Biography

    Susan Fish is Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the Boston University School of Public Health. She is also the Director of the MA in Clinical Investigation program at Boston University School of Medicine.
     
    Dr. Fish received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Minnesota and her Masters of Public Health from Boston University, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in pharmacy from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences and a Bachelor's Degree in chemistry and education from the University of Massachusetts.
     
    Dr. Fish previously held positions as Director of Human Subjects Protection and Associate Director of the Office of Clinical Research at Boston University Medical Center (BUMC),  Director of the BUMC Institutional Review Board  and Director of Research Participant Safety at the General Clinical Research Center at Boston University School of Medicine. She has also served as Director of Regulatory Affairs at CareStat, Inc, (a contract research organization) and as Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she was Associate Director of the Massachusetts Poison Control System and Associate Professor at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Sciences.
     
    Dr. Fish has been a medical researcher for more than 30 years. She was a member of the Human Studies Committee at Boston City Hospital/Boston Medical Center from 1989-99 and served for five years as Associate Chair of the Committee. On the national level, Dr. Fish has been an active member of many organizations, including the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine and PRIM&R (Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research) where she serves on the Board of Directors. In addition, she served as a member of the Environmental Protection Agency’s first Human Studies Review Board.
     
    In a variety of forums, Dr. Fish lectures on the design, conduct, and management of clinical trials, as well as research ethics and protection of human research subjects. She teaches courses at the Boston University Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and is frequently an invited speaker nationally. In addition, she has consulted with a variety of human research protection programs at universities, community hospitals, academic medical centers, and specialty hospitals.
     
    Although she has a long history of research in the areas of clinical toxicology and emergency medicine, Dr. Fish has most recently focused on research ethics in general, and application of the federal regulations for waiver of informed consent in certain emergency research circumstances. Her sabbatical project was consistent with this focus, working as Project Director for PRIM&R’s Accreditation Project to develop a national accreditation system for human research protection programs.

Courses Taught in Other Semesters
Publications
    1. Silverstein M, Banks M, Fish S, Bauchner H. Variability in institutional approaches to ethics review of community-based research conducted in collaboration with unaffiliated organizations. J Empir Res Hum Res Ethics. 2008 Jun; 3(2):69-76.
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    2. Ernst AA, Fish S. Exception from informed consent: viewpoint of institutional review boards--balancing risks to subjects, community consultation, and future directions. Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Nov; 12(11):1050-5.
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    3. Baren JM, Fish SS. Resuscitation research involving vulnerable populations: are additional protections needed for emergency exception from informed consent? Acad Emerg Med. 2005 Nov; 12(11):1071-7.
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    4. Anderson PD, Mitchell PM, Rathlev NK, Fish SS, Feldman JA. Potential diversion rates associated with prehospital acute myocardial infarction triage strategies. J Emerg Med. 2004 Nov; 27(4):345-53.
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    5. Fish SS. Informed consent: time for a national dialogue? Ann Emerg Med. 2004 Apr; 43(4):449-51.
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    6. Rollinson DC, Rathlev NK, Moss M, Killiany R, Sassower KC, Auerbach S, Fish SS. The effects of consecutive night shifts on neuropsychological performance of interns in the emergency department: a pilot study. Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Mar; 41(3):400-6.
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    7. Feldman JA, Risbano M, Mitchell PM, Metha SD, Fish SS. Evaluating acceptance and understanding of risk in the emergency department: are all risk statements created equally? Acad Emerg Med. 2002 Apr; 9(4):309-16.
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    8. Prout MN, Fish SS. Participation of women in clinical trials of drug therapies: a context for the controversies. Medscape Womens Health. 2001 Oct; 6(5):1.
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    9. Feldman JA, Fish SS, Beshansky JR, Griffith JL, Woolard RH, Selker HP. Acute cardiac ischemia in patients with cocaine-associated complaints: results of a multicenter trial. Ann Emerg Med. 2000 Nov; 36(5):469-76.
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    10. Rathlev NK, Ulrich A, Fish SS, D'Onofrio G. Clinical characteristics as predictors of recurrent alcohol-related seizures. Acad Emerg Med. 2000 Aug; 7(8):886-91.
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    11. Biros MH, Fish SS, Lewis RJ. Implementing the Food and Drug Administration's final rule for waiver of informed consent in certain emergency research circumstances. Acad Emerg Med. 1999 Dec; 6(12):1272-82.
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    12. Vinci RJ, Fish S, Mirochnick M. Cocaine absorption after application of a viscous cocaine-containing TAC solution. Ann Emerg Med. 1999 Oct; 34(4 Pt 1):498-502.
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    13. Biros MH, Fish SS, Taggart P. Research fundamentals VI: misconduct in biomedical research. Acad Emerg Med. 1999 Aug; 6(8):840-8.
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    14. Fish SS. Research ethics in emergency medicine. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 1999 May; 17(2):461-74, xii.
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    15. D'Onofrio G, Rathlev NK, Ulrich AS, Fish SS, Freedland ES. Lorazepam for the prevention of recurrent seizures related to alcohol. N Engl J Med. 1999 Mar 25; 340(12):915-9.
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    16. Feldman JA, Bui LD, Mitchell PM, Perera TB, Lee VW, Bernard SA, Fish SS. The evaluation of cocaine-induced chest pain with acute myocardial perfusion imaging. Acad Emerg Med. 1999 Feb; 6(2):103-9.
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    17. Summers RL, Fish S, Blanda M, Terndrup T. Assessment of the "scholarly project" requirement for emergency medicine residents: Report of the SAEM Reserach Directors' Workshop. Acad Emerg Med. 1999; 6:1160-1165.
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    18. Selker HP, Beshansky JR, Griffith JL, Aufderheide TP, Ballin DS, Bernard SA, Crespo SG, Feldman JA, Fish SS, Gibler WB, Kiez DA, McNutt RA, Moulton AW, Ornato JP, Podrid PJ, Pope JH, Salem DN, Sayre MR, Woolard RH. Use of the acute cardiac ischemia time-insensitive predictive instrument (ACI-TIPI) to assist with triage of patients with chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of acute cardiac ischemia. A multicenter, controlled clinical trial. Ann Intern Med. 1998 Dec 1; 129(11):845-55.
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    19. Vinci RJ, Fish SS. Efficacy of topical anesthesia in children. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 1996 May; 150(5):466-9.
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    20. Shih RD, Hollander JE, Burstein JL, Nelson LS, Hoffman RS, Quick AM. Clinical safety of lidocaine in patients with cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Ann Emerg Med. 1995 Dec; 26(6):702-6.
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    21. Hollander JE, Hoffman RS, Burstein JL, Shih RD, Thode HC. Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Mortality and complications. Cocaine-Associated Myocardial Infarction Study Group. Arch Intern Med. 1995 May 22; 155(10):1081-6.
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    22. Hollander JE, Burstein JL, Hoffman RS, Shih RD, Wilson LD. Cocaine-associated myocardial infarction. Clinical safety of thrombolytic therapy. Cocaine Associated Myocardial Infarction (CAMI) Study Group. Chest. 1995 May; 107(5):1237-41.
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    23. Hollander JE, Hoffman RS, Gennis P, Fairweather P, Feldman JA, Fish SS, DiSano MJ, Schumb DA, Dyer S. Cocaine-associated chest pain: one-year follow-up. Acad Emerg Med. 1995 Mar; 2(3):179-84.
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    24. Hollander JE, Hoffman RS, Gennis P, Fairweather P, DiSano MJ, Schumb DA, Feldman JA, Fish SS, Dyer S, Wax P, et al. Prospective multicenter evaluation of cocaine-associated chest pain. Cocaine Associated Chest Pain (COCHPA) Study Group. Acad Emerg Med. 1994 Jul-Aug; 1(4):330-9.
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    25. Kales SN, Feldman J, Pepper L, Fish SS, Ozonoff D, Christiani DC. Carboxyhemoglobin levels in patients with cocaine-related chest pain. Chest. 1994 Jul; 106(1):147-50.
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    26. Bernstein E, Goldfrank LR, Kellerman AL, Hargarten SW, Jui J, Fish SS, Herbert BH, Flores C, Caravati ME, Krishel S, et al. A public health approach to emergency medicine: preparing for the twenty-first century. Acad Emerg Med. 1994 May-Jun; 1(3):277-86.
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    27. Rathlev NK, D'Onofrio G, Fish SS, Harrison PM, Bernstein E, Hossack RW, Pickens L. The lack of efficacy of phenytoin in the prevention of recurrent alcohol-related seizures. Ann Emerg Med. 1994 Mar; 23(3):513-8.
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    28. Hollander JE, Hoffman RS, Gennis P, Fairweather P, DiSano MJ, Schumb DA, Feldman JA, Fish SS, Dyer S, Wax P, et al. Nitroglycerin in the treatment of cocaine associated chest pain--clinical safety and efficacy. J Toxicol Clin Toxicol. 1994; 32(3):243-56.
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    29. Medicaid Access Study Group. Access of Medicaid recipients to outpatient care. NEJM. 1994; 330:1426-1430.
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    30. Rathlev NK, D'onofrio G, Fish SS. Sample size & selection criteria. Ann Emerg Med. 1992 Mar; 21(3):344-6.
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    31. Feldman JA, Fish S. Resuscitation fluid for a patient with head injury and hypovolemic shock. J Emerg Med. 1991 Nov-Dec; 9(6):465-8.
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    32. Woolf A, Fish S, Azzara C, Dean D. Serious poisonings among older adults: a study of hospitalization and mortality rates in Massachusetts 1983-85. Am J Public Health. 1990 Jul; 80(7):867-9.
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    33. Fish SS, Mattea EJ, Thrasher KA, Cardoni AA, Cohen LG, Gundlach C, Labreche DG, Mutnick AH. Clinical pharmacy education in new England: a report of the Whispering Pines Conference. DICP. 1989 Nov; 23(11):912-9.
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    34. Filippone GA, Fish SS, Lacouture PG, Scavone JM, Lovejoy FH. Reversible adsorption (desorption) of aspirin from activated charcoal. Arch Intern Med. 1987 Aug; 147(8):1390-2.
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    35. Shannon M, Fish SS, Lovejoy FH. Cathartics and laxatives. Do they still have a place in management of the poisoned patient? Med Toxicol. 1986 Jul-Aug; 1(4):247-52.
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    36. Fish SS, Pancorbo S, Berkseth R. Pharmacokinetics of epsilon-aminocaproic acid during peritoneal dialysis. J Neurosurg. 1981 Jun; 54(6):736-9.
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    37. Cornell JA, Gatewood LC, Davis TD, Fish SS, Helmink R. Cost comparison of searching the Iowa Drug Information Service index manually and by computer. Am J Hosp Pharm. 1981 May; 38(5):680-4.
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