Deborah Fisher
Overview:
1) Clinical interests and focus: I am a general gastroenterologist with a particular interest in colorectal cancer screening/surveillance and quality improvement. I recently served on the ASGE Assessment of Quality in Endoscopy committee and currently serve on the AGA Clinical Practice Updates committee.
2) Research focus: Outcomes, big data, and health services research as applied to a variety of GI areas including weight-loss devices, NAFLD, colorectal cancer screening, choledocholithiasis. I conduct clinical research (outcomes, clinical trials, diagnostic studies) in colorectal cancer screening and have collaborated with the School of Engineering on GI clinical applications of new technology.
3) Educational activities: Clinical teaching in gastroenterology and endoscopy, directing the Department of Medicine MENTORS program for research fellows, mentoring trainees and junior faculty in research. I am faculty of the GI T32 training grant and of the Duke Clinical Research Training Program. In my role as the GI Director of Social and Digital Media, I train and advise in using social media for medical education and professional development.
Positions:
Associate Professor of Medicine
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute
Member in the Duke Clinical Research Institute
Education:
M.D. 1996
Medical Resident, Medicine
Fellow in Gastroenterology, Medicine
Grants:
H9X-MC-GBGL
Core variable Assessment Towards a NatIonal evaluation Program (CATNIP) - Subcontract with Weill Cornell
Duke Training Grant in Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Publications:
A stepped randomized trial to promote colorectal cancer screening in a nationwide sample of U.S. Veterans.
Lowering the Colorectal Cancer Screening Age Improves Predicted Outcomes in a Microsimulation Model.
Index Symptoms and Prognosis Awareness of Patients With Pancreatic Cancer: A Multi-Site Palliative Care Collaborative.
Esophageal and Gastric Motility Changes Following Lung Transplantation.
Impact of screening and follow-up colonoscopy adenoma sensitivity on colorectal cancer screening outcomes in the CRC-AIM microsimulation model.
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