MicahRFisherMD

Pulmonology • Atlanta, GA

Critical Care Medicine, Pleural Disease, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Associate Professor, Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine

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Office
1365 Clifton Rd, Building A
Suite A3229
Atlanta, GA 30322
Phone+1 404-778-3261

Fax+1 404-778-4431
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Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2002 - 2005
University of Pennsylvania Health SystemResidency, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2002
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical CenterClass of 1999

Certifications & Licensure

GA State Medical License 2005 - 2025
MD State Medical License 2003 - 2006
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease

Clinical Trials

Comparative Evaluation of Albumin and Starch Effects in Acute Lung Injury (ALI) Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Terminated
Phase 3
Phase III Clinical Worsening Study of UT-15C in Subjects With PAH Receiving Background Oral Monotherapy Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 26
Completed
Phase 3
An Open-Label, Long-Term Study of Oral Treprostinil in Subjects With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Start of enrollment: 2013 Sep 11
Completed
Phase 3
Beraprost-314d Added-on to Tyvaso® (BEAT) Start of enrollment: 2013 May 31
Completed
Phase 3
Oral Treprostinil in Subjects With Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Pulmonary Fibrosis Start of enrollment: 2016 Feb 01
Withdrawn
Phase 2
Phase 2 Study to Assess Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Once Weekly SC Pemziviptadil (PB1046) in Subjects With Symptomatic PAH Start of enrollment: 2018 Jul 15
Terminated
Phase 2
Long-Term, Open Label Extension Study of Pemziviptadil (PB1046) in PAH Subjects Following Completion of Study PB1046-PT-CL-0004 Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 10
Terminated
Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

2 citations
Evaluation of right ventricular strain in two separate cohorts with precapillary pulmonary hypertension.
Lauren M Crossman, Priyanka Rajaram, Charles Michael Hart, Maria A Pernetz, Anurag Sahu, Maan Jokhadar, Wendy M Book, Micah R Fisher, Aaron W Trammell> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2023 Jan 1
9 citations
BREEZE: Open-label clinical study to evaluate the safety and tolerability of treprostinil inhalation powder as Tyvaso DPI™ in patients with pulmonary arterial hyperten...
Leslie A Spikes, Abubakr A Bajwa, Charles D Burger, Sapna V Desai, Michael S Eggert, Karim A El-Kersh, Micah R Fisher, Shilpa Johri, Joanna M Joly, Jinesh Mehta, Harol...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Apr 1
2 citations
Effect of pulmonary hypertension on 5-year outcome of kidney transplantation.
Fadi Rabih, Rhiannon L Holden, Payaswini Vasanth, Stephen O Pastan, Micah R Fisher, Aaron W Trammell> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2022 Jan 1
1 citations
Long-term outcomes in pulmonary arterial hypertension by functional class: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials and observational registries:
Nick H. Kim, Micah R. Fisher, David Poch, C. Zhao, Mehul Shah, Sonja Bartolome> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2020 Nov 25
69 citations
Combination therapy with oral treprostinil for pulmonary arterial hypertension: A double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial
R. James White, Carlos Jerjes-Sánchez, Gisela Martina Bohns Meyer, Tomas Pulido, Pablo Sepúlveda, Kuo Yang Wang, Ekkehard Grünig, Shirish Hiremath, Zaixin Yu, Gangchen...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2020 Mar 15
Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: Advances in Therapy.
Micah R. Fisher, Nick H. Kim> ;Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2017 Oct 1
2 citations
Successful Thoracic Duct Ligation for Plastic Bronchitis in an Adult.
Nicholas R. Hess, Christopher Piercecchi, Nikita Desai, Micah R. Fisher, Eun-Hyung Lee, Seth D. Force> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2017 Jun 1
2 citations
Novel role of midodrine in pulmonary hypertension in liver transplant candidates.
Priyanka Rajaram, James Spivey, Micah Fisher> ;Liver Transplantation. 2016 Jul 1
5 citations
Respiratory Complication in Liver Disease
Vijaya Sivalingam Ramalingam, Sikandar Ansari, Micah Fisher> ;Critical Care Clinics. 2016 Jul 1
19 citations
Safety and tolerability of transition from inhaled treprostinil to oral selexipag in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Results from the TRANSIT-1 study.
Adaani E. Frost, Munir Janmohamed, Jason S. Fritz, John W. McConnell, David Poch, Terry Fortin, Chad Miller, Kelly Chin, Micah R. Fisher, Michael Eggert, Colleen McEvo...> ;The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 2019 Jan 1
92 citations
Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion Is a Robust Outcome Measure in Systemic Sclerosis-associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Stephen C. Mathai, Christopher T. Sibley, Paul R. Forfia, James O. Mudd, Micah R. Fisher, Ryan J. Tedford, Noah Lechtzin, Danielle Boyce, Laura K. Hummers, Traci Houst...> ;The Journal of Rheumatology. 2011 Nov 1
Twin pregnancy in a woman with pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect, and aortopulmonary collaterals complicated by Eisenmenger physiology.
Erin M. Galbraith, Stephen H. Weiss, Micah R. Fisher, Wendy Book> ;International Journal of Cardiology. 2011 Oct 6
670 citations
Accuracy of Doppler echocardiography in the hemodynamic assessment of pulmonary hypertension.
Micah R. Fisher, Paul R. Forfia, Elzbieta Chamera, Traci Housten-Harris, Hunter C. Champion, Reda E. Girgis, Mary C. Corretti, Paul M. Hassoun> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2009 Apr 1
88 citations
Evaluation of right intraventricular dyssynchrony by two-dimensional strain echocardiography in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Andreas P. Kalogeropoulos, Vasiliki V. Georgiopoulou, Sharon Howell, Maria-Alexandra Pernetz, Micah R. Fisher, Stamatios Lerakis, Randolph P. Martin> ;Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography. 2008 Sep 1
123 citations
Hyponatremia Predicts Right Heart Failure and Poor Survival in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Paul R. Forfia, Stephen C. Mathai, Micah R. Fisher, Traci Housten-Harris, Anna R. Hemnes, Hunter C. Champion, Reda E. Girgis, Paul M. Hassoun> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2008 Jun 15
66 citations
Identification of candidate genes in scleroderma-related pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Dmitry N. Grigoryev, Stephen C. Mathai, Micah R. Fisher, Reda E. Girgis, Ari L. Zaiman, Traci Housten-Harris, Christopher Cheadle, Li Gao, Laura K. Hummers, Hunter C. ...> ;Translational Research. 2008 Apr 1
118 citations
Addition of sildenafil to bosentan monotherapy in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Stephen C. Mathai, Reda E. Girgis, Micah R. Fisher, Hunter C. Champion, Traci Housten-Harris, Ari L. Zaiman, Paul M. Hassoun> ;The European Respiratory Journal. 2007 Mar 1
742 citations
Tricuspid annular displacement predicts survival in pulmonary hypertension.
Paul R. Forfia, Micah R. Fisher, Stephen C. Mathai, Traci Housten-Harris, Anna R. Hemnes, Barry A. Borlaug, Elzbieta Chamera, Mary C. Corretti, Hunter C. Champion, The...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2006 Nov 1
248 citations
Clinical differences between idiopathic and scleroderma-related pulmonary hypertension
Micah R. Fisher, Stephen C. Mathai, Hunter C. Champion, Reda E. Girgis, Traci Housten-Harris, Laura K. Hummers, Jerry A. Krishnan, Fredrick M. Wigley, Paul M. Hassoun> ;Arthritis and Rheumatism. 2006 Sep 1
DIFFERENCES IN RIGHT VENTRICULAR FUNCTION AND MORPHOLOGY BETWEEN IDIOPATHIC AND SCLERODERMA RELATED PULMONARY ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION
Micah R. Fisher, Paul R. Forfia, Ela Chamera, Reda E. Girgis, Mary C. Corretti, Paul M. Hassoun> ;Chest. 2005 Oct 1
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Hospital Affiliations

Emory University HospitalAtlanta, Georgia
Grady Health SystemAtlanta, Georgia
Wesley Woods Geriatric Hospital of Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia
Southern Regional Medical CenterRiverdale, Georgia
Emory University Hospital MidtownAtlanta, Georgia