Lee A. Fleisher, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Emeritus Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: SUNY Stony Brook School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Minnesota
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Fleisher is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


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