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
3. Medical therapy for small bowel bleeding
4. Use of VCE in LVAD population
Selected 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): 3877,2021.
Wu, R., Fisher, LR: “Role of Video Capsule Endoscopy in Small Bowel Bleeding” Gstrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics : 2020.
Wu R, Fisher, LR: Early Detection of GI Bleeding: Starting the Clock for the Capsule Drop Gastrointestinal Endoscopy 89 (1): 44-46,2018.
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): 55-60,2016.
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.
Academic Contact Information
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742 Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
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Philadelphia,
PA
19104
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