Samuel R. Fisher, MD

Professor of Surgery

Department:
Surgery

Division:
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3805 Durham, NC 27710

Telephone:
919-684-3834 or 1-800-385-3646

Office Telephone:
919-681-5454

Fax:
919-681-7949

Training:
MD, Duke University School of Medicine, 1975

Residency:
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1976-1978

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.

Publications:
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 Otolaryngol. 2002 Dec;122(8):900-6.

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. Laryngoscope. 2002 Jan;112(1):99-110.

Wenzel CT, Halperin EC, Fisher SR. Second malignant neoplasms of the head and neck in survivors of retinoblastoma. Ear Nose Throat J. 2001 Feb;80(2):106, 109-12.

Fisher SR. Considerations in the surgical treatment of malignant melanoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1999 Jan;125(1):116-7.