2026 Kevin Fiscella: Medicine Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Medicine	89	12630	11886	6460	5976	398	31219

Overview

Kevin Fiscella is affiliated with the University of Rochester Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with a focus on General Health Professions, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Periodontics, Epidemiology, and Surgery.

The scientist has concentrated on several main topics throughout their career, including:

Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Dental Health and Care Utilization
Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare
Health Policy Implementation Science
Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening

Kevin Fiscella's recent research papers include:

"Oral microbiome: possible harbinger for children's health" (2020), published in International Journal of Oral Science
"Association of Low Socioeconomic Status With Premature Coronary Heart Disease in US Adults" (2020), published in JAMA Cardiology
"Geographic Variation and Disparities in Total Joint Replacement Use for Medicare Beneficiaries: 2009 to 2017" (2020), published in Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
"Is physician implicit bias associated with differences in care by patient race for metastatic cancer-related pain?" (2021), published in PLoS ONE
"Association of the Comprehensive Care for Joint Replacement Model With Disparities in the Use of Total Hip and Total Knee Replacement" (2021), published in JAMA Network Open

They have contributed to several publications in a variety of journals, most frequently appearing in:

JAMA Network Open
Family Medicine
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
Kidney Medicine
PubMed

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

Mechelle Sanders
Jin Xiao
Ronald M. Epstein
Fahad Saeed
Tong Tong Wu

Best Publications

Inequality in quality : Addressing socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic disparities in health care

Kevin Fiscella;Peter Franks;Marthe R. Gold;Carolyn M. Clancy

1692
Citations
Measuring patient-centered communication in patient-physician consultations: theoretical and practical issues.

Ronald M. Epstein;Peter Franks;Kevin Fiscella;Cleveland G. Shields

1533
Citations
Disparities in Health Care by Race, Ethnicity, and Language Among the Insured:Findings From a National Sample

Kevin Fiscella;Peter Franks;Mark P. Doescher;Barry G. Saver

1103
Citations
Why The Nation Needs A Policy Push On Patient-Centered Health Care

Ronald M. Epstein;Kevin Fiscella;Cara S. Lesser;Kurt C. Stange

1101
Citations
Racial and ethnic disparities in perceptions of physician style and trust

Mark P. Doescher;Barry G. Saver;Peter Franks;Kevin Fiscella

774
Citations
Mechanisms of cancer-related fatigue.

Julie L. Ryan;Jennifer K. Carroll;Elizabeth P. Ryan;Karen M. Mustian

722
Citations
Patient Trust: Is It Related to Patient-Centered Behavior of Primary Care Physicians?

Kevin Fiscella;Sean Meldrum;Peter Franks;Cleveland G. Shields

634
Citations
Sociodemographics, self-rated health, and mortality in the US.

Peter Franks;Marthe R Gold;Kevin Fiscella

629
Citations
Who Uses Mobile Phone Health Apps and Does Use Matter? A Secondary Data Analytics Approach

Jennifer K Carroll;Anne Moorhead;Raymond Bond;William G LeBlanc

527
Citations
Patient-Centered Communication and Diagnostic Testing

Ronald M. Epstein;Peter Franks;Cleveland G. Shields;Sean C. Meldrum

513
Citations
DOES PRENATAL CARE IMPROVE BIRTH OUTCOMES? A CRITICAL REVIEW

Kevin Fiscella

503
Citations
Health Disparities Based on Socioeconomic Inequities: Implications for Urban Health Care

Kevin Fiscella;David R Williams

490
Citations
Poverty or income inequality as predictor of mortality: longitudinal cohort study

Kevin Fiscella;Peter Franks

486
Citations
Structural stigma and all-cause mortality in sexual minority populations.

Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Anna Bellatorre;Yeonjin Lee;Brian Karl Finch

458
Citations
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Health Care

Kevin Fiscella;Mechelle R Sanders

456
Citations
National Cancer Institute Patient Navigation Research Program: methods, protocol, and measures.

Karen M. Freund;Tracy A. Battaglia;Elizabeth Calhoun;Donald J. Dudley

385
Citations
Validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire 2 (PHQ‐2) in Identifying Major Depression in Older People

Chunyu Li;Bruce Friedman;Yeates Conwell;Kevin Fiscella

384
Citations
Effect of a Patient-Centered Communication Intervention on Oncologist-Patient Communication, Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization in Advanced Cancer: The VOICE Randomized Clinical Trial

Ronald M. Epstein;Paul R. Duberstein;Joshua J. Fenton;Kevin Fiscella

368
Citations
Low-dose mifepristone for uterine leiomyomata.

Steven H Eisinger;Sean Meldrum;Kevin Fiscella;Heleen D le Roux

300
Citations
COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF THE TRANSDERMAL NICOTINE PATCH AS AN ADJUNCT TO PHYSICIANS’ SMOKING CESSATION COUNSELING

Kevin Fiscella;Peter Franks

285
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Franks University of California, Davis

Ronald M. Epstein University of Rochester Medical Center

Paul R. Duberstein Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Daniel J. Tancredi University of California, Davis

Cleveland G. Shields Purdue University West Lafayette

Gary R. Morrow University of Rochester Medical Center

Richard L. Kravitz University of California, Davis

Supriya G. Mohile University of Rochester Medical Center

Benjamin P. Chapman University of Rochester Medical Center

Peter A. Muennig Columbia University

External Links

Personal website of Kevin Fiscella

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