Dr. Sprague is a staff hospitalist in the Section of Hospital Medicine. He completed both a bachelor's and master's degree in biomedical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison before earning his medical degree from Pitt, during which he was a Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellow and earned a Certificate of Clinical Research in the Clinical Trials Research Track from the ICRE. He then completed his internal medicine residency at UPMC, serving as Chief Medical Resident of Quality and Safety at the VA Pittsburgh from 2016-2017. He also volunteered at the Birmingham Free Clinic and served in several leadership roles, including vice president of academics for the medical school's Student Executive Committee, the American Medical Student Association National Office's Academy Officer and Director, and the student representative to the NBME's Advisory Committee for Medical School Programs. In addition, he has delivered presentations at the American Heart Association and the Biomedical Engineering Society and has experience teaching medical students as a small group instructor and facilitator.
- BS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2006
- MS, Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2008
- MD, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
- Certificate in Clinical Research, University of Pittsburgh, 2013
- Internal Medicine Internship & Residency, UPMC Medical Education - MUH, PUH, VA, 2016
- Chief Resident of Quality & Safety, Veterans Administration Hospital - Pittsburgh, 2017
Education & Training
Estock JL, Pham I, Curinga HK, Sprague BJ, Boudreaux-Kelly MY, Acevedo J, Jacobs K. Reducing treatment errors through point-of-care glucometer configuration. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. 2018; 44(11):683-694.
Sprague B, Chesler NC, Magness RR. Shear stress regulation of nitric oxide production in uterine and placental artery endothelial cells: Experimental studies and hemodynamic models of shear stresses on endothelial cells. The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 2010; 54(2-3):331-9.
Sprague BJ, Phernetton TM, Magness RR, Chesler NC. The effects of the ovarian cycle and pregnancy on uterine vascular impedance and uterine artery mechanics. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology. 2009; 144(1):S170-8.
Zhu Y, Sprague BJ, Phernetton TM, Magness RR, Chesler NC. Transmission line models to simulate the impedance of the uterine vasculature during the ovarian cycle and pregnancy. European Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology. 2009; 144(1):S184-91.
- Fellow, American College of Physicians, July 2020
