Brooke Spencer, M.D., FSIR

Founder and Chairman

Education and Training

Highschool – Choate Rosemary Hall 1987
Undergraduate – Bachelor of Arts, Dartmouth College 1991
Medical School – Doctor of Medicine, University of Vermont College of Medicine- 1995
Internship – Surgery, University of North Carolina Hospitals – 1996
Residency – Radiology, Duke University School of Medicine – 2000
Fellowship – Interventional Radiology, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology Barnes Hospital St Louis – 2001
Board Certification, Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology

Dr. Elizabeth “Brooke” Spencer, MD, FSIR is a board-certified interventional radiologist, currently serving as Medical Director and CEO of Minimally Invasive Procedure Specialists in Denver, Colorado. She also holds the position of Medical Director of Interventional Radiology at Littleton Adventist Hospital. Her clinical focus includes complex venous disorders such as chronic deep vein thrombosis (DVT), May–Thurner syndrome, pelvic venous congestion, and uterine fibroids.

Originally from New England, Dr. Spencer earned her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine and has been practicing interventional radiology for 25 years. She has spent her career focused on complex deep vein work and has become a national and international referral center for complex reconstruction of the inferior vena cava and iliac veins. This then naturally morphed into an interest in newly developed discoveries for treatment of the deep pelvic veins to help patients with postural orthostatic tachycardia, pelvic pain, bladder and bowel symptoms, and a myriad of other issues.

Through her collaboration with Dr. Cutchins, she developed a deep understanding of the interaction of venous pooling as it contributes to orthostatic intolerance and dysautonomia. She was introduced to Dr. Vaughn, a world renowned expert in long COVID where many patients also develop orthostatic symptoms, shortness of breath chronic fatigue in addition to many symptoms overlapping with patients with iliac vein compression including low back pain, lower extremity neuropathy and pelvic pain. The 3 of them have collaborated to learn as much as possible about patients with complex difficult to diagnose medical diseases and are now collaborating in the development of SAFIRE to raise money to fund research, promote education and develop resources for patients who have often seen many providers for these complex medical issues without clear answers. This is very exciting to be a part of this movement and she is very humbled to have the opportunity to work with dedicated experts in the fields outlined on the SAFIRE website who share a similar vision.

Helping care for patients in a population that has been overlooked and misunderstood has been even more rewarding than anticipated and is given new life to a long career and a new direction.

Professional Honors and Accomplishments

E Brooke Spencer, MD, FSIR received recognition as “Best Doctors” in the Denver Business Journal’s August 7-13, 2015 edition.
Dr. Spencer was voted into Fellowship of the Society of Interventional Radiology (a high honor) for her contributions to the field.
Dr. Spencer was featured on the BackTable VI Podcast
Dr. Spencer has been a principal investigator on several research projects over the years, has multiple publications, and is a dedicated educator, speaking at society meetings across the country. She has been president of the Western Angiographic and Interventional Society, has served on the venous and women’s health service lines for the Society of Interventional Radiology. She was a founding member of the non-profit organization, the Interventional Initiative. The II was formed to provide patient education on high-level minimally invasive image-guided procedures that can replace surgery. She was featured in the first episode of the documentary series Without a Scalpel.

Personal

Dr. Spencer can be found spending time with her family. She enjoys golfing, swimming, and skiing in the great Colorado outdoors and spoiling their dog Jack Black.