David Fisman, MD, MPH, FRCP(C)
Research Institute
Scientist
Child Health Evaluative Sciences
Phone: 416-813-7654 ext. 2099
Fax: 416-813-5979
e-mail: david.fisman@sickkids.ca
Brief Biography
Dr. Fisman is a physician and epidemiologist with an interest in emerging infectious diseases. In addition to clinical training in internal medicine and infectious diseases, he served as a fellow in Health Policy at the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis from 1999 to 2001.
Dr. Fisman's particular interest is in areas of overlap between infectious disease epidemiology and surveillance, and public health policy and decision making, and he continues to work collaboratively with front-line public health authorities in Ontario and Pennsylvania.
In 2005-2006, Dr. Fisman was a visiting scholar at the Center for Health and Wellbeing of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. He joins SickKids as a scientist in the Research Institute, and also as medical epidemiologist to the Ontario Provincial Public Health Laboratory.
Research Interests
- emerging infectious diseases
- medical decision making
- surveillance methodology and seasonality
- mathematical modeling of disease transmission
- case-crossover study design
Achievements
2004 - Young Investigator Award of the International Herpes Management Forum
2005 - Drexel University School of Public Health’s “Golden Apple” (Excellence in Teaching)
Publications
Fisman DN, Abrutyn E, Spaude KA, Kim A, Kirchner C, Daley J. Prior pneumococcal vaccination is associated with reduced death, complications, and length of stay among hospitalized adults with community-acquired pneumonia. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2006 Apr 15;42(8):1093-101.
Fisman DN, Lim S, Wellenius GA, Johnson C, Britz P, Gaskins M, Maher J, Mittleman MA, Spain CV, Haas CN, Newbern C. It's not the heat, it's the humidity: wet weather increases legionellosis risk in the greater Philadelphia metropolitan area. Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2005 Dec 15;192(12):2066-73.
Fisman DN. Health related quality of life in genital herpes: a pilot comparison of measures. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2005 Jun;81(3):267-70.
Fisman DN, Harris AD, Sorock GS, Mittleman MA. Sharps-related injuries in health care workers: a case-crossover study. American Journal of Medicine. 2003 Jun 1;114(8):688-94.
Fisman DN, Hook EW 3rd, Goldie SJ. Estimating the costs and benefits of screening monogamous, heterosexual couples for unrecognised infection with herpes simplex virus type 2. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2003 Feb;79(1):45-52.
Fisman DN, Agrawal D, Leder K. The effect of age on immunologic response to recombinant hepatitis B vaccine: a meta-analysis. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2002 Dec 1;35(11):1368-75.
Fisman DN, Lipsitch M, Hook EW 3rd, Goldie SJ. Projection of the future dimensions and costs of the genital herpes simplex type 2 epidemic in the United States. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2002 Oct;29(10):608-22.
Fisman DN. Hemophagocytic syndromes and infection. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2000 Nov-Dec;6(6):601-8.
Fisman DN, Mittleman MA, Sorock GS, Harris AD. Willingness to pay to avoid sharps-related injuries: a study in injured health care workers. American Journal of Infection Control. 2002 Aug;30(5):283-7.
Lipsitch M, Cohen T, Cooper B, Robins JM, Ma S, James L, Gopalakrishna G, Chew SK, Tan CC, Samore MH, Fisman D, Murray M. Transmission dynamics and control of severe acute respiratory syndrome. Science. 2003 Jun 20;300(5627):1966-70.