Nicole Z. Spence, MD

Assistant Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Nicole Spence received her medical degree from Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and completed her residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University, New York, NY and an accredited regional anesthesiology/acute pain management fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. She is a board-certified anesthesiologist.

Dr. Spence is committed to improving perioperative pain control, patient satisfaction, encompassing regional anesthetic techniques, optimizing narcotic sparing modalities, researching anesthesia and women’s health, and fostering patient and trainee education. She spends most of her clinical practice as an orthopedic, obstetric, regional, and perioperative pain anesthesiologist and is committed to teaching students and trainees. She has developed various institutional guidelines to improve patient care in these areas.

Publications

  • Published 2/1/2025

    Schwartz DM, Leiba R, Feldman CL, Spence NZ, Oratz R, Wald HS, Roth S. Correction to: Social Media, Survey, and Medical Literature Data Reveal Escalating Antisemitism Within the United States Healthcare Community. J Relig Health. 2025 Feb; 64(1):224. PMID: 39913026.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 12/1/2024

    Schwartz DM, Leiba R, Feldman CL, Spence NZ, Oratz R, Wald HS, Roth S. Social Media, Survey, and Medical Literature Data Reveal Escalating Antisemitism Within the United States Healthcare Community. J Relig Health. 2025 Feb; 64(1):206-223. PMID: 39616591.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 11/18/2024

    Feldman CL, Spence NZ. Responsibilities of Medical Professionals Amidst Geopolitical Conflict. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Apr; 40(5):1169-1174. PMID: 39557749.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 4/9/2024

    Roth S, Wald HS, Spence NZ, Oratz R, Schwartz DM. Hypocrisy of moral imperatives in the Israel-Hamas war. Lancet. 2024 Apr 20; 403(10436):1542. PMID: 38608685.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 1/1/2024

    Das S, Vasudevan A, Nieves-Rivera A, Edwards H, Spence NZ. Perceptions about perioperative communication among anesthesiologists and surgeons and the impact of perceived status hierarchies on teamwork in the operating room. JCA Advances. 2024; 10012.

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Education

  • Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, MD
  • Emory University, BS