Lynda K. Fisher, MD
Lynda K. Fisher, MD, is on the medical staff of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism. She is an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
Education
State University of New York/Downstate College of Medicine/Brooklyn
Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatrics Internship
Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatric Residency
Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Growth/Development Disord; Children's Hospital Los Angeles: Pediatric Endocrinology
Accomplishments
Pediatrics: American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Endocrinology: American Board of Pediatrics
Best Doctor in America, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011-16
Top Doctors in Pasadena 2009-2016
Lestradet Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Education and Advocacy in Diabetes, International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, 28 October 2016
Physician of the Year, American Diabetes Association Los Angeles Region. 1 December 2016
Publications
Gitelman SE, Gottlieb PA, Felner EI, Willi SM, Fisher LK, Moran A, Gottschalk M, Moore WV, Pinckney A, Keyes-Elstein L, Harris KM, Kanaparthi S, Phippard D, Ding L, Bluestone JA, Ehlers MR; ITN START Study Team. Antithymocyte globulin therapy for patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: 2 year results of a randomised trial. Diabetologia. 2016 Jun;59(6):1153-61. doi: 10.1007/s00125-016-3917-4. Epub 2016 Apr 6.
Gitelman SE, Gottlieb PA, Rigby MR, Felner EI, Willi SM, Fisher LK, Moran A, Gottschalk M, Moore WV, Pinckney A, Keyes-Elstein L, Aggarwal S, Phippard D, Sayre PH, Ding L, Bluestone JA, Ehlers MR; START Study Team. Antithymocyte globulin treatment for patients with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: 12-month results of a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinology. 2013 Dec;1(4):306-16. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(13)70065-2. Epub 2013 Aug 28.
de Beaufort CE, Lange K, Swift PG, Aman J, Cameron F, Castano L, Dorchy H, Fisher LK, Hoey H, Kaprio E, Kocova M, Neu A, Njolstad PR, Phillip M, Schoenle E, Robert JJ, Urukami T, Vanelli M, Danne T, Barrett T, Chiarelli F, Aanstoot HJ, Mortensen HB; Hvidoere Study Group. Metabolic outcomes in young children with type 1 diabetes differ between treatment centers: the Hvidoere Study in Young Children 2009. Pediatric Diabetes. 2013 Sep;14(6):422-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00922.x. Epub 2012 Sep 10. Erratum in: Pediatric Diabetes. 2014 May;15(3):260.
Fisher LK, Halvorson M. Future developments in insulin pump therapy: progression from continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion to a sensor-pump system. Diabetes Educator. 2006 Jan-Feb;32(1 Suppl):47S-52S. Review. No abstract available.
American Diabetes Association., Lorber DL, Chavez RS, Dorman J, Fisher LK, Guerken S, Haas LB, Hill JV, Kendall D, Puisis M, Salomone K, Shansky RM, Wakeen B. Diabetes management in correctional institutions. Diabetes Care. 2013 Jan;36 Suppl 1:S86-92. doi: 10.2337/dc13-S086. No abstract available.