Katherine Fischer, MD
About Katherine Fischer, MD
Titles
Pediatric Urologist
Awards and Honors
2020, Donald C. Liu Humanism Hero in Surgery Award, University Pennsylvania Department of Surgery
2015, SUNY Chancellor’s Award
2015, Magna Cum Laude, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
2015, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, SUNY Downstate College of Medicine
2011, Summa Cum Laude, Loyola University Maryland
2011, Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society, Loyola University Maryland
2009, Psi Chi (National Psychology Honor Society)
2007-2011, Dean’s List, Loyola University Maryland
2007-2011, Loyola Honors Program, Loyola University Maryland
Leadership and Memberships
Memberships in Professional Organizations
2016-present, Society of Women in Urology
2014-present, American Urological Association
Education & training
Medical Degree
MD - SUNY Downstate College of Medicine, Brooklyn, NY
Residency
Urology - Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Fellowship
Pediatric Urology - Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Additional Training
Urology Care Foundation Research Scholar
Publications
Publications
2022
Eftekharzadeh S, Mittal S, Aghababian A, Weaver J, Fischer K, Long C, Weiss D, Van Batavia J, Srinivasan A, Shukla A. (2022) Incidence and resolution of de novo hydronephrosisafter pediatric robot-assisted laparoscopic extravesical ureteral reimplantation for primary vesicoureteral reflux. Accepted to Journal of Pediatric Urology.
Aghababian A, Mittal S, Eftekharzadeh S, Hamdan D, Weaver J, Godlewski K, Fischer K, Long C, Weiss D, Van Batavia J, Zaontz M, Zderic S, Kolon T, Canning D, Shukla A, Srinivasan A. (2022) Office based pediatric urologic procedures: A safe and effective alternative to interventions under anesthesia. Urology Apr. 21; 10.1016.
Mittal S, Aghababian A, Eftekharzadeh S, Saxena S, Janssen K, Lombardo A, Adamic B, Dinardo L, Weaver J, Fischer K, Andolfi C, Long C, Weiss D, Kirsch A, Srinivasan A, Gundeti M, Shukla A. (2022) Robot-assisted laparoscopic ureterocalicostomy in the setting of ureteropelvic junction obstruction: A multi-institutional cohort. The Journal of Urology. Jun 1:10-97.
Fischer KM, Zaontz MR, Mittal S. (2022) Pediatric inguinal hernia repair and orchiopexy. Urology Video Journal. Jun 1;14:100151.
2021
Mittal S, Srinivasan A, Bowen D, Fischer KM, Shah J, Weiss DA, Long CJ, Shukla AR. (2021) Utilization of robot-assisted surgery for the treatment of primary obstructed megaureters in children. Urology. Mar 1;149:216-21.
Ramji J, Eftekharzadeh S, Fischer KM, Joshi RS, Reddy PP, Pippi-Salle JL, Frazier JR, Weiss DA, Canning DA, Shukla AR. (2021) Variant of bladder Exstrophy with an intact penis: surgical options and approach. Urology. Mar 1;149:e15-7.
Fischer KM, Mittal S, Long CJ, Duffy KA, Kalish JM, Evageliou NF, Kolon TF. (2021) Late presentation of Wilms tumor in a patient with hemihypertrophy after normal screening. Urology. Feb 11.
2020
Fischer KM, Mittal, S, Joshi R, Ramji J, Reddy P, Shukla A, Canning D. (2020). Bladder exstrophy with normal appearing phallus and duplicated urethra: variants in EEC. Dialogues in Pediatric Urology December 2020.
Fischer KM, Kraft KH, Kolon TF. (2020) Undescended testis in the postpubertal patient. AUA Updates. August Lesson 24.
Fischer KM, Bowen DK, Kovell RC, Canning DA, Weiss DA. (2020) Follow-up and outcomes of patients with long-term cutaneous vesicostomies at a single institution. Urology. Oct 1;144:255-60.
Yin S, Peng Q, Li, H, Zhang Z, You X, Fischer KM, Furth SL, Fan Y, Tasian GE (2020). Multi-instance deep learning of ultrasound imaging data for pattern classification of congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract in children. Urology. Aug 142: 183-189.
Yin S, Peng Q, Li, H, Zhang Z, You X, Fischer KM, Furth SL, Tasian GE, Fan Y (2020). Automatic kidney segmentation in ultrasound images using subsequent boundary distance regression and pixelwise classification networks. Medical image analysis. Medical Image Analysis. 1:60: 101602.
Fischer KM, Bowen DK, Kovell RC, Back SJ, Darge K, Weiss DA (2020). Intraoperative contrast enhanced sonourethrography to characterize urethral stricture in a pediatric patient. Urology Case Reports. Oct 11840: 146-154.
Yin S, Peng Q, Li H, Zhang Z, You X, Fischer K, Furth SL, Tasian GE, Fan Y. (2020) Computer-aided diagnosis of congenital abnormalities of the kidney and urinary tract in children using a multi-instance deep learning method based on ultrasound imaging data. Proc IEEE Int Symp Biomed Imaging. Apr:1347-1350.
2019
Yin S, Peng Q, Li H, Zhang Z, You X, Liu H, Fischer KM, Furth SL, Tasian GE, Fan Y (2019). Multi-instance deep learning with graph convolutional neural networks for diagnosis of kidney diseases using ultrasound imaging. Uncertain Safe Util Machine Learn Med Imaging Clin Image Based Proced. 1:60: 101602.
2018
Fischer, KM, S J Brooks J, Ugras SK (2018). Invasive lobular carcinoma involving a borderline phyllodes tumor. Breast Journal. 24 (6): 1076-1077.
Fischer KM, Louie M, Mucksavage P (2018). Ureteral stent discomfort and its management. Current Urology Reports. 19(8):64.
2016
Fischer KM, Chunming L, Wang H, Song Y, Furth, S, Tasian GE (2016). Renal parenchymal area growth curves for children aged 0 to 10 months. Journal of Urology. 195 (4 Pt2): 1203-8.
Chouhan JD, Fischer KM, Weiss JP (2016). Current urology resident views on desirable characteristics for first time employment. Urology Practice. 3(5).
2015
Fischer KM, Xu M, Weiss JP (2015). Nocturnal Polyuria: What we need to know in 2015. Current Bladder Dysfunction Reports. 10.3: 271-277.