Jonathan Fisher
Residency and Training
BWH/MGH Harvard Affliliated Emergency Medicine BIDMC 1997-2001
Chief Resident 2000-2001
Academic Rank
MD, MPH Tufts University 1997
Assistant Professor
About Dr. Fisher
My clinical and research interest focus on both medical education in the emergency medicine and the intersections of public health and emergency care. My administrative responsibilities in the department include; Co-Director of Undergraduate Education, Assistant Director of Clinical Research, and the Director of Continuing Medical Education. I also hold the position of Vice Chair of the Committee on Clinical Investigations at BIDMC. On a National Level,
I am the president elect of the Academy of Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine, Chair of the Graduate Medical Education Committee of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, and serve on the Academic Affairs Committee for the American College of Emergency Physicians.
Department Administrative Roles:
Co-Director of Undergraduate Education
Assistant Director of Clinical Research
Director of Continuing Medical Education
Hospital Administrative Roles:
Vice Chair, Committee on Clinical Investigation
National Administrative Roles:
Chair Elect, Academy of Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine
Chair, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Graduate Medical Education Committee
Committee member, American College of Emergency Physicians, Academic Affairs Committee
Major Publications
Smith AK, Fisher J, Schonberg MA, Pallin DJ, Block SD, Forrow L, Phillips RS, McCarthy EP. “Am I Doing the Right Thing? Provider Perspectives on Improving Palliative Care in the Emergency Department.” Ann Emerg Med. 2009 Jul;54(1):86-93
Fisher J, Sokolove P, Kelly S, “Overcrowding: Harming the patients of tomorrow” Acad Emerg Med 2009; 16:56–60
Wald DA, Manthey DE, Lin M, Anders DS, Fisher J. “Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine: Statement of Purpose” Acad Emerg Med (2008 Sep) 15(9):856-9
Farrell SE, Coates WC, Khun GJ, Fisher J, Shayne P, Lin M. “Highlights in emergency medicine medical education research: 2008.”Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Dec;16(12):1318-24.
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Primer: A Manual for Medical Students. Editor: Wald DA. Ander, D. Fisher J. Lin M. Manthey D. Clerkship Directors in Emergency Medicine, Lansing, MI 2008
Fisher J, Ray A, Savett S, Milliron M, Koenig. Collegiate-based emergency medical services: A survey of EMS systems on college campuses. Prehosp Disast Med. 2006;21(2):91-96.
Fisher J, Anzalone B, McGhee J, Sylvia B, Ullman EA.
Lack of early defibrillation capability and automated external defibrillators in nursing homes. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2007;8(6):413-5.
Betz M, Kelly S, Fisher J “Death certificate inaccuracy and underreporting of injury in the elderly” J Am Geriatr Soc 2008; 56:2267–2272
E-mail
jfisher2 @ bidmc.harvard.edu
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