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Present	Physician, Baystate Health ‐ Department of Pediatrics
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Medical Student Teaching Award, Tufts University School of Medicine (1999-2001)
Wilmont Cancer Foundation Research Award (1990-1992)
Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (1990-present)
Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Beta Kappa Research award (1990)

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Ten Years of Newborn Screening for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) in Massachusetts (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2021)

Background: Massachusetts began newborn screening (NBS) for severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) using measurement of T cell receptor excision circles (TRECs) from dried blood spots. Objective: We describe developments and outcomes from the first 10 years ...

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Comparison of Clinical Outcomes: Bivalirudin With Transfemoral Access Versus Heparin With Transradial Access in Patients With ST segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction (Jaya Mallidi, John Ulahannan, Vinod Chaubey, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

INTRODUCTION: The best combination of access site and anticoagulant used during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients presenting with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction is not known. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study ...

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Practical Pearl: Lyme Disease - June 2019 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2019)

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Identification of High-Yield Targets for Antimicrobial Stewardship Program Efforts Within a Nonfreestanding Children's Hospital (James Klatte, Alex Knee, Frank Szczerba, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2019)

OBJECTIVES: Identify diagnoses with the highest likelihood of prompting antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP) recommendations and lowest probability of recommendation acceptance, investigate the impact of provider years in practice on recommendation receipt and acceptance, and simultaneously ...

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Practical Pearl: Recurrent Fevers - March 2019 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2019)

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Practical Pearl: Lyme Disease - May 2018 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2018)

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Implementation and Impact of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Non-freestanding Children's Hospital (James Klatte, Kathleen Kopcza, Alex Knee, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2018)

OBJECTIVES: Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs (ASP) have been associated with improvements in antibiotic utilization and patient outcomes; however, ASP studies originating from non-freestanding children's hospitals are lacking. In this study, we present the implementation and ...

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Practical Pearl: Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Infection - Dec. 2017 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2017)

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Practical Pearl: TB Screening and Management - Sept. 2017 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2017)

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Practical Pearl: C. difficile infection (CDI) - July 2017 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2017)

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Practical Pearl: Antiviral RX for FLU - Jan. 2017 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2017)

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Practical Pearl: Diagnosis and Management of the Flu - Dec 2015 (Donna Fisher) Pediatrics Practical Pearls: Referral Guidelines for Common Problems (2015)

CD4+ and viral load outcomes of antiretroviral therapy switch strategies after virologic failure of combination antiretroviral therapy in perinatally HIV-infected youth in the United States (Barbara W Stechenberg, Donna Fisher, Alicia Johnston, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2015)

Objective: This study compared 12-month CD4+ and viral load outcomes in HIV-infected children and adolescents with virological failure, managed with four treatment switch strategies. Design: This observational study included perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children in the ...

Reduced Frequencies of Polyfunctional CMV-Specific T Cell Responses in Infants with Congenital CMV Infection (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2015)

PURPOSE: CMV infection remains a priority for vaccine development. Vaccination of infants could modify congenital infection and provide lifetime immunity. Properties of CMV-specific T cells associated with control of viral replication in early life have ...

Rapid Intrahost Evolution of Human Cytomegalovirus Is Shaped by Demography and Positive Selection (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2013)

Populations of human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), a large DNA virus, are highly polymorphic in patient samples, which may allow for rapid evolution within human hosts. To understand HCMV evolution, longitudinally sampled genomic populations from the urine ...

Pertussis in childhood (John Snyder and Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2012)

Pediatric urinary tract infection (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2011)

An education intervention for pediatricians during a novel H1N1 influenza pandemic at a childrens hospital (Donna Fisher, Alicia Johnston and Barbara W Stechenberg) All Scholarly Works (2011)

Patient identification errors are common in a simulated setting (Philip Henneman, Donna Fisher and Elizabeth Henneman) All Scholarly Works (2010)

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate the frequency and accuracy of health care workers verifying patient identity before performing common tasks. METHODS: The study included prospective, simulated patient scenarios with an eye-tracking device that showed where the ...

Metabolic abnormalities in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children: Two-year follow-up (Maripat Toye, Jens Krause, Donna Fisher, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2009)

BACKGROUND: HIV-associated lipodystrophy (LD) manifests with fat maldistribution, dyslipidemia, and insulin resistance in some HIV-infected children on antiretroviral therapy. AIM: To assess whether lipid abnormalities in patients with HIV are stable over time. PATIENTS: The ...

Many emergency care workers do not verify patient identity prior to performing common tasks (Philip Henneman, Elizabeth Henneman and Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2009)

Rabies (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2008)

An education program to increase knowledge of and immunization with adult pertussis vaccination among parents of newborns (Pui-Ying Iroh Tam, Brian W Smith and Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2008)

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) IE1 and pp65 specific CD8+ T cell responses broaden over time after primary CMV infection in infants (Donna Fisher) All Scholarly Works (2007)

Management of influenza symptoms in healthy children: Cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy. (Michael Rothberg, Donna Fisher, Brendan Kelly, et al.) All Scholarly Works (2005)

OBJECTIVE: To determine the cost-effectiveness of rapid testing and antiviral therapy for children of different ages with symptoms of influenza. DESIGN: Cost-effectiveness analysis from the societal perspective using a decision model based on published da

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