Description of Research Expertise:
1. Small bowel technology in the investigation of obscure GI bleeding
2. Wireless capsule endoscopy and inflammatory conditions of the small bowel
Selected Publications:
Wu R., Fisher, LR: "Early Detection of GI Bleeding: 'Starting the Clock for the Capsule Drop'" Gastrointestinal Endoscopy : 2018.
Fisher, LR: Women's Gastrointestinal Health in 2016: An Introductin 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): 55-60,2016.
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.
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.
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.
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): 325-32,2013.
JR Baker, A Springs, K May, EE Wilkinson, LR Fisher, WL Hasler: Video Capsule Endoscopy Findings in Diabetic Patients vs a Large Non-diabetic Cohort: Gastric and Small Bowel Transit, Luminal Debris, and Completeness of Examination, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. DDW : 2013.
Jason R. Baker, Kristin May, Laurel R. Fisher, William L. Hasler: Bacterial overgrowth from hydrogen producers but not methanogens relates more to gastric rather than small bowel transit delays on video capsule endoscopy Gastroenterology Division, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI. ANMS : 2013.