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  • 2007 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)

Overview

Lee A. Fleisher is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine with a primary focus on cardiology, surgery, and health professions. Their research spans multiple subfields including Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, General Health Professions, Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Economics and Econometrics.

The main topics covered in Lee A. Fleisher's work include:

  • Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
  • Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Healthcare cost, quality, practices
  • Diversity and Career in Medicine
  • Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy
  • Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research

Lee A. Fleisher's frequent co-authors are:

  • Jeffrey H. Silber
  • Joseph G. Reiter
  • Justin T. Clapp
  • Meghan B. Lane-Fall
  • Mark D. Neuman

Publications by Lee A. Fleisher appear regularly in these venues:

  • Anesthesiology Clinics
  • British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • Annals of Surgery
  • JAMA Health Forum
  • Anesthesia & Analgesia

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Emergency tracheal intubation in 202 patients with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China: lessons learnt and international expert recommendations" (2020), British Journal of Anaesthesia
  • "2022 ACC/AHA/HFSA Guideline for the Management of Heart Failure" (2022), Journal of Cardiac Failure
  • "American Society for Enhanced Recovery and Perioperative Quality Initiative Joint Consensus Statement on Postoperative Delirium Prevention" (2020), Anesthesia & Analgesia
  • "2020 ACC/AHA guideline for the management of patients with valvular heart disease" (2021), Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
  • "Improving perioperative brain health: an expert consensus review of key actions for the perioperative care team" (2021), British Journal of Anaesthesia

Lee A. Fleisher has also contributed to book publications, including the title "Evidence-Based Practice of Anesthesiology" published in 2022 by Elsevier BV.

Awards include election as a Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in 2007.

Best Publications

  • 2017 AHA/ACC Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Patients With Valvular Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Rick A. Nishimura;Catherine M. Otto;Robert O. Bonow;Blase A. Carabello

  • ACC/AHA Guideline Update for Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery—Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Update the 1996 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

    Kim A. Eagle;Peter B. Berger;Hugh Calkins;Bernard R. Chaitman

  • 2019 AHA/ACC/HRS Focused Update of the 2014 AHA/ACC/HRS Guideline for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Heart Rhythm Society in Collaboration With the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

    Craig T. January;L. Samuel Wann;Hugh Calkins;Lin Y. Chen

  • 2014 ACC/AHA guideline on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and management of patients undergoing noncardiac surgery: A report of the American college of cardiology/American heart association task force on practice guidelines

    Lee Alan Fleisher;Kirsten E. Fleischmann;Andrew D. Auerbach;Susan A. Barnason

  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients With Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Marie D. Gerhard-Herman;Heather L. Gornik;Coletta Barrett;Neal R. Barshes

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery)

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • 2016 ACC/AHA Guideline Focused Update on Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients With Coronary Artery Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

  • Perioperative Maintenance of Normothermia Reduces the Incidence of Morbid Cardiac Events. A Randomized Clinical Trial

    S.M. Frank;L.A. Fleisher;M.J. Breslow;M.S. Higgins

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • ACC/AHA 2007 guidelines on perioperative cardiovascular evaluation and care for noncardiac surgery: executive summary: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Revise the 2002 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery).

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • Guidelines for perioperative cardiovascular evaluation for noncardiac surgery. Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines. Committee on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation for Noncardiac Surgery.

    K. A. Eagle;B. H. Brundage;B. R. Chaitman;G. A. Ewy

  • 2019 ACC/AHA Guideline on the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Executive Summary

    Donna K. Arnett;Roger S. Blumenthal;Michelle A. Albert

  • 2016 AHA/ACC Guideline on the Management of Patients with Lower Extremity Peripheral Artery Disease: Executive Summary:

    Marie D. Gerhard-Herman;Heather L. Gornik;Coletta Barrett;Neal R. Barshes

  • 2014 ACC/AHA Guideline on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Management of Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgery: Executive Summary

    Lee A. Fleisher;Kirsten E. Fleischmann;Andrew D. Auerbach;Susan A. Barnason

  • Statins Are Associated With a Reduced Incidence of Perioperative Mortality in Patients Undergoing Major Noncardiac Vascular Surgery

    Don Poldermans;Jeroen J. Bax;Miklos D. Kertai;Boudewijn Krenning

  • Practice advisory for preanesthesia evaluation: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Preanesthesia Evaluation.

    L. Reuven Pasternak;James F. Arens;Robert A. Caplan;Richard T. Connis

  • The Effect of Multidisciplinary Care Teams on Intensive Care Unit Mortality

    Michelle M. Kim;Amber E. Barnato;Derek C. Angus;Lee F. Fleisher

  • 2009 ACCF/AHA Focused Update on Perioperative Beta Blockade Incorporated Into the ACC/AHA 2007 Guidelines on Perioperative Cardiovascular Evaluation and Care for Noncardiac Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines

    Lee A. Fleisher;Joshua A. Beckman;Kenneth A. Brown;Hugh Calkins

  • 2016 ACC/AHA guideline focused update on duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with coronary artery disease: A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Glenn N. Levine;Eric R. Bates;John A. Bittl;Ralph G. Brindis

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher L. Wu
Christopher L. Wu Cornell University
Joshua A. Beckman
Joshua A. Beckman Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Duminda N. Wijeysundera
Duminda N. Wijeysundera University of Toronto
Judy R. Kersten
Judy R. Kersten Medical College of Wisconsin
Michael P. W. Grocott
Michael P. W. Grocott University of Southampton
Eric B. Bass
Eric B. Bass Johns Hopkins University
Barbara Riegel
Barbara Riegel University of Pennsylvania
David S. Warner
David S. Warner Duke University
Kim A. Eagle
Kim A. Eagle University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Oliver D. Schein
Oliver D. Schein Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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