Dr. Spear has been the Health Officer at the Vanderburgh County Health Department since March 2014. Prior to his time at the Health Department, he served as a Special Advisor to the President of St. Mary’s Medical Center, a Sleep Medicine Physician at St. Mary’s and Jasper Memorial Hospital, the Physician of staffing for the Bariatric Center and Pre-Procedure Clinic, Senior Vice President of Physician Services and Quality for St. Mary’s Health System of America, Inc.. Dr. Spear has served as the Administrative Lead for Trauma and Physician Driven Quality. Throughout his career Dr. Spear has developed plans for risk-adjusted Quality Data for Physicians and implemented a successful Data Roll Out and been involved in Strategic Planning at the system level and hospital level. Dr. Spear is and has been a member of the Patient Safety Council, the Patient Safety Advisory Council for Ascension Health, the Indiana State Medical Association, and the Vanderburgh County Medical Society. Dr. Spear has also served on the National Board for Critical Care Medicine and the Board of the Vanderburgh County Medical Society.
Education:
- 1961-1963 St. Meinrad High School, St. Meinrad, IN
- 1963-1965 Reitz Memorial Catholic High School, Evansville IN
- 1965-1969 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN B.S. SCIENCE
- 1969-1973 IU School of Medicine, Indianapolis IN M.D.
- 1976-1978 Pulmonary Fellowship, IUSM
Post Graduate Training:
- 1973-1974 Internship, IUSM
- 1974-1976 Internal Medicine Residency, IUSM
- 1976-1978 Pulmonary Fellowship, IUSM
- Certified American Board Internal Medicine June, 1976
- Certified Subspecialty Board Pulmonary Medicine, 1980
- Certified Subspecialty Board Critical Care Medicine, 1989
- Fellow of the American College of Physicians
- Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
