Physicians

Department / Division
Surgery / Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Address
DUMC 3805
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-684-3834, 800-385-3646

Office Telephone
919-681-5454

Fax Telephone
919-681-7949

Training

• MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1975

Residency

• Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1976-1978
• Otolaryngology, Duke University Medical Center, 1978-1981

Clinical Interests
Head and neck surgical oncology, melanoma, and reconstruction; cutaneous facial cancers; endoscopic sinus surgery; salivary-gland tumors; nasal surgery; anterior skull-base surgery; pediatric otolaryngology

Research Interests
Areas of current research interests to me include the following: Malignant melanoma of the head and neck (sentinel node biopsy and lymphoscintography), the treatment of staged III and stage IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck; reconstructive procedures of the head and neck following ablative surgery with free flaps; clinical applications of endoscopic sinus surgery. I am also working in conjunction with other researchers on biochemical action of the membranes in chronic sinusitis and polyposis and the molecular genetic makeup of cancers of the head and neck.

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member has no reported relationships with industry.

Representative Publications
Fisher, SR. Elective, therapeutic, and delayed lymph node dissection for malignant melanoma of the head and neck: analysis of 1444 patients from 1970 to 1998. The Laryngoscope. 2002;112:99-110. (2002) Abstract

Medina, JE; Ferlito, A; Brandwein, MS; Fisher, SR; Pellitteri, PK; Shaha, AR; Pitman, KT; Robbins, KT; Rinaldo, A; Silver, CE; Byers, RM; O'Brien, CJ. Current management of cutaneous malignant melanoma of the head and neck. Acta Oto-Laryngologica. 2002;122:900-906. (2002) Abstract

Wenzel, CT; Halperin, EC; Fisher, SR. Second malignant neoplasms of the head and neck in survivors of retinoblastoma. Ear, Nose and Throat Journal. 2001;80:106-112. (2001) Abstract

Fisher, SR. Considerations in the surgical treatment of malignant melanoma. Archives of Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery. 1999;125:116-117. (1999) Abstract