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Robert A. Fisher is affiliated with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to neurology and related subfields.

Fisher's work spans multiple areas within biomedical research, including studies on neurological disease mechanisms and treatments, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, as well as investigations into barrier structure and function. The scientist also explores topics related to fish ecology and management studies, marine and fisheries research, and bacterial genetics and biotechnology, reflecting a diverse research portfolio that combines medical and ecological perspectives.

Recent publications by Robert A. Fisher include:

  • Pathological changes within the cerebral vasculature in Alzheimer's disease: New perspectives (2022), published in Brain Pathology

Other notable papers associated with their coauthors but reflecting the broader collaborative environment include:

  • The vulnerable versatility of Salmonella antibiotic persisters during infection (2021), Cell Host & Microbe
  • Environmental associations of cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) seasonal presence along the U.S. Atlantic Coast (2021), Ecosphere
  • Altered Gene Expression Within the Renin-Angiotensin System in Normal Aging and Dementia (2023), The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Abstract 4052: Direct selection of PD1+ CD39+ tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) from tumor dissociates enrich for functional tumor-reactive cells (2023), Cancer Research

Fisher frequently publishes in journals such as Brain Pathology, Reports, and Brain, with additional contributions to Cell Host & Microbe and Ecosphere.

Frequent coauthors include:

  • J. Scott Miners
  • Seth Love
  • Robert A. MacLachlan
  • Daniel J. Asby
  • Peter W. S. Hill

The scientist's main fields of study are medicine with a focus on neurology and general health professions. Their subfields also incorporate nature and landscape conservation, genetics, and ecology, showing a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates clinical and environmental science.

Best Publications

  • Clinical and histologic spectrum of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease associated with normal ALT values

    Pouneh Mofrad;Melissa J. Contos;Mahmadul Haque;Carol Sargeant

  • Persistent ascites and low serum sodium identify patients with cirrhosis and low MELD scores who are at high risk for early death

    Douglas M. Heuman;Douglas M. Heuman;Souheil G. Abou-Assi;Souheil G. Abou-Assi;Adil Habib;Adil Habib;Leslie M. Williams

  • Hepatocyte transplantation as a bridge to orthotopic liver transplantation in terminal liver failure.

    Stephen C. Strom;Robert A. Fisher;Melissa T. Thompson;Arun J. Sanyal

  • SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN OUTCOMES OF CIRRHOSIS DUE TO NONALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS AND HEPATITIS C

    Arun J. Sanyal;Colin Banas;Carol Sargeant;Velimir A. Luketic

  • Right lobe living donor liver transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • Human hepatocyte transplantation: worldwide results.

    Robert A. Fisher;Stephen C. Strom

  • Donor morbidity after living donation for liver transplantation.

    Rafik M. Ghobrial;Chris E. Freise;James F. Trotter;Lan Tong

  • Development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease after orthotopic liver transplantation for cryptogenic cirrhosis.

    Melissa J. Contos;Wendy Cales;Richard K. Sterling;Velimir A. Luketic

  • Astrocyte elevated gene-1 regulates hepatocellular carcinoma development and progression

    Byoung Kwon Yoo;Luni Emdad;Zao-zhong Su;Augusto Villanueva

  • Combination of voriconazole and caspofungin as primary therapy for invasive aspergillosis in solid organ transplant recipients: A prospective, multicenter, observational study

    Nina Singh;Nina Singh;Ajit P. Limaye;Graeme Forrest;Nasia Safdar

  • LIVER REGENERATION AND FUNCTION IN DONOR AND RECIPIENT AFTER RIGHT LOBE ADULT TO ADULT LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Mitchell L. Shiffman

  • Outcomes of 385 Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplant Recipients: A Report From the A2ALL Consortium

    Kim M. Olthoff;Robert M. Merion;Rafik M. Ghobrial;Michael M. Abecassis

  • Single‐center analysis of the first 40 adult‐to‐adult living donor liver transplants using the right lobe

    Amadeo Marcos;John M. Ham;Robert A. Fisher;Ann T. Olzinski

  • Selection and outcome of living donors for adult to adult right lobe transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;Robert A. Fisher;John M. Ham;Ann T. Olzinski

  • Comparative analysis of cytochrome P4503A induction in primary cultures of rat, rabbit, and human hepatocytes.

    T A Kocarek;E G Schuetz;S C Strom;R A Fisher

  • Complications of living donor hepatic lobectomy--a comprehensive report.

    M. M. Abecassis;R. A. Fisher;K. M. Olthoff;C. E. Freise

  • MELD-XI: a rational approach to "sickest first" liver transplantation in cirrhotic patients requiring anticoagulant therapy.

    Douglas M. Heuman;Douglas M. Heuman;Anastasios A. Mihas;Anastasios A. Mihas;Adil Habib;Adil Habib;HoChong S. Gilles;HoChong S. Gilles

  • Cryptococcus neoformans in Organ Transplant Recipients: Impact of Calcineurin-Inhibitor Agents on Mortality

    Nina Singh;Nina Singh;Barbara D. Alexander;Olivier Lortholary;Olivier Lortholary;Françoise Dromer

  • Hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence and death following living and deceased donor liver transplantation.

    R. A. Fisher;L. M. Kulik;C. E. Freise;A. S F Lok

  • Surgical management of anatomical variations of the right lobe in living donor liver transplantation.

    Amadeo Marcos;John M. Ham;Robert A. Fisher;Ann T. Olzinski

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitchell L. Shiffman
Mitchell L. Shiffman Bon Secours Health System
Velimir A. Luketic
Velimir A. Luketic Virginia Commonwealth University
Arun J. Sanyal
Arun J. Sanyal Virginia Commonwealth University
Richard K. Sterling
Richard K. Sterling Virginia Commonwealth University
Nina Singh
Nina Singh University of Pittsburgh
Kim M. Olthoff
Kim M. Olthoff University of Pennsylvania
Robert M. Merion
Robert M. Merion University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Shahid Husain
Shahid Husain University Health Network
Goran B. Klintmalm
Goran B. Klintmalm Baylor University Medical Center
Brenda W. Gillespie
Brenda W. Gillespie University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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