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Melissa Anne Fischer MD

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentMedicine
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
55 Lake Avenue North
Worcester MA 01655
Phone508-856-4265
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    InstitutionT.H. Chan School of Medicine
    DepartmentMedicine
    DivisionGeneral Internal Medicine


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    Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesBAEnglish Literature
    Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesMAPolicy Analysis & Evaluation
    New York University, New York, NY, United StatesMD

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    1. Mullin DJ, Cahill A, Alford DP, Bergeron N, Cushman PA, Gonzalez G, Martin SA, Peterkin AF, Pothos EN, Pulaski M, Terrien JM, Fischer MA. Impact of Asynchronous Training on Student's Confidence and Attitudes Regarding Patients With Opioid Use Disorders. Subst Use Addctn J. 2026 Jan; 47(1):171-178. PMID: 40652361.
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    2. Scott TE, Boccarossa T, Florian D, Fischer MA, Peck SH, Savona MR, Pingen G, Guelcher SA. Rapid prototyping of perfusion cell culture devices for three-dimensional imaging of mesenchymal stem cell deposition and proliferation. Heliyon. 2024 Aug 15; 10(15):e35103. PMID: 39170274.
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    3. Johnson KM, Delaney K, Fischer MA. "It feels like you have to choose one or the other": a qualitative analysis of obstetrician focus groups on periviability counseling. J Perinat Med. 2024 Sep 25; 52(7):696-705. PMID: 38884418.
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    4. Reidy JA, Brizzi K, Chan SH, Day H, Epstein SK, Fischer M, Garg PS, Gosline A, Jaramillo C, Livne E, Mitchell S, Morgan S, Olmsted MW, Stebbins P, Stumpf I, Vesel T, Yeh IM, Young ME, Goldman RE. Curricular Reform in Serious Illness Communication and Palliative Care: Using Medical Students' Voices to Guide Change. Acad Med. 2024 05 01; 99(5):550-557. PMID: 38277443.
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    5. Fischer MA, Song Y, Arrate MP, Gbyli R, Villaume MT, Smith BN, Childress MA, Stricker TP, Halene S, Savona MR. Selective inhibition of MCL1 overcomes venetoclax resistance in a murine model of myelodysplastic syndromes. Haematologica. 2023 02 01; 108(2):522-531. PMID: 35979721.
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    6. Flotte TR, Larkin AC, Fischer MA, Chimienti SN, DeMarco DM, Fan PY, Collins MF. In Reply to Ramotshwana et al. Acad Med. 2021 05 01; 96(5):e15-e16. PMID: 33570854.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    7. Flotte TR, Larkin AC, Fischer MA, Chimienti SN, DeMarco DM, Fan PY, Collins MF. Accelerated Graduation and the Deployment of New Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Acad Med. 2020 10; 95(10):1492-1494. PMID: 32520751.
      Citations: 14     Fields:    Translation:HumansCellsPHPublic Health
    8. Larkin AC, Fischer MA. University of Massachusetts Medical School. Acad Med. 2020 Sep; 95(9S A Snapshot of Medical Student Education in the United States and Canada: Reports From 145 Schools):S232-S235. PMID: 33626689.
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    9. Lawrence CE, Dunkel L, McEver M, Israel T, Taylor R, Chiriboga G, Goins KV, Rahn EJ, Mudano AS, Roberson ED, Chambless C, Wadley VG, Danila MI, Fischer MA, Joosten Y, Saag KG, Allison JJ, Lemon SC, Harris PA. A REDCap-based model for electronic consent (eConsent): Moving toward a more personalized consent. J Clin Transl Sci. 2020 Apr 03; 4(4):345-353. PMID: 33244416.
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    10. Richard K, Noujaim M, Thorndyke LE, Fischer MA. Preparing Medical Students to Be Physician Leaders: A Leadership Training Program for Students Designed and Led by Students. MedEdPORTAL. 2019 12 13; 15:10863. PMID: 32051846.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Liu W, Ye S, Barton BA, Fischer MA, Lawrence C, Rahn EJ, Danila MI, Saag KG, Harris PA, Lemon SC, Allison JJ, Zhang B. Simulation-based power and sample size calculation for designing interrupted time series analyses of count outcomes in evaluation of health policy interventions. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2020 Mar; 17:100474. PMID: 31886433.
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    12. Zhang B, Liu W, Lemon SC, Barton BA, Fischer MA, Lawrence C, Rahn EJ, Danila MI, Saag KG, Harris PA, Allison JJ. Design, analysis, power, and sample size calculation for three-phase interrupted time series analysis in evaluation of health policy interventions. J Eval Clin Pract. 2020 Jun; 26(3):826-841. PMID: 31429175.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Wallace PM, Warrier S, Kahn MJ, Welsh C, Fischer M. Developing an opioid curriculum for medical students: A consensus report from a national symposium. Subst Abus. 2020; 41(4):425-431. PMID: 31314686.
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    14. McDonough EM, Barrett CW, Parang B, Mittal MK, Smith JJ, Bradley AM, Choksi YA, Coburn LA, Short SP, Thompson JJ, Zhang B, Poindexter SV, Fischer MA, Chen X, Li J, Revetta FL, Naik R, Washington MK, Rosen MJ, Hiebert SW, Wilson KT, Williams CS. MTG16 is a tumor suppressor in colitis-associated carcinoma. JCI Insight. 2017 Aug 17; 2(16). PMID: 28814670.
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    15. Lee T, Bian Z, Zhao B, Hogdal LJ, Sensintaffar JL, Goodwin CM, Belmar J, Shaw S, Tarr JC, Veerasamy N, Matulis SM, Koss B, Fischer MA, Arnold AL, Camper DV, Browning CF, Rossanese OW, Budhraja A, Opferman J, Boise LH, Savona MR, Letai A, Olejniczak ET, Fesik SW. Discovery and biological characterization of potent myeloid cell leukemia-1 inhibitors. FEBS Lett. 2017 Jan; 591(1):240-251. PMID: 27878989.
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    16. Zhao Y, Liu Q, Acharya P, Stengel KR, Sheng Q, Zhou X, Kwak H, Fischer MA, Bradner JE, Strickland SA, Mohan SR, Savona MR, Venters BJ, Zhou MM, Lis JT, Hiebert SW. High-Resolution Mapping of RNA Polymerases Identifies Mechanisms of Sensitivity and Resistance to BET Inhibitors in t(8;21) AML. Cell Rep. 2016 08 16; 16(7):2003-16. PMID: 27498870.
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    17. Liston BW, Fischer MA, Way DP, Torre D, Papp KK. Interprofessional education in the internal medicine clerkship: results from a national survey. Acad Med. 2011 Jul; 86(7):872-6. PMID: 21617514.
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    18. Fischer MA, Keough ME, Baril JL, Saccoccio L, Mazor KM, Ladd E, Von Worley A, Gurwitz JH. Prescribers and pharmaceutical representatives: why are we still meeting? J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Jul; 24(7):795-801. PMID: 19424764.
      Citations: 29     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Mazor KM, Reed GW, Yood RA, Fischer MA, Baril J, Gurwitz JH. Disclosure of medical errors: what factors influence how patients respond? J Gen Intern Med. 2006 Jul; 21(7):704-10. PMID: 16808770.
      Citations: 24     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Fischer MA, Mazor KM, Baril J, Alper E, DeMarco D, Pugnaire M. Learning from mistakes. Factors that influence how students and residents learn from medical errors. J Gen Intern Med. 2006 May; 21(5):419-23. PMID: 16704381.
      Citations: 41     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    21. Mazor KM, Fischer MA, Haley HL, Hatem D, Rogers HJ, Quirk ME. Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical errors: a factorial survey. Acad Med. 2005 Oct; 80(10 Suppl):S88-92. PMID: 16199467.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
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