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Gary R. Fleisher, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital
Egan Family Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Gary R. Fleisher, MD
Physician-in-Chief, Boston Children’s Hospital
Egan Family Foundation Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Medical Services
Languages
English
Education
Medical School
Jefferson Medical College
1973
Philadelphia
PA
Internship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1974
Philadelphia
PA
Residency
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1977
Philadelphia
PA
Fellowship
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
1979
Philadelphia
PA
Certifications
American Board of Pediatrics (General)
American Board of Pediatrics (Emergency Medicine)
Publications
Changing of the Guard. View Abstract
The Addition of a New Statistical Editor. View Abstract
Note to Reviewers. View Abstract
Correction: The Genomics Research and Innovation Network: creating an interoperable, federated, genomics learning system. View Abstract
Note to Reviewers. View Abstract
The Genomics Research and Innovation Network: creating an interoperable, federated, genomics learning system. View Abstract
Trends in Pediatric Chair Sex Distribution and Tenure over Time: A Survey of 714 Pediatric Chairs from the Association of Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs. View Abstract
Note to Reviewers. View Abstract
Note to Reviewers. View Abstract
Ultrasound Case Reviews-Looking Back; Looking Ahead. View Abstract
2016 Note to Reviewers. View Abstract
Note to reviewers 2012. View Abstract
American Pediatric Society 2011 Presidential Address: Earthquakes, tectonic shifts in graduate medical education, and the role of the APS in finding solid ground. View Abstract
Factors associated with the use of cervical spine computed tomography imaging in pediatric trauma patients. View Abstract
Response to challenges and lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: a national perspective. View Abstract
The merger of two pediatric residency programs: lessons learned. View Abstract
Creating an academic culture during residency training. View Abstract
FEMA's organized response with a pediatric subspecialty team: the National Disaster Medical System response: a pediatric perspective. View Abstract
A randomized clinical trial of the management of esophageal coins in children. View Abstract
When body temperature changes, does rectal temperature lag? View Abstract
Is it influenza or anthrax? A decision analytic approach to the treatment of patients with influenza-like illnesses. View Abstract
Efficacy of an educational Web site for educating physicians about bioterrorism. View Abstract
Development of a model of focal pneumococcal pneumonia in young rats. View Abstract
Atlas of Pediatric Emergency Medicine View Abstract
Disseminated varicella infection due to the vaccine strain of varicella-zoster virus, in a patient with a novel deficiency in natural killer T cells. View Abstract
The value of parental report for diagnosis and management of dehydration in the emergency department. View Abstract
Computerized recruiting for clinical trials in real time. View Abstract
Randomized trial for the management of esophageal coins View Abstract
Advanced Disaster Medical Response View Abstract
Pigtail catheters versus large-bore chest tubes for pneumothoraces in children treated in the emergency department. View Abstract
Usage of a web-based decision support tool for bioterrorism detection. View Abstract
Medical management of the suspected victim of bioterrorism: an algorithmic approach to the undifferentiated patient. View Abstract
Ondansetron decreases vomiting associated with acute gastroenteritis: a randomized, controlled trial. View Abstract
Computerized reminders to physicians in the emergency department: a web-based system to report late-arriving abnormal laboratory results. View Abstract
Management of febrile children in the age of the conjugate pneumococcal vaccine: a cost-effectiveness analysis. View Abstract
Intranasal immunization with killed unencapsulated whole cells prevents colonization and invasive disease by capsulated pneumococci. View Abstract
Lack of reduction in hospitalizations and emergency department visits for varicella in the first 2 years post-vaccine licensure. View Abstract
Meningococcal disease among children who live in a large metropolitan area, 1981-1996. View Abstract
Accuracy of a noninvasive temporal artery thermometer for use in infants. View Abstract
Potential impact of a computerized system to report late-arriving laboratory results in the emergency department. View Abstract
Antibiotic treatment of children with unsuspected meningococcal disease. View Abstract
Parents as direct contributors to the medical record: validation of their electronic input. View Abstract
Noncapsular whole-cell intranasal pneumococcal vaccines protects against pneumonia and death due to encapsulated type 3 pneumococcus View Abstract
A randomized, placebo-controlled trial investigating the use of ondansetron as an antiemetic in acute gastroenteritis View Abstract
Accuracy and tolerability of a non-invasive temporal artery thermometer for use in infants View Abstract
The spontaneous passage of esophageal coins in children. View Abstract
Insertion of long lines in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Ultrasonography and limited computed tomography in the diagnosis and management of appendicitis in children. View Abstract
Clinical and hematologic features do not reliably identify children with unsuspected meningococcal disease. View Abstract
The management of bite wounds. View Abstract
Can the parent record valid medical histories in the medical record? View Abstract
Potential impact of a system of computerized alerts for late-arriving laboratory results in a pediatric emergency department View Abstract
Failure of varicella vaccine licensure to reduce complications of varicella View Abstract
Development of a novel model of non-bacteremic, focal pneumococcal pneumonia in young rats View Abstract
Heterotrimeric G proteins physically associated with the lipopolysaccharide receptor CD14 modulate both in vivo and in vitro responses to lipopolysaccharide. View Abstract
Occult bacteremia with group B streptococci in an outpatient setting. View Abstract
Predictors of occult pneumococcal bacteremia in young febrile children. View Abstract
Planning model of resource utilization in an academic pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Duration of fever and rate of physician contact prior to diagnosis of acute bacterial meningitis among children 3 to 36 months of age: opportunity for early intervention? View Abstract
The spontaneous passage of esophageal coins in children View Abstract
Pictorial Review of Pediatrics View Abstract
An alert system for ED laboratory test results View Abstract
Emergency Medicine: The Core Curriculum View Abstract
Treatment of unsuspected meningococcal disease View Abstract
Handbook of Pediatric Mock Codes View Abstract
Early routine lumbar puncture in sick young infants: prudent or unnecessary? View Abstract
Society for Pediatric Research Presidential Address 1997: multiculturalism in research. View Abstract
Development of a model of low-inoculum Streptococcus pneumoniae intrapulmonary infection in infant rats. View Abstract
Duration of fever and its relationship to bacteremia in febrile outpatients three to 36 months old. The Occult Bacteremia Study Group. View Abstract
Incidence of bacteremia in infants and children with fever and petechiae. View Abstract
Management of the young febrile child. Commentary on practice guidelines. View Abstract
What works. Children's Hospital ER automates records to save lives and money. View Abstract
A comparison of bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein variant versus recombinant endotoxin-neutralizing protein for the treatment of Escherichia coli sepsis in rats . View Abstract
Femoral fractures: are children at risk for significant blood loss? View Abstract
Comparison of early and late treatment with a recombinant endotoxin neutralizing protein in a rat model of Escherichia coli sepsis. View Abstract
High-dose recombinant endotoxin neutralizing protein improves survival in rabbits, with Escherichia coli sepsis. View Abstract
Pediatric emergency medicine: legal briefs. View Abstract
Synopsis of Pediatric Emergency Medicine View Abstract
Effect of antibiotic therapy on the outcome of outpatients with unsuspected bacteremia. View Abstract
Group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal bacteremia: historical overview, changing incidence, and recent association with varicella. View Abstract
Failure of prophylactic and therapeutic use of a murine anti-tumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody in Escherichia coli sepsis in the rabbit. View Abstract
Death and resuscitation in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Efficacy of an observation scale in detecting bacteremia in febrile children three to thirty-six months of age, treated as outpatients. Occult Bacteremia Study Group. View Abstract
Radiology services in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Prehospital fluid therapy in pediatric trauma patients. View Abstract
Recombinant endotoxin neutralizing protein improves survival from Escherichia coli sepsis in rats. View Abstract
Guidelines for Pediatric Sedation View Abstract
Therapeutic potential of a recombinant endotoxin-neutralizing protein from Limulus polyphemus View Abstract
Oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate for premedication of children undergoing laceration repair. View Abstract
A comparison of intranasal sufentanil and midazolam to intramuscular meperidine, promethazine, and chlorpromazine for conscious sedation in children. View Abstract
Comparison of a recombinant endotoxin-neutralizing protein with a human monoclonal antibody to endotoxin for the treatment of Escherichia coli sepsis in rats. View Abstract
Effect of a recombinant endotoxin-neutralizing protein on endotoxin shock in rabbits. View Abstract
Does recent vaccination increase the risk of occult bacteremia? View Abstract
Rectal bleeding in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Intramuscular versus oral antibiotic therapy for the prevention of meningitis and other bacterial sequelae in young, febrile children at risk for occult bacteremia. View Abstract
Efficacy of a recombinant endotoxin neutralizing protein in rabbits with Escherichia coli sepsis. View Abstract
HIV-infected children in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Identifying febrile infants at risk for a serious bacterial infection. View Abstract
Serious sports injuries requiring hospitalization seen in a pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Computed tomography imaging in children with head trauma: utilization and appropriateness from a quality improvement perspective. View Abstract
Occult bacteremia in the 3-month-old to 3-year-old age group. View Abstract
Practice guideline for the management of infants and children 0 to 36 months of age with fever without source. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. View Abstract
General trauma in a pediatric emergency department: spectrum and consultation patterns. View Abstract
Practice guideline for the management of infants and children 0 to 36 months of age with fever without source View Abstract
Prehospital care of the injured child View Abstract
Utility of serum interleukin-6 for diagnosis of invasive bacterial disease in children. View Abstract
Spectrum and frequency of pediatric illness presenting to a general community hospital emergency department. View Abstract
Management of asthma. View Abstract
Clinical and cost-effectiveness of outpatient strategies for management of febrile infants. View Abstract
Effect of a human immunoglobulin preparation for intravenous use in a rabbit model of meningococcal endotoxin-induced shock. View Abstract
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis without hip pain leads to missed diagnosis. View Abstract
The role of the emergency department in primary care. View Abstract
Limulus antilipopolysaccharide factor protects rabbits from meningococcal endotoxin shock. View Abstract
Effect of meningococcal endotoxin in a rabbit model of shock. View Abstract
Abdominal pain. View Abstract
Outpatient treatment of febrile infants 28 to 89 days of age with intramuscular administration of ceftriaxone. View Abstract
Emergency Medicine View Abstract
Evaluation, Stabilization, and Transport of The Critically Ill Child, Aoki BY, McCloskey K, eds. (contributor) View Abstract
Gastrointestinal emergencies View Abstract
Detoxification of meningococcal endotoxin by polymyxin B View Abstract
Gastric decontamination in the poisoned patient. View Abstract
Lack of effect of peroral acyclovir for the treatment of acute infectious mononucleosis. View Abstract
Suspected child sexual abuse. View Abstract
Effect of polymyxin B on experimental shock from meningococcal and Escherichia coli endotoxins. View Abstract
Complaints and compliments in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
The spectrum of liver and spleen injuries in children: failure of the pediatric trauma score and clinical signs to predict isolated injuries. View Abstract
Temperature and total white blood cell count as indicators of bacteremia. View Abstract
The spectrum and frequency of illness presenting to a pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
The pediatric emergency medicine-clinical toxicology combined fellowship. View Abstract
Controversies in pediatric emergency medicine. View Abstract
Bacteremia with otitis media. View Abstract
Management of children with occult bacteremia who are treated in the emergency department. View Abstract
Strategies for diagnosis and treatment of children at risk for occult bacteremia: clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. View Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus View Abstract
Arterial access in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Case-control study of hyperpyrexia in children. View Abstract
Cost-effectiveness of rapid latex agglutination testing and throat culture for streptococcal pharyngitis. View Abstract
Hypokalemia complicating emergency fluid resuscitation in children. View Abstract
Pediatric emergency medicine on the move. View Abstract
Advanced Pediatric Life Support Manual View Abstract
Common clinical features as predictors of bacterial diarrhea in infants. View Abstract
Syncope in children and adolescents. View Abstract
Comparison of external jugular and peripheral venous administration of sodium bicarbonate in puppies. View Abstract
Bacteriology of tonsil surface and core in children. View Abstract
Prospective evaluation of selective criteria for imaging among children with suspected blunt renal trauma. View Abstract
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (Self Assessment Exam) View Abstract
Clinical evaluation of a latex agglutination test for streptococcal pharyngitis: performance and impact on treatment rates. View Abstract
Serum theophylline testing in a pediatric emergency setting: potential benefit of rapid assays. View Abstract
Hematuria and clinical findings as indications for intravenous pyelography in pediatric blunt renal trauma. View Abstract
Comparison of two methods of rapid theophylline testing in clinical practice. View Abstract
Effects of dichloroacetate and naloxone on hemodynamic performance and substrate use following endotoxin administration View Abstract
Soft tissue infections View Abstract
First Aid for Kids View Abstract
Antibiotic administration to treat possible occult bacteremia in febrile children. View Abstract
Slow versus rapid closed-chest cardiac compression during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in puppies. View Abstract
An animal model for the study of hemorrhagic shock from abdominal trauma in children. View Abstract
Intraosseous infusion flow rates in hypovolemic "pediatric" dogs. View Abstract
Fluid resuscitation following liver laceration: a comparison of fluid delivery above and below the diaphragm in a pediatric animal model. View Abstract
Clinical performance and effect on treatment rates of latex agglutination testing for streptococcal pharyngitis in an emergency department. View Abstract
Effect of dichloroacetate in the treatment of anoxic lactic acidosis in dogs. View Abstract
Central and peripheral catheter flow rates in "pediatric" dogs. View Abstract
The effect of antibiotic therapy on recovery after tonsillectomy in children. A controlled study. View Abstract
Incidence of Salmonella bacteremia in infants with Salmonella gastroenteritis. View Abstract
Fellowship training in pediatric emergency care: a sample curriculum. View Abstract
Intramuscular chloramphenicol in children. View Abstract
Injuries involving household furniture: spectrum and strategies for prevention. View Abstract
Rib fractures in children. View Abstract
Humoral immune response in infectious mononucleosis. Late emergence of anti-EA(R) and the effects of corticosteroid therapy. View Abstract
Incidence and persistence of Haemophilus influenzae type b upper airway colonization in patients with meningitis. View Abstract
Pediatric trauma: an approach to the injured child. View Abstract
Pediatric catheter flow rates. View Abstract
Open- versus closed-chest cardiac compressions in a canine model of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. View Abstract
Anoxic cardiopulmonary arrest in a pediatric animal model: clinical and laboratory correlates of duration. View Abstract
Human bites in children. View Abstract
Temperature response to antipyretic therapy in children: relationship to occult bacteremia. View Abstract
A case of platelet transfusion-related Serratia marcescens sepsis. View Abstract
Coin ingestion: does every child need a radiograph? View Abstract
Pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a review and a proposal. View Abstract
Detection of cancer in the pediatric emergency department. View Abstract
Life-threatening infections View Abstract
Role of steroids in the treatment of infectious mononucleosis in the ambulatory college student. View Abstract
Management of lymphadenitis in childhood: the role of percutaneous needle aspiration. View Abstract
Social relevance of genital herpes simplex in children. View Abstract
Single-dose treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections in children. View Abstract
Infectious mononucleosis during gestation: report of three women and their infants studied prospectively. View Abstract
Complications of infection with Epstein-Barr virus during childhood: a study of children admitted to the hospital. View Abstract
Otitis media in early infancy. View Abstract
Incidence of beta hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis in adolescent with infectious mononucleosis. View Abstract
Towne-vaccine-induced prevention of cytomegalovirus disease after renal transplants. View Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus infections in pregnancy: a prospective study. View Abstract
Prevention of cytomegalovirus disease by Towne strain live attenuated vaccine. View Abstract
Pediatric emergencies: an annotated bibliography of the recent literature View Abstract
Epstein-Barr virus View Abstract
Prevention of cytomegalovirus disease by Towne strain live attenuated vaccine View Abstract
Amoxicillin combined with clavulanic acid for the treatment of urinary tract infections in children View Abstract
Social significance of genital herpes simplex in children View Abstract
Hemophilus influenzae cellulitis. View Abstract
Amoxicillin combined with clavulanic acid for the treatment of soft tissue infections in children. View Abstract
Dog bites in children: epidemiology, microbiology, and penicillin prophylactic therapy. View Abstract
Persistent Epstein-Barr virus infection and pregnancy. View Abstract
T-lymphocyte subsets and proliferative responses following immunization with cytomegalovirus vaccine. View Abstract
Limitations of available tests for diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis. View Abstract
Interpretation of pediatric x-ray films by emergency department pediatricians. View Abstract
The Herpesviruses View Abstract
Organization/Staffing View Abstract
Textbook of Pediatric Emergency Medicine View Abstract
Infectious Disease Emergencies View Abstract
Diarrhea View Abstract
Epidemiology of infectious mononucleosis View Abstract
Cellulitis View Abstract
Herpesviruses View Abstract
Fever in children with sickle cell hemoglobinopathies. View Abstract
Clostridium difficile in a pediatric outpatient population. View Abstract
A non-x-linked syndrome with susceptibility to severe Epstein-Barr virus infections. View Abstract
Vaccination of pediatric nurses with live attenuated cytomegalovirus. View Abstract
Seroepidemiology of Epstein-Barr virus in pregnant women. View Abstract
Pediatric training in emergency medicine residency programs. View Abstract
Otitis media: update on etiology and management. View Abstract
Vaccination against human cytomegalovirus with live virus. View Abstract
Unsuspected meningococcemia treated with orally administered amoxicillin View Abstract
Severe Epstein-Barr virus pulmonary involvement. View Abstract
Life-threatening complications of varicella. View Abstract
Atypical lymphocytosis in children. View Abstract
Leukocyte response in childhood infectious mononucleosis. Caused by Epstein-Barr virus. View Abstract
Cellulitis: initial management. View Abstract
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of infants and children with Epstein-Barr virus-induced infectious mononucleosis: report of 32 patients (aged 10-48 months). View Abstract
Orally administered antibiotics for suspected bacteremia. View Abstract
Intrafamilial transmission of Epstein-Barr virus infections. View Abstract
Successful therapy of Clostridium septicum sepsis in a child with Burkitt's lymphoma. View Abstract
Treatment of animal bites View Abstract
Prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus infection View Abstract
Primary Epstein-Barr virus infection in association with Reye syndrome. View Abstract
Pediatric skin, soft tissue, and bone infections. View Abstract
Cellulitis: bacterial etiology, clinical features, and laboratory findings. View Abstract
Meningitis. Update of recommendations for the neonate. View Abstract
Penile edema in childhood gonorrhea. View Abstract
Cellulitis: a prospective study. View Abstract
Falsely normal radionuclide scans for osteomyelitis. View Abstract
Tracheal colonization and infection in a pediatric intensive care unit View Abstract
Meningitis: update of recommendations for the neonate View Abstract
Diagnosis of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by immunofluorescent identification of Rickettsia rickettsii in skin biopsy tissue. View Abstract
Primary infection with Epstein-Barr virus in infants in the United States: clinical and serologic observations. View Abstract
Incidence of heterophil antibody responses in children with infectious mononucleosis. View Abstract
Primary Epstein-Barr virus infections in African infants. I. Decline of maternal antibodies and time of infection. View Abstract
Primary Epstein-Barr virus infections in African infants. II. Clinical and serological observations during seroconversion. View Abstract
Primary intimal fibroplasia in a child with Down's syndrome. View Abstract
Hemothorax in a child. An unusual cause of chest pain. View Abstract
Hemothorax: An unusual cause of chest pain View Abstract
Five-day perfusion of canine kidneys: a postulated effect of steroids. View Abstract
Peptidases in human serum; a comparison of activities between normal persons and patients with liver diseases and other pathologic conditions. View Abstract
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