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CURRICULUM VITAE

Staci A. Fischer, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.I.D.S.A

Business Address Graduate Medical Education

Rhode Island Hospital

593 Eddy Street

Aldrich 120

Providence, RI 02903

Business Phone (401) 444-8450

Business Fax (401) 444-5088

Email [email protected]

EDUCATION

Undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Summa Cum Laude

Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1982-1986

Medical School Doctor of Medicine

Louisiana State University School of Medicine

New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986-1990

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

Residency Internal Medicine, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 1990-1993

Fellowship Infectious Diseases, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center

Chicago, Illinois, 1993-1995

POSTGRADUATE HONORS AND AWARDS

Louisiana Presbyterian Foundation scholarship to attend LSU

School of Medicine, 1986-1990

Admissions Committee Member, LSU School of Medicine, 1990

Alpha Omega Alpha, 1990

Pharmacology Award, Louisiana State University School of

Medicine, 1990

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Upjohn Achievement Award for Outstanding Performance in

Clinical Years of Study, Louisiana State University School of

Medicine, 1990

Intern of the Year Award, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical

Center, 1990-1991

Resident of the Year Award, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical

Center, 1991-1992

American Society for Microbiology Travel Grant, 1994

SmithKline Beecham Fellowship to attend the SHEA/CDC/AHA

Training Program in Hospital Epidemiology, 1995

J. Wayne Ebrite Health Science Associate Infectious Disease

Research Conference, 1996

Employee of the Month, Cardiomyopathy/Transplant Unit, Rush-

Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, June 1996

Named to The Best Doctors in America, 1997-1998

Alice B. Sachs Award, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical

Center (awarded annually to a hospital employee for dedication to

compassionate patient care), 1998

Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, The Warren Alpert

Medical School of Brown University, July 2001

Named to The Best Doctors in America, 2001-2002



Named to America’s Top Physicians, 2003



Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Teaching, Department of

Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University, 2004

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Named to “Best Doctors” - Rhode Island/Cape Cod edition of

Better Living Magazine, 2004



Named to “Top Doctors”, Rhode Island Monthly, 2004

Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown University, 2005-2006, “in recognition of

exemplary teaching in Biomed 351 Infectious

Diseases/Pathophysiology small group”

Named to “Top Doctors”, Rhode Island Monthly, 2006

Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award, The Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown University, 2006-2007, “in recognition of

exemplary teaching in Biomed 351 Infectious

Diseases/Pathophysiology small group”

Finalist, 2007 Charles C. Shepard Science Award, the Centers for

Disease Control and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry, “presented to the authors of the most outstanding peer-

reviewed research paper published by CDC/ATSDR”

Named to “Best Doctors in America”, 2007-2008 and 2009-2010

Triple Your Heart “Kindness Matters Award”, 2007, “in

recognition of outstanding acts of kindness, generosity and

leadership”

Named to “Best Doctors in America”, 2011-2012

Master of Arts ad eundem, Brown University, 2011

Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Attending Teaching

Award, 2011-2012

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND BOARD CERTIFICATION

License Rhode Island – MD 10461

Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine, subspecialty of Infectious

Disease, 1996, re-certified 2006

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Diplomate American Board of Internal Medicine

1993, re-certified 2003

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS

Associate The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,

Professor of June 2007 to present

Medicine

Assistant The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,

Professor of November 2000 to June 2007

Medicine

Director Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, The Warren Alpert

Medical School of Brown University, July 2001 to December 2004

Assistant Infectious Disease Fellowship, The Warren Alpert Medical School

Director of Brown University, November 2000 to July 2001

Subspecialty Division of Infectious Diseases, The Warren Alpert Medical

Education School of Brown University, July 2002 to December 2004

Coordinator

Assistant Section of Infectious Disease, Rush Medical College, Rush-

Professor Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, 1996 to 2001

of Medicine

Clinical Section of Infectious Disease, Rush Medical College, Rush-

Instructor Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, 1995 to 1996

HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS

Director Graduate Medical Education, Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, March 2008 to present

Director Transplant Infectious Diseases Program, Rhode Island Hospital,

Providence, Rhode Island, July 2006 to present

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Active Staff Women & Infants Hospital, Rhode Island, November 2001 to

present

Director Outpatient Infectious Disease Clinic, Rhode Island Hospital,

Providence, Rhode Island, November 2000 to March 2005

Active Staff Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, November 2000

to present

Active Staff Miriam Hospital, Providence, Rhode Island, November 2000 to

present

OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Lecturer Morbidity & Mortality Conference, Department of Medicine Grand

Rounds, October 2011 to present

Board Member RI Organ Donor Awareness Coalition, September 2011 to present

Co-Chair Donor-Transmitted Infections Committee, American Society of

Transplant Infectious Diseases Community of Practice, August

2008 to present

Deacon Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI,

July 2007 to present

Invited Moderator American Transplant Congress, May 5-9, 2007, San Francisco,

CA, Session: Infections: HIV and Miscellaneous

Abstract Reviewer American Transplant Congress, 2007, 2008, 2009

Chair Education Committee, Rhode Island Chapter, American College of

Physicians, 2005 to 2007

Representative Infectious Diseases Society of America representative to the

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Organ Transplant

Infection Prevention and Detection Program, 2004

Member Education Committee, Rhode Island Chapter, American College of

Physicians, 2004 to 2005

Reviewer Transplantation, 2003 to present

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Chair Clinical Research Committee, Metro Infectious Disease

Consultants, L.L.C., Hinsdale, Illinois, 1998 to 2000

Member Committee on Infectious Diseases, American Society of Transplant

Physicians/American Society of Transplantation, 1996 to 1999

Physician Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, L.L.C., Hinsdale, Illinois,

August 1998 to 2000

Physician CIMRO, June 2000 to November 2000

Reviewer

Editorial The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 1995 to 2000

Board

Invited Viral Infections Symposium, Congress on Pulmonary Infections in

Moderator Organ Transplantation, Milan, Italy, February 1997

Invited Donor-derived Infections and HIV, American Transplant Congress,

Moderator Boston, Massachusetts, June 2009

Invited Herpes viruses and other viral infections in immunocompromised

Moderator hosts. 49th

Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and

Chemotherapy, San Francisco, CA, September 12-25, 2009.

HOSPITAL COMMITTEES

Member Simulation Advisory Committee, Rhode Island Hospital, April

2012 to present

Member Salar Implementation Committee, Rhode Island Hospital, March

2012 to present

Member ICD- 10 Steering Committee, Rhode Island Hospital, March 2011

to present

Member Physician I.S. Advisory Group, Rhode Island Hospital, February

2011 to present

Member Steering Committee for The Center for Physicians Leadership,

Rhode Island Hospital, December 2010 to present

Member Simulation Board of Directors, Rhode Island Hospital, February

2010 to present

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Chairperson Committee on Universal Protocol for Procedures Performed

Outside of the Operating Room, Rhode Island Hospital and the

Miriam Hospital, August 2009 to May 2011

Member Medical Executive Committee, Rhode Island Hospital, 2008 to

present

Convener Resident Committee on Improving Ambulatory Care, Rhode Island

Hospital, November 2009 to present

Member Pneumonia Improvement Project, Rhode Island Hospital, October

2009 to present

Member Clinical Services Review Committee, Lifespan, September 2009 to

present

Member Physician Industry Interaction Committee, Lifespan, September

2009 to present

Member Medication Reconciliation Committee, Lifespan, July 2009 to

present

Member Rhode Island Hospital By-Laws Committee, Rhode Island

Hospital, June 2009 to present

Member Smoking Cessation Steering Committee, Lifespan, June 2009 to

present

Member Clinical Documentation Steering Committee, Lifespan, May 2009

to present

Member Quality and Safety Council, Lifespan, February 2009 to present

Member Patient Safety Council, Rhode Island Hospital, March 2008 to

present

Member Director’s Council, Rhode Island Hospital, March 2008 to present

Member Graduate Medical Education Committee, Women and Infants

Hospital, March 2008 to present

Chairperson Graduate Medical Education Committee, Lifespan, March 2008 to

present

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Member Graduate Medical Education Committee, Lifespan, January 2005 to

March 2008

Member Neurosurgery Quality Assurance Committee, Rhode Island

Hospital, 2001 to 2008

Member Antimicrobial Subcommittee, Pharmacy and Therapeutics

Committee, Rhode Island Hospital, 2001 to 2008

Member Ambulatory Physician Leadership Committee, Rhode Island

Hospital, 2002 to present

Member Cardiac Transplant Committee, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s

Medical Center, 1995 to 2000

Member Pancreas Transplant Evaluation Committee, Rush-Presbyterian -

St. Luke’s Medical Center, 1997 to 1999

Member Formulary Design Team, Rush 2000 Project, 1997 to 1998

(committee to decrease pharmacy costs by monitoring

antimicrobial usage and formulary contents)

Member Fellowship Curriculum Committee, Section of Infectious Disease,

Rush Medical College and Cook County Hospital, 1994 to 1997

Member Neutropenic Fever Committee, Rush Cancer Institute, 1994

UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES

Member Graduate Education Committee, The Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown University, July 2001 to present

Member Search Committee, Division of Nephrology, Department of


University, 2006 - 2007

Member Search Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of


University, 2006 - 2007

Member Search Committee, Department of Surgery, The Warren Alpert

Medical School of Brown University, 2006

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Member Search Committee, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University, Division of Infectious Diseases,

October 2002 to April 2004

Chair Education Committee, Division of Infectious Diseases, The

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,

July 2001 to December 2004

Member Curriculum Committee, Department of Medicine, The Warren

Alpert Medical School of Brown University, July 2001 to

December 2004

Member Task Force on Teaching Rewards, Department of Medicine, The

Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2001

MEMBERSHIP IN SOCIETIES

Fellow American College of Physicians–American Society of Internal

Medicine

Fellow Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

Fellow Infectious Diseases Society of America

Member Rhode Island Medical Society

Member American Society of Transplantation

Member Infectious Disease Community of Practice, American Society of

Transplantation

Secretary Chicago Area Infectious Diseases Society, 1998 to 2000

ORIGINAL PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS

1a. Fischer SA, Trenholme GM, Levin S. Fever in the Solid Organ Transplant Patient.

Infect Dis Clin North Am 1996;10:167.

2a. Fischer SA, Harris AA, Segreti J, et al. Screening for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in

Illinois. Clin Microbiol Infect 1996;1:175.

3a. Fischer SA, Trenholme GM, Constanzo MR, Piccione W. Infectious Complications

of Left Ventricular Assist Device Placement. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 24:18.

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4a. Rubin RH, Kemmerly SA, Conti D, Doran M, Murray BM, Neylan JF, Pappas C,

Pitts D, Avery R, Pavlakis M, Del Busto R, DeNofrio D, Blumberg EA, Schoenfeld

DA, Donohue T, Fischer SA, Fishman JA. Prevention of Primary Cytomegalovirus

Disease in Organ Transplant Recipients with Oral Ganciclovir or Oral Acyclovir

Prophylaxis. Transpl Infect Dis 2000;2:112.

5a. Pulvirenti JJ, Hafiz I, Mehra T, Marsh D, Kocka F, Meyer PM, Fischer SA,

Goodman L, Gerding DN, Weinstein RA. Epidemiology and Outcome of

Clostridium difficile Infections and Diarrhea in HIV-infected Patients. Diagn

Microbiol Infect Dis 2002;44:325.

6a. Pulvirenti JJ, Gerding DN, Nathan C, Hafiz I, Mehra T, Marsh D, Kocka F, Rice T,

Fischer SA, Segreti J, Weinstein RA. Difference in the Incidence of Clostridium

difficile in Patients Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Admitted to a

Public Hospital and a Private Hospital. Infect Control and Hosp Epidemiol 2002;23:

641.

7a. Fischer SA. Infections in the Transplant Recipient. Med Health RI 2002;85:125.

8a. Poshkus M, Fischer SA. Hepatitis B: New Options in Diagnosis and Treatment.

Med Health RI 2003;86:161.

9a. Urbina BY, Gohh R, Fischer SA. Oerskovia xanthineolytica Endocarditis in a

Renal Transplant Patient: Case Report and Review of the Literature. Transpl Infect

Dis 2003;5:195.

10a. Simon D, Fischer SA, Grossman A, Downer C, Hota B, Heroux A, Trenholme G.

Left Ventricular Assist Device-Related Infection: Treatment and Outcome. Clin

Infect Dis 2005;40:1108.

11a. Fischer SA, Donahue J. Pachymeningitis in a Mexican Immigrant. Med Health RI

2005;88:236.

12a. Fischer SA, Graham MB, Kuehnert MJ, et al. Transmission of Lymphocytic

Choriomeningitis Virus By Organ Transplantation. New Engl J Med 2006;

354:2235.

13a. Gautam A, Morrisey PE, Brem AS, Fischer SA, et al. Use of an Immune Function

Assay to Monitor Immunosuppression for Treatment of Post-Transplant

Lymphoproliferative Disorder. Pediatr Transplant 2006;10:613.

14a. Fischer, SA. Infectious Complicating Solid Organ Transplantation. Surg Clin

North Am 2006;86:1127.

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15a. Gautam, A, Fischer SA, Yango AF. Cell mediated immunity (CMI) and post

transplant viral infections – Role of a functional immune assay to titrate

immunosuppression. Int Immunopharmacol 2006;6:2023.

16a. Gautam A, Fischer SA, Yango A, et al. Suppression of cell-mediated immunity by

a donor transmitted Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in a Kidney Transplant

Recipient. Transpl Infect Dis 2007;9:339.

17a. Vrochides D, Fischer SA, Soares G, Morrissey PE. Successful treatment of

recurrent cholangitis complicating liver transplantation by roux-en-Y limb

lengthening. Transpl Infect Dis 2007;9:327

18a. Patel A, Fischer SA, Calfee R, Fadale P. Locker room acquired methicillin-

resistant staphylococcus aureus. Orthopedics 2007;30:532.

19a. Furuya EY, Paez A, Srinivasan A, Cooksey R, Augenbraum M, Baron M, Brudney

K, Della-Latta P, Estivariz C, Fischer SA, et al. Outbreak of Mycobacterium

abscessus wound infections among lipotourists from the United States who

underwent abdominoplasty in the Dominican Republic. Clin Infect Dis

2008;46:1181.

20a. Aboagye-Kumi M, Yango Jr A, Fischer S, et al. Acute disseminated

encephalomyelitis in a renal transplant recipient: A case report. Transplant Proc

2008;45:1751.

21a. Patel A, Calfee RP, Fischer SA, Plante M, Arcand N, Born CT. Methicillin

resistant staphylococcus aureus in orthopedic surgery. J Bone Joint Surg (Br)

2008;90:1401-6.

22a. Fischer SA. Emerging viruses in transplantation: There is more to infection after

transplant than CMV and EBV. Transplantation 2008;86:1327-39.

23a. Patel A, Calfee RP, Plante M, Fischer SA, Green A. Propionibacterium acnes

colonization of the human shoulder. J Shoulder Elbow Surg 2009;18:897-902.

24a. Fischer SA, Avery RK, and the AST Infectious Disease Community of Practice.

Screening of donor and recipient prior to solid organ transplantation. Am J

Transplant 2009;9:S7-18.

25a. Humar A, Morris M, Blumberg E, Freeman R, Preiksaitis J, Kiberd B, Schweitzer

E, Ganz S, Caliendo A, Orlowski JP, Wilson B, Kotton C, Michaels M, Kleinman

S, Geier S, Murphy B, Green M, Levi M, Knoll G, Segev D, Brubaker S, Hasz R,

Lebovitz DJ, Mulligan D, O’Connor K, Pruett T, Mozes M, Lee I, Delmonico F,

Fischer S. Nucleic Acid Testing (NAT) of Organ Donors: Is the "Best" Test the

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Right Test? A Consensus Conference Report. Am J Transplant 2009;10(4):889-99.

26a Morris MI, Fischer SA, Ison MG. Infections transmitted by transplantation. Infect

Dis Clin North Am 2010;24:497-514.

27a. Cheah YL, Ng Thomas, Shah K, Patrozou E, Fischer S. Video-assisted

Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) Drainage of Salmonella enteritidis Empyema and

Needle-localization for Retrieval of a Dropped Gallstone. Surg Laparosc Endosc

Percutan Tech 2010;20(4)265-8.

28a. Thakur NA, Schiller JR, Fischer SA, Palumbo MA. Klebsiella pneumoniae-

associated vertebral osteomyelitis after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Hospital

Practice 2010;38:75-8.

29a. Drolet BC, Spalluto LB, Fischer SA. Residents’ perspectives on ACGME

regulation of supervision and duty hours – a national survey. N Engl J Med

2010;363:e34.

30a. Fischer SA. The changing paradigm in residency and fellowship training:

embracing the future. Med Health RI 2011: 94(6) 152-154.

31a. Fischer SA. Editor, Med Health RI 2011: Volume 94(6).

32a. Drolet BC, Christopher DA, Fischer SA. Residents’ Responses to Duty Hour

Regulations- A Follow-Up National Survey. N Engl J Med. 2012. 366 e:35.

33a. Drolet, BC, Soh, IY, Shultz, PA, Fischer SA. A Thematic Review of Resident

Commentary on Duty Hour and Supervision Regulations. JGME. In Press

34a. Bishop KD, Drolet BC, Tammaro D, Fischer SA. Abstract

35a. Fischer SA. Critical Analysis of a Trauma Fellowship- Modeled 6 Year Orthopaedic

Surgery Training Program. JBJS. In Press.

OTHER PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

BOOK CHAPTERS

1b. Fischer SA. HIV and Diarrhea Cases and Section Editor of the Infectious Disease

Section of Diagnostic Strategies for Internal Medicine: A Case-Based Approach.

Grodzin CJ, Schwartz SC, Bone RC (eds.), Mosby-Year Book, Inc., St. Louis, MO,

1996.

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2b. Fischer SA. Infection in the Immunocompromised Host. In Multidisciplinary

Critical Care Board Review Course. Zimmermann JL, (ed.), Society of Critical

Care Medicine, Anaheim, CA, 1997.

3b. Fischer SA, Harris AA. Brain abscess. In Infectious Diseases (2nd

ed). Gorbach SL,

Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1998, pp 1431-43.

4b. Fischer SA, Harris AA. Brain abscess. In Infectious Diseases (3rd

ed). Gorbach SL,

Bartlett JG, Blacklow NR, WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2004, pp 1308-19.

5b. Fischer SA. Epstein-Barr Virus. The 5-Minute Consult Clinical Companion to

Women’s Health. McGarry KA, Tong I, ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins,

November 2006.

6b. Patrozou, E, Fischer SA. Cysticercosis. In Ferri's Clinical Advisor 2009: Instant

Diagnosis and Treatment. Fred F. Ferri, Mosby. 2009

7b. Fischer SA. Emerging and Rare Viral Infections in Transplantation. In Transplant

Infections (3rd

edition). Snydman D, ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2010.

8b. Patrozou E and Fischer SA. Cysticercosis. In Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2011. Fred

F Ferri, Ed. Elsevier Mosby, Philadelphia. 2010.

9b. Fischer SA. Transplant Prophylaxis. In Antibiotic Essentials (tenth ed). Cunha B,

ed. Jones & Bartlett Learning, Massachusetts. 2011, pgs 17-182.

10b. Fischer SA. Transplant Therapy. In Antibiotic Essentials (tenth ed). Cunha B, ed.

Jones & Bartlett Learning, Massachusetts. 2011 pgs 351-383.

11b. Fischer SA. Pre-transplant Infectious Disease Evaluation of the Organ Transplant

Candidate. In The AST Handbook of Transplant Infections. Kumar D and Humar A,

ed. 2011 pgs 6-7.

12b. Fischer SA. Pre-transplant Infectious Disease Evaluation of the Hematopoietic

Stem Cell Transplant Candidate. In The AST Handbook of Transplant Infections.

Kumar D and Humar A, ed. 201 pg 8.

13b. Fischer SA. Infectious Disease Evaluation of the Potential Organ Donor. In The

AST Handbook of Transplant Infections. Kumar D and Humar A, ed. 2011 pgs 89-

90.

14b. Fischer SA. Infectious Disease Evaluation of the Potential Hematopoietic Stem

Cell Transplant Donor. In The AST Handbook of Transplant Infections. Kumar D

and Humar A, ed. 2011 91-92.

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15b. Fischer SA. Epstein-Barr Virus Infection. The 5-minute Consult Clinical

Companion to Women’s Health. Second Edition. ed. 2012.

16b. Patrozou E., Fischer SA. Cysticercosis. Ferri’s Clinical Advisor 2013. Section One.

pgs 294-295.

OTHER NON-PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Book 1986 – Honors Thesis. Coulombic effects on back electron transfer rate in

bipyridyl ruthenium complexes. (Tulane University, New Orleans, LA)

Review Fischer SA. Commentary: Meningococcal Meningitis. Infectious Diseases

in Clinical Practice 1997; 6(4):12-3.

Review Upton A, Blumberg EA, Fischer SA, et al. American Society of

Transplantation (AST) Infectious Diseases Community of Practice /

Transplant Infectious Disease Section of The Transplantation Society

(TTS) Guidance On Novel Influenza A/H1N1. September 21, 2009.

Updated October 1, 2009, December 3, 2009

http://www.a-s-t.org/files/pdf/ast_h1n1_guidance.pdf

ABSTRACTS

1c. Aleman M, Brown M, Fischer S, Murray S, Zeitz H. The case-based active learning

conference (CBALC): A modified approach to problem-based learning (PBL) for

use in internal medicine education programs. Teaching Internal Medicine

Symposium, October 29-31, 1993; Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (Abstract

#1).

2c. Fischer S, Harris A, Segreti J, Goodman L, Langkop C, Swartz M, Lollar R,

Trenholme G. Screening for E. coli O157:H7 in Illinois. 34th

International

Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Orlando, Florida, 1994

(Abstract #J218).

3c. Fischer S, Pulvirenti J, Lisowski J, Citronberg R, Lollar R, Rice T, Goodman L

Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) in HIV positive (HIV+) patients.

93rd

General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology, Las Vegas, Nevada,

1994 (Abstract #C-3).

4c. Chundi V, Pulvirenti J, Gerding D, Kocka F, Sambol S, Marsh D, Fischer S,

Goodman L, Demaris P, Gertzen J, Trenholme G, Weinstein RA. Incidence of

Clostridium difficile diarrhea (CDD) in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)

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infection. 33rd

Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sept.

16-18, 1995; San Francisco, California (Abstract #107).

5c. Fischer SA, Trenholme GM, Costanzo MR, Piccione W. Infectious complications

of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) placement. 33rd

Annual Meeting of the

Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sept. 16-18, 1995; San Francisco,

California.

6c. Fischer SA, Weinstein K, Pottage JC Jr. Paecilomyces pneumonia in a diabetic

patient. 33rd

Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sept.

16-18, 1995; San Francisco, California (Abstract).

7c. Pulvirenti J, Mehra T, Demaris P, Hafiz I, Fischer S, et al. Comparative incidence

of Clostridium difficile in consecutively admitted patients to 2 specialized HIV care

units in 2 hospitals. 34th

Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of

America, Sept. 18-20, 1996; New Orleans, Louisiana (Abstract #246).

8c. Glick NR, Fischer SA, Pottage JC, Influenza A in Cardiac Transplant Recipients.

35th

Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sept. 13-16,

1997; San Francisco, California. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 25:376 (Abstract #113).

9c. Fischer SA, Trenholme GM, Constanzo MR, Piccione W. LVAD-related

bloodstream infection: incidence, behavior and prognosis. 43rd

Annual Conference

of American Society of Artificial Internal Organs, 1997; 43(2): 37.

10c. Fischer SA, Schmitt BA, Nelson JA, Harris AA, Trenholme GM. Varicella-zoster

virus (VZV) exposure in a large transplant population. 35th

Annual Meeting of the

Infectious Diseases Society of America, Sept. 13-16, 1997; San Francisco,

California. Clin Infect Dis 1997; 25:473 (Abstract #640).

11c. Pulvirenti J, Hafiz I, Mehra T, Hernandez L, Peters C, Marsh D, Fischer S, Demaris

P, Segreti J, Goodman L, Gerding D, Trenholme G, Weinstein R. Comparison of

symptomatology in HIV infected inpatients co-infected with Cryptosporidium or

Microsporidium. 4th

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections,

January 22-26, 1997.

12c. Hafiz I, Fischer SA, Pulvirenti J, Mehra T, Demaris P, Marsh D, Nathan C, Rice T,

Kocka F, Segreti J, Goodman L, Weinstein R, Trenholme GM, Gerding D.

Causative pathogens of diarrhea in 159 consecutive HIV infected patients admitted

to an inpatient specialty unit. 4th

Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic

Infections, January 22-26, 1997.

13c. Fischer SA, Grossman AP, Mattea A, Costanzo MR, Piccione W, Trenholme G.

Four-year series of patients with LVAD-related infections: clinical and

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microbiologic experience with cardiac transplantation. 17th

Annual Scientific

Meeting of the American Society of Transplant Physicians, May 9-13, 1998;

Chicago, Illinois.

14c. Gohh R, Fischer SA, Morrissey P, Gautam A, Monaco A, Yango A, Akhlaghi F.

The pharmacologic interaction between anti-retroviral agents and tacrolimus.

Abdominal Organ Transplantation from Living Donors: State of the Art, August

2002, Gubbio, Italy.

15c. Fischer SA, Murphy M, Yango A, Gohh R. Oerskovia species endocarditis in a

renal transplant recipient. 40th

Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of

America, October 24-27, 2002; Chicago, Illinois (abstract 233).

16c. Patrozou E, Fischer SA. Postoperative Intracranial Extradural Abscess due to P.

acnes. American College of Physicians, 2005 Rhode Island Chapter Scientific

Meeting, May 11, 2005, Warwick, Rhode Island.

17c. Gautam A, Fischer SA, Yango A, Gohh R, Morrissey P, Monaco A. Use of a

functional cell mediated immunity assay for monitoring reduction of

immunosuppression in transplant BK virus nephropathy. International Society for

Neurovirology, The 3rd International Conference on Polyomaviruses and Human

Diseases: Basic and Clinical Perspectives, September 12-14, 2005, Providence, RI.

18c. Gautam A, Morrissey P, Gohh R, Yango A, Fischer S, Monaco A. Use of a

functional cell mediated immunity assay for monitoring reduction in

immunosuppression. 6th

Annual American Society of Transplant Surgeons State of

the Art Winter Symposium 2006, January 20-22, 2006, Scottsdale, Arizona.

19c. Gautam A, Fischer SA, Yango AF, et al. Cell mediated immunity (CMI) and post

transplant viral infections – role of a functional immune assay to titrate

immunosuppression. 7th

International Conference on New Trends in

Immunosuppression and Immunotherapy, February 16-19, 2006; Berlin, Germany.

20c. Gautam A, Fischer SA, Gohh RY, et al. Monitoring cell mediated immunity during

immunosuppression reduction for serious infection. 2006 World Transplant

Congress: The First Joint Transplant Meeting, July 23-27, 2006; Boston,

Massachusetts.

21c. Gautam A, Fischer SA, Yango AF, et al. Severe suppression of cell-mediated

immunity by donor transmitted lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus in kidney

transplantation recipients. 2006 World Transplant Congress: The First Joint

Transplant Meeting, July 23-27, 2006; Boston, Massachusetts.

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22c. Cheah YL, Tan S, Fischer S, Pricolo V. Fulminant clostridium difficile

colitis:What can be done to control the epidemics? 88th

Annual Meeting of the New

England Surgical Society, September 28-30, 2007; Burlington, Vermont.

23c. Del Signore A, Morrissy P, Fischer S, et al. Early graft function in pre-emptive

versus previously dialyzed live donor kidney transplant recipients. 89th Annual

Meeting of the New England Surgical Society, September 26-28, 2008; Boston,

Massachusetts.

24c. Chiu R, Machan J, Gohh R, Fischer S, Charpentier K, Morrissey P, Monaco A,

Yango A. Death after graft failure: a single center experience. American

Transplant Congress, May 30 – June 2, 2009; Boston, Massachusetts.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1d. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, May 27, 1996.

Medical Grand Rounds: Left Ventricular Assist Devices – Are They Worth the Risk

of Infection?

2d. Transplant Grand Rounds, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, December 1996.

Lecture: New Manifestations of CMV Disease in Transplant Patients.

3d. Specialty Review Course in Infectious Disease, National Center for Advanced

Education. Chicago, Illinois, September 1996. Lecture: Infection in the Solid Organ

Transplant Patient.

4d. Viral Infections Symposium, Congress on Pulmonary Infections in Organ

Transplantation, Milan, Italy, February 1997. Lecture: Candida and Other Fungal

Pneumonias in Immunosuppressed Patients.

5d. 43rd

Annual Conference of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs

(ASAIO). Atlanta, Georgia, May 1997. Lecture: Infections in Circulatory Assist

Devices.

6d. Multidisciplinary Critical Care Board Review Course, Society for Critical Care

Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, August 1997. Lecture: Infections in the

Immunocompromised Host.

7d. NHLBI/NIH and FDA Conference on Thrombosis and Infections with

Cardiovascular Implants: Selection and Clinical Relevance of Diagnostic Tests,

Bethesda, Maryland, October 1997. Lecture: Infection Complicating

Cardiovascular Implants – The Clinical Picture.

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8d. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, Critical Care Nursing Course

(quarterly), Chicago, Illinois, 1996-1998. Lecture: Infections in

Immunocompromised Hosts.

9d. Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, October 1997.

Lecture: Infections in the Transplant Patient.




11d. Ravenswood Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, October 1998. Medical Grand

Rounds: Infections in Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients.

12d. International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, Chicago, Illinois, October

1998. Lecture: Infections in Transplantation.








16d. Association of Clinical Nurse Practitioners, Chicago, Illinois, April 2000. Lecture:

Antibiotic Resistance – What Can We Do?

17d. Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio, May 2000. Lecture:

Infections Following Solid Organ Transplantation.



19d. New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, December 15, 2000.

Infections and Management Issues in Bone Marrow Transplantation: a Combined

Infectious Diseases/Hematology Conference for Fellows. Lecture: Emerging

Infections in the Bone Marrow Transplant Population.

20d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital,

Department of Surgery, Providence, Rhode Island, March 9, 2001. Noon

Conference: Linezolid in the Treatment of Gram Positive Infections.

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21d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital,

Transplant/Nephrology, Providence, Rhode Island, April 27, 2001. Grand Rounds:

Emerging Viral Infections in Renal Transplantation.

22d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Infectious

Diseases Grand Rounds, Providence, Rhode Island, June 20, 2001. Infections in

Solid Organ Transplant Patients.

23d. Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery, Providence, RI, October 15,

2001. Lecture: A Practical Guide to Antibiotic Usage for Neurosurgeons.

24d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Medicine,

Providence, Rhode Island, October 17, 2001. Grand Rounds Presentation: Emerging

Viral Infections in the Transplant Population.



26d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Multidisciplinary Group

on Diabetes Care, Providence, Rhode Island, February 26, 2002. Lecture: Update

on Antibiotics for Use in Diabetic Foot Infections.



28d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Trauma

Surgery, Providence, Rhode Island, September 19, 2003. Lecture: Infected

Hardware and Traumatic Osteomyelitis.

29d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Nephrology,

Providence, Rhode Island, October 2, 2003. Lecture: Infections Complicating

Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis.



31d. Cranston Senior Center, Cranston, Rhode Island, December 3, 2003. Lecture:

Infections Complicating Diabetes.


Providence, Rhode Island, January 27, 2004. Grand Rounds Presentation: M&M –

A 83-year-old man with fever, headache and mental status changes.

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Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island, February 20, 2004. Grand Rounds

Presentation: Transplanting the HIV-Infected Patient.


Providence, Rhode Island, May 4, 2004. Grand Rounds Presentation: M&M – A

28-year-old man with persistent fever and odynophagia.

35d. Update in Internal Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown

University, Providence, Rhode Island, May 7, 2004: Lecture: An Update on

Meningitis and Encephalitis.

36d. Introduction to Clinical Nephrology Board Review Course, Rhode Island Hospital,

Providence, Rhode Island, September 2, 2004. Lecture: Urinary Tract and Dialysis

Associated Infections.


Providence, Rhode Island, September 14, 2004. Grand Rounds Presentation:

M&M – A 67-year-old asplenic female with fatigue and jaundice.

38d. United Network for Organ Sharing / The Organ Procurement and Transplantation

Network (UNOS/OPTN) Region Forum, Westborough, Massachusetts, September

28, 2004. Lecture: Emerging Pathogens in Solid Organ Transplantation.


Providence, Rhode Island, September 30, 2004. Lecture: Infections in Renal

Transplantation.



41d. Neighborcare RI Pharmacy, Providence, Rhode Island, October 20, 2004. Lecture:

MRSA in 2004: An Update.

42d. Evidence-Based Approach to the Practice of Internal Medicine: 2004 Update,

Rhode Island Chapter American College of Physicians, Newport, Rhode Island,

October 27, 2004. Lecture: Antimicrobial Treatment in the Outpatient Setting.

43d. Infection Control Professionals of Southern New England Seminar (ICPSNE),

Providence, Rhode Island, November 3, 2004. Lecture: An Update on Respiratory

and Gastrointestinal Diseases.

44d. Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut, February 15, 2005. Grand Rounds

Presentation: Emerging Pathogens in Solid Organ Transplantation.

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Providence, Rhode Island, March 22, 2005. Grand Rounds Presentation: M&M –

A 21-year-old Mexican man with diffuse weakness for several weeks.

46d. Neighborcare RI Pharmacy, Lynnfield, Massachusetts, March 24, 2005. Lecture:

MRSA in 2005: An Update.

47d. United Network for Organ Sharing / The Organ Procurement and Transplantation

Network (UNOS/OPTN) Region Forum, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 26, 2005.

Lecture: Infection Prevention in Solid Organ Transplantation.

48d. Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, June 15, 2005. Grand Rounds

Presentation: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Solid Organ Transplantation,

2005.


Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island, June 29, 2005. Grand Rounds Presentation:

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Solid Organ Transplantation, 2005.


Providence, Rhode Island, August 17, 2005. Lecture: Urinary Tract and Dialysis

Associated Infections.


Providence, Rhode Island, August 31, 2005. Lecture: Infections in Renal

Transplantation.



53d. Evidence-Based Approach to the Practice of Internal Medicine: 2005 Update,

Rhode Island Chapter American College of Physicians, Newport, Rhode Island,

October 19, 2005. Lecture: Community-Acquired MRSA.


Providence, Rhode Island, November 15, 2005. Grand Rounds Presentation:

M&M – A 90-year-old man with a history of an aortic valve replacement presents

with mental status change and an unexpected cause of death.

55d. Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, November 2, 2005.

Grand Rounds Presentation: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Solid Organ

Transplantation, 2005.

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56d. Beth Israel/Deaconess Hospital, Division of Transplantation, Boston,

Massachusetts. January 24, 2006. LCMV in Solid Organ Transplantation: Donor-

Transmitted Infections, 2003 and 2005.

57d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Geriatrics,

Providence, Rhode Island, February 9, 2006. Fundamentals in Geriatrics Lecture:

Common Infections in the Elderly: The Role of Increasing Resistance in the

Nursing Home.

58d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Urology,

Providence, Rhode Island, April 4, 2006. Lecture: Urologic Infections.

59d. Rhode Island Thoracic Society: Annual Meeting and Clinical Forum, Providence,

Rhode Island, April 7, 2006. Lecture: MRSA Pneumonia: Epidemiology, Course

and Treatment.

60d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Department of Medicine.

Grand Rounds: An Old World Arenavirus in 21st Century Rhode Island:

Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Solid Organ Transplantation, 2005.

61d. American College of Physicians, Rhode Island Chapter, Spring 2006 Scientific

Meeting. Warwick, Rhode Island, May 10, 2006. Lecture and Moderator:

Continuity of Care: Internists, Hospitalists and the Community.

62d. American College of Physicians, Rhode Island Chapter, Spring 2006 Scientific

Meeting. Warwick, Rhode Island, May 10, 2006. Discussion leader, SEP-based

Learning Session for ABIM Recertification: Inpatient Medicine Module 88-G.

63d. Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Emergency Medicine, Providence, Rhode

Island, September 20, 2006. Lecture Series: MRSA in the Emergency Room: An

Update.


Providence, Rhode Island, October 6, 2006. Lecture: Infections in Renal

Transplantation.

65d. Rhode Island Hospital, Division of Transplantation Speaker Series, Providence,

Rhode Island, November 7, 2006. Infections Following Kidney Transplantation.

66d. Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review Course, Chicago, Illinois, November 12,

2006. Lecture: Infections Complicating Bone Marrow and Solid Organ

Transplantation.

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Providence, Rhode Island, December 5, 2006. Grand Rounds Presentation: M&M

– A 40-year-old man with abdominal pain and distension.

68d. Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Surgery, Providence, Rhode Island, January

17, 2007. Surgical Grand Rounds Presentation: MRSA Infections in Orthopedics.

Emerging Infection, New Therapies.


Providence, Rhode Island, January 23, 2007. Grand Rounds Presentation: M&M –

A 30-year-old women with acute renal failure and transaminitis.


Diseases, Providence, Rhode Island, January 24, 2007. Grand Rounds Presentation:

Infections in Bone Marrow Transplantation/Hematopoietic Stem Cell

Transplantation: A Primer for the Infectious Disease Specialist.


Providence, Rhode Island, August 3, 2007. Lecture: Urinary Tract and Dialysis

Infections.


Providence, Rhode Island, August 22, 2007. Lecture: Infections in Renal

Transplantation.

73d. Lahey Clinic, Burlington, Massachusetts, December 13, 2007. Grand Rounds

Presentation: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus in Solid Organ Transplantation,

2005.

74d. Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, February 13, 2008. Visiting

Professorship. Infectious Diseases/Microbiology Grand Rounds: An Old World

Arenavirus in 21st Century Rhode Island: Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus

Transmitted Via Solid Organ Transplantation, 2005.

75d. The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Division of Urology,

Providence, Rhode Island, March 3, 2008. Grand Rounds Presentation: An update

on UTIs and antibiotics for the urologist, 2008.


Providence, Rhode Island, March 4, 2008. Grand Rounds Panelist: M&M

– An 18-year-old male with abdominal pain.

77d. 49th

International Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, San

Francisco, CA, September 12, 2009. Unusual viral infections in transplantation.

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78d. Chicago Infectious Disease Board Review Course, Chicago, IL, September __,

2010. Infections in Transplant Recipients.


Providence, Rhode Island, 2000 to June 2008. Noon Conference Lectures:

CNS infections

Osteomyelitis and Septic Arthritis

Endocarditis

Viral Infections

Fungal Infections

Transplant Infections

80d. Infectious Disease Fellows Lecture Series, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence,

Rhode Island, July 2001 to June 2008. Lectures:


Infectious Diarrhea

Fungal Infections

Endocarditis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Head and Neck Infections

Brain Abscess

Meningitis and Encephalitis

Toxin-Mediated Infections

Intraabdominal Infections

Urinary Tract Infections

Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy: A Practical Approach


Providence, Rhode Island, July 2008 to present. Noon Conference Lecture:


82d. Infectious Disease Fellows Lecture Series, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence,

Rhode Island, July 2008 to present. Lectures:

Bone Marrow Transplant Infections

Solid Organ Transplant Infections

Outpatient Antibiotic Therapy: A Practical Approach

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ROLES

Preceptor Community Based Teaching Program, Residency Programs in

Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Warren Alpert Medical

School of Brown University, 2007-present

Invited Women in Residency Fair, The Office of Women in Medicine

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Lecturer/Preceptor The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,

April 12, 2007, April 10, 2008

Invited Teaching Workshop, Academic Medicine Interest Group, The

Workshop Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University

Leader February 24, 2006, March 1, 2007

Invited Neurosciences Career Symposium, The Warren Alpert Medical

Lecturer School of Brown University, February 16, 2006

Small Group ID Pathophysiology Course (BioMed 351), The Warren Alpert

Lecturer Medical School of Brown University, February 2001,

January 2002, February 2002, February 2003 January 2004,

January 2005, January 2006, January 2007

Invited ID Pathophysiology Course, The Warren Alpert Medical School of

Lecturer Brown University, February 2, 2001, February 4, 2002, February 3,

2003, January 5, 2004, January 21, 2005. Lecture: Pathophysiology

of Central Nervous System (CNS) Infections.

Invited Medical Microbiology Course, The Warren Alpert Medical School

Lecturer of Brown University, April 12, 2001, May 7, 2002.

Lecture: Medically Relevant Fungi: The Clinical Perspective on

Central Nervous System Infections.

HOSPITAL TEACHING ROLES

Consult and Rhode Island Hospital Transplant Infectious Disease

Teaching Consult Service, 2005 to present

Attending

Medicine Teaching Rhode Island Hospital, Inpatient Internal Medicine (Med A)

Attending Service, 2003 to present

Consult and Rhode Island Hospital Infectious Disease Consult Service,

Teaching 2000 to 2008.

Attending

Consult and Rhode Island Hospital “Second” Infectious Disease Consult

Teaching Service (Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Infections), 2003 to 2008

Attending

Consult and The Miriam Hospital Infectious Disease Consult Service,

Teaching January 2005.

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Attending

Creator and Rhode Island Hospital Transplant Infectious Disease Electives

Preceptor 2004 to present (curricula available upon request).

GRANTS

CRIT 2011-2013, Chief Resident Immersion Training, Co Investigator,

$114,000 ($58,000 in Year 1 and $56,000 in Year 2)

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