Laurel R. Fisher, MD

Gastroenterology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
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About me

  • Director, Small Bowel Imaging Program
  • Chair, Women in GI Committee
  • Professor of Clinical Medicine (Gastroenterology)

My education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Michigan Health
  • Fellowship: University of Michigan Health

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

268 reviews

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Anonymous
April 2026
very informative
Anonymous
April 2026
resident doctor was amazing
Anonymous
April 2026
dr. fisher is a very caring doctor who listens and responds for the welfare of our child
Anonymous
April 2026
dr fisher is an outstanding doctor

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Fisher is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Sonali Palchaudhuri MD, Ishita Dhawan MD, Afshin Parsikia, Edo Y. Birati MD, Joyce Wald DO, Shazia M. Siddique MD MSHP, Laurel Fisher MD “GI Bleeding in Patients with LVADS: Does Endoscopic Intervention Prevent Future GI Bleeding Episodes?” , World Journal of Gastroenterology, 27(25): 2021,3877

Wu, R., Fisher, LR “Role of Video Capsule Endoscopy in Small Bowel Bleeding” , Gstrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics, 31(2): 2021,277-306

Fisher, LR Women's Gastrointestinal Health in 2016: An Introduction to an Expanding Field in Gastroenterology , Gastroenterological Clinics of North America: 2016

Hosmer A, Fisher L, Baker J, Rice M "Does Sedation Affect Upper Gastrointestinal Transit and Study Completion Rates Measured by Small Bowel Video Capsule Endoscopy?" , Digestive Disease Week: 2016

Spencer, M., Baker, J., Azeem, A., Dickens, J., Rice, M., Fisher, L. "Video Capsule Endoscopy in the Evaluation of Celiac Disease Patients with Persistent or Recurrent Symptoms. Who and When?" , International Journal of Celiac Disease , 4(2): 2016,55-60

Spencer M, Baker J, Azeem A, Rice M, Fisher L "Should video capsule endoscopy be utilized in the evaluation of celiac patients with persistent symptoms?" , Digestive Disease Week: 2015

Tavakkoli, A, Spencer, M., Takami, M., Stoffel, E, Fisher, L Actively bleeding idiopathic vascular bleb found via double balloon enteroscopy , Am J Gastroenterology, 110(16): 2015

Jason Baker, Laurel Fihser, Christopher Fernandez Difference in Prevalence of Small Bowel Video Capsule Endoscopy Findings Between Cardiac versus Non Cardiac Inpatient Cohorts , Annual Scientific Meeting of the ACG: 2014

Jason Baker, Keith Mullins, Laurel Fisher, Michael Rice Video Capsule Endoscopy in Elderly Patients Compared to Age Stratified Cohort: Upper Gut Motility, Luminal Debris, and Completeness of Examination , ACG National Meetings: 2013

Choi EH, Mergener K, Semrad C, Fisher L, Cave DR, Dodig M, Burke C, Leighton JA, Kastenberg D, Simpson P, Sul J, Bhattacharya K, Charles R, Gerson L, Weber L, Eisen G, Reidel W, Vargo JJ, Wakim-Fleming J, Lo SK Multicenter, Prospective, Randomized Comparison of a Novel Signal Transmission Capsule Endoscope to an Existing Capsule Endoscope. , Gastrointest Endosc, 78(2): 2013,325-32