergraduate
- Uni of the Witwatersrand (1985), Pharmacology
- Medical School
- Uni of the Witwatersrand (1990), Medicine
- Graduate School
- Boston University (1999), Epidemiology
Research Interest
- Anticoagulation
- Anticoagulation management services
- Health Services Research
Publications
Featured Publications
- Warfarin and aspirin use, and the predictors of major bleeding complications in atrial fibrillation: The Framingham Heart Study.
- Sam C, Massaro JM, D?Agostino RB, Levy D, Lambert JW, Wolf PA, Benjamin EJ. American Journal of Cardiology 2004 94 947-951
- Pyometra associated with retained products of conception.
- Sam C, Hamid MA, Swan N. Obstetrics & Gynecology 1999 93 (5 Pt 2) 840
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American College of Physicians
- Society of General Internal Medicine