Josef E Fischer

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi On the uniqueness of surgery
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Surg 189:259-63. 2005
  2. ncbi The impending disappearance of the general surgeon
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    JAMA 298:2191-3. 2007
  3. ncbi Special commentary on the role of government in health care: a societal issue
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, 110 Francis Street, Suite 9F, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 191:162-4. 2006
  4. ncbi Nutritional support: we have failed in our ability to support patients with sepsis and cancer
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont Street, Suite 511 512, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Surg Clin North Am 91:641-51. 2011
  5. ncbi A cautionary note: the use of vacuum-assisted closure systems in the treatment of gastrointestinal cutaneous fistula may be associated with higher mortality from subsequent fistula development
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 196:1-2. 2008
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic activism in a changing medical workplace
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 185:6-9. 2003
  7. ncbi How I do it: gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas
    Christeen Osborn
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 13:2068-73. 2009
  8. ncbi Staying alive: strategies for accountable health care
    Stuart G Marcus
    Department of Surgery, The Frank H Netter, M D, School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, St Vincent s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 16:927-34. 2012
  9. ncbi Enhancing the current broad-based training system and its necessity
    Josef E Fischer
    Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, 110 Francis St, Suite 9F, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am Surg 73:130-5. 2007
  10. ncbi Continuity of care: a casualty of the 80-hour work week
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 02215, USA
    Acad Med 79:381-3. 2004

Collaborators

  • Charles D Mabry
  • Stuart G Marcus
  • Christeen Osborn
  • Amy R Evenson
  • Justin A Maykel
  • Per Olof Hasselgren
  • David Bentrem
  • Jonathan R Hiatt
  • Vijay Maker
  • Achilles Demetriou
  • Amy L Halverson
  • Kaye M Reid-Lombardo
  • Marek Rudnicki
  • Daniel Jones
  • John J McDonough
  • James M Hurst
  • Richard G Azizkhan
  • Henry W Neale
  • Glenn D Warden
  • Robert H Bower

Detail Information

Publications16

  1. ncbi On the uniqueness of surgery
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Am J Surg 189:259-63. 2005
    ..On the other hand, barber surgeons were relatively unskilled and unrewarded, at a much lower class in society, and laid hands on the patient by draining abscesses, cauterizing, dealing with bladder stones, etc...
  2. ncbi The impending disappearance of the general surgeon
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    JAMA 298:2191-3. 2007
  3. ncbi Special commentary on the role of government in health care: a societal issue
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, 110 Francis Street, Suite 9F, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 191:162-4. 2006
  4. ncbi Nutritional support: we have failed in our ability to support patients with sepsis and cancer
    Josef E Fischer
    Harvard Medical School, Renaissance Park, 1135 Tremont Street, Suite 511 512, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Surg Clin North Am 91:641-51. 2011
    ..Myostatin and lipokine, newly discovered factors, may also play a role...
  5. ncbi A cautionary note: the use of vacuum-assisted closure systems in the treatment of gastrointestinal cutaneous fistula may be associated with higher mortality from subsequent fistula development
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 196:1-2. 2008
    ..Although the numbers are small, it also raises the question that development of a fistula in a patient treated with VAC may result in higher mortality...
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic activism in a changing medical workplace
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am J Surg 185:6-9. 2003
    ..All of these assumptions are incorrect. We must be at the table the next time around and we must be prepared for the crisis of access that will bring about societies' dealings with these important issues...
  7. ncbi How I do it: gastrointestinal cutaneous fistulas
    Christeen Osborn
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, 1135 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 13:2068-73. 2009
    ..Using these principles, the last 50 cases at our personal series have been done without mortality...
  8. ncbi Staying alive: strategies for accountable health care
    Stuart G Marcus
    Department of Surgery, The Frank H Netter, M D, School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, St Vincent s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 16:927-34. 2012
    ..The recognition of shared values among the diverse constituents affected by health care policy changes will best prepare surgeons to control their own destiny and successfully manage new challenges as they emerge...
  9. ncbi Enhancing the current broad-based training system and its necessity
    Josef E Fischer
    Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center, 110 Francis St, Suite 9F, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Am Surg 73:130-5. 2007
  10. ncbi Continuity of care: a casualty of the 80-hour work week
    Josef E Fischer
    Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. 02215, USA
    Acad Med 79:381-3. 2004
    ....
  11. ncbi Current management of enterocutaneous fistula
    Amy R Evenson
    Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    J Gastrointest Surg 10:455-64. 2006
    ....
  12. ncbi Current management of intestinal fistulas
    Justin A Maykel
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
    Adv Surg 37:283-99. 2003
  13. ncbi Colonel Pete
    Josef E Fischer
    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Surgery 133:589-91. 2003
  14. ncbi Festschrift for Josef E. Fischer, MD
    Per Olof Hasselgren
    Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way (PO Box 670558, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0558, USA
    Am J Surg 183:325-492. 2002
  15. ncbi The use of intraservice work per unit of time (IWPUT) and the building block method (BBM) for the calculation of surgical work
    Charles D Mabry
    American College of Surgeons, General Surgery Coding and Reimbursement Committee, Chicago, IL, USA
    Ann Surg 241:929-38; discussion 938-40. 2005
    ....
  16. ncbi They will sell you the rope
    Josef E Fischer
    Surgery 133:356-7. 2003