Lee A. Fleisher, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Minnesota
- Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 1991
- Academy Health, National
- American College of Cardiology-Fellow, National
- American Heart Association-Fellow, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Association of University Anesthesiologists, National
- Bipartisan Policy Center, National
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National
- Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy, National
- FasterCures at Milken Institute, National
- Food and Drug Administration, National
- Health IT Advisory Committee, Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, National
- International Anesthesia Research Society, International
- Leapfrog Group, National
- National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine), National
- World Economic Forum, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Silber JH, Rosenbaum PR, Ross RN, Ludwig JM, Wang W, Niknam BA, Mukherjee N, Saynisch PA, Even-Shoshan O, Kelz RR, Fleisher LA. Template Matching for Auditing Hospital Cost and Quality. , Health Serv Res., 49: 2014 ,1446-74
Weisberg R, Speck R, Fleisher LA Fostering innovation in medicine: A conceptual framework for Medical Centers , Healthcare, 2: 2014,90-93
Onuoha OC, Arkoosh VA, Fleisher LA “Choosing Wisely” in Anesthesiology: The Gap Between Evidence and Practice , JAMA Intern Med, 174: 2014,1391-5
Flynn DN, Speck RM, Mahmoud NN, David G, Fleisher LA. The impact of complications following open colectomy on hospital finances: a retrospective cohort study. , Perioper Med (Lond)., 3: 2014,1
Glance LG, Fleisher LA. Anesthesiologists and the Transformation of the Healthcare System: A Call to Action. , Anesthesiology, 120: 2014,257-9
Speck RM, Foster JJ, Mulher VA, Burke SV, Sullivan PG, Fleisher LA Culture Change: Establishment of a Professionalism Committee Within an Academic Medical Center , Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf, 40: 2014,161-7
Fleisher LA, Trey B Turning Mission-Based Academic-Department Leaders into a Leadership Team: A Case Study in Creating Value , N Engl J Med Leading Healthcare Innovation HBR Insight Center: 2013
Fleisher LA Evidence based practice of Anesthesiology 3rd edition , : 2013
Fleisher LA, Beckman J Anesthesia and noncardiac surgery in patients with heart disease, 9th edition , Braunwald's Heart Disease: A Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicien: 2011
Fleisher LA, Roizen MF Essence of Anesthesia Practice, 3rd edition , Elsevier : 2011