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Margaret Fisher, MD, Pediatric Infectious Disease, Long Branch, NJ

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Pediatric Infectious Disease Long Branch, NJ

Professor of Pediatrics, Drexel University College of Medicine

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  • Office

    300 2nd Ave
    Long Branch, NJ 07740
    Phone+1 732-923-7251
    Fax+1 732-923-7255

Education & Training

  • Tower Health
    Tower HealthFellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 1978 - 1980
  • Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
    Tower Health/St. Christopher's Hospital for ChildrenResidency, Pediatrics, 1975 - 1978
  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLAClass of 1975
  • Susquehanna University
    Susquehanna UniversityBA, Chemistry, Summa cum laude, 1967 - 1971

Certifications & Licensure

  • NJ State Medical License
    NJ State Medical License 2000 - 2025
  • PA State Medical License
    PA State Medical License 1976 - 2002
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
  • American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Inside Jersey - Top Doctors for Children Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
  • Inside Jersey Magazine Top Doctors Castle Connolly, 2010-2014
  • Top Doctors: New York Metro Area Castle Connolly, 2008-2014
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Guidelines for collection, analysis and presentation of vaccine safety data in surveillance systems.  
    Bonhoeffer J, Bentsi-Enchill A, Chen RT, Fisher MC, Gold MS, Hartman K, Heininger U, Hoet B, Jefferson T, Khuri-Bulos N, Kohl K, Marcy SM, Nalin D, Pless R, Sanabria-R..., Vaccine 2009;27:2289-97
  • Two case reports and review of vascular catheter-associated bacteremia caused by nontuberculosis Mycobacterium species.  
    Rodgers GL, Mortensen JE, Blecker-Shelly D, Fisher MC, Long SS, Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996;15:260-4
  • Ventricular fluid pleocytosis in children with ventriculoperitoneal shunts.  
    Carraccio CL, Schwartz ML, Blotny KF, Fisher MC, Pediatr Infect Dis J 1996;15:705-6
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Books/Book Chapters

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Abstracts/Posters

  • In vitro susceptibility of topical antimicrobials on isolates from pediatric burn patients.
    Rodgers GL, Fisher MC, Egleton JH, Mortensen J, Long SS, The 95th General Meeting, American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC
  • Nosocomial viral infections in a children’s hospital.
    Fisher MC, Deforest A, Third Annual Meeting of The Society for Hospital Epidemiology, Chicago, IL
  • Altering antimicrobial resistance in a neonatal intensive care unit by changing antibiotic use.
    Foster J, Fisher MC, Blecker D, Mortensen J, Third Annual Meeting of The Society for Hospital Epidemiology, Chicago, IL
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Lectures

  • Joint Program: Section on Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Section on Infectious Diseases, and Section on Radiology 
    National Conference & Exhibition 2019 - American Academy of Pediatrics - New Orleans, LA - 10/28/2019
  • Pediatrics in the Islands...Clinical Pearls 2013 
    Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group, Lahaina, Hawaii - 6/29/2013
  • Infections in Daycare. 
    Daycare Symposium; Kingston, Jamaica, 1989; Reading Hospital; Reading, PA, 1990
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Other

  • Meningitis Update. 
    Fisher MC, Medical Times 1982;110:61s-72s
  • Book review: Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 
    Fisher MC, J Pediatr 1983;102:1243
  • Nosocomial pulmonary infections in children. 
    Fisher MC, J Thor Imaging 1986;1(4):25-33
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Press Mentions

  • Kids and COVID: NJ Hospitalizations Are up, Pediatricians Are Swamped, but Most Kids Do OK
    Kids and COVID: NJ Hospitalizations Are up, Pediatricians Are Swamped, but Most Kids Do OKJanuary 12th, 2022
  • Child COVID Hospitalizations Are Rising. What You Need to Know and How Much You Should Worry
    Child COVID Hospitalizations Are Rising. What You Need to Know and How Much You Should WorryJanuary 9th, 2022
  • COVID Vaccine Can Be Bundled with a Child's Routine Shots, Doctors Say
    COVID Vaccine Can Be Bundled with a Child's Routine Shots, Doctors SayNovember 17th, 2021
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