William V. McDermott Professor of Surgery Harvard Medical School
General Surgery
Dr. Josef E. Fischer, MD
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Doctor Josef E. Fischer, MD is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He attended Harvard Medical School. Harvard Medical School is one of the top medical schools in the US. Harvard Medical School is ranked 1/12 in Research/PrimaryCare. He over the years received 2 awards: "Elected Member" and "Fellow (FACS)". Doctor Josef E. Fischer, MD is a published doctor and has 37 publications published. The lastest was: 'Two senior surgeons' view: prevention of surgical site infection associated with colorectal operations.'
Publications
- Two senior surgeons' view: prevention of surgical site infection associated with colorectal operations.
- Hernia repair: why do we continue to perform mesh repair in the face of the human toll of inguinodynia?
- The shrinking role of academic health centers in health care reform.
- Nutritional Support: We have Failed in Our Ability to Support Patients with Sepsis and Cancer.
- How to rescue general surgery.
- De rerum natura.
- Historical perspectives in the care of patients with enterocutaneous fistula.
- Some aspects of health care reform never mentioned.
- Edward D. Churchill as a combat consultant: lessons for the senior visiting surgeons and today's military medical corps.
- How I do it: gastroIntestinal cutaneous fistulas.
- Is damage to the common bile duct during laparoscopic cholecystectomy an inherent risk of the operation?
- Surgery is different: a response to the IOM report.
- The importance of reconstruction of the Abdominal wall after gastrointestinal fistula closure.
- A cautionary note: the use of vacuum-assisted closure systems in the treatment of gastroIntestinal cutaneous fistula may be associated with higher mortality from subse...
- The impending disappearance of the general surgeon.
- Deviation-based cost modeling: a novel model to evaluate the clinical and economic impact of clinical pathways.
- Enhancing the current broad-based training system and its necessity.
- Current management of enterocutaneous fistula.
- Special commentary on the role of government in health care: a societal issue.
- Surgeons: employees or professionals?
- Hepatic surgery: current techniques and outcomes.
- The use of intraservice work per unit of time (IWPUT) and the building block method (BBM) for the calculation of surgical work.
- On the uniqueness of surgery.
- President's invited speaker: "Passion".
- In their own words: serving on the MAP of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association's TEC.
- Continuity of care: a casualty of the 80-hour work week.
- Abandonment.
- Colonel Pete.
- They will sell you the rope.
- Socioeconomic activism in a changing medical workplace.
- Current management of Intestinal fistulas.
- Unresectable liver metastases.
- The stress response decreases NF-kappaB activation in liver of endotoxemic mice.
- Proteasome inhibitors induce heat shock response and increase IL-6 expression in human Intestinal epithelial cells.
- Hypoxia is not the sole cause of lactate production during shock.
- Role of skeletal muscle Na+-K+ ATPase activity in increased lactate production in sub-acute sepsis.
Schools
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Med School
Procedures Preformed
- Open Incisional and-or Ventral Hernia Repair
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Pain
- Incisional Hernia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Ulcerative Colitis
Doctors Specialties
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Elected Member
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Massachusetts General Hospital -
Harvard Medical School
Hospital
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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