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C. Fisher, M.D., FAAP, medical director of The Children’s
Hospital at Monmouth Medical Center, has been elected treasurer
of the American Academy of Pediatrics’ New Jersey Chapter.
Dr. Fisher assumes her one-year post on the chapter’s
five-member Executive Committee after serving as its secretary/editor
in 2004 and 2005. Active in the national American Academy of
Pediatrics (AAP), Dr. Fisher last year edited a book titled Immunizations & Infectious
Disease: An Informed Parent’s Guide, published by
AAP. She has been a member of its Section of Infectious Disease
Executive Committee since 2003 and this year, she was elected
chairperson of that section.
Under her leadership at Monmouth Medical Center, where she has
served as chair of the Department of Pediatrics since 2000, the
527-bed teaching hospital recently was licensed by the state
of New Jersey as an official children’s hospital for Monmouth
and Ocean counties. For the past 35 years, Monmouth, an affiliate
of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, has built an immeasurable
record of achievement as the region’s leading provider
of pediatric care that spans nearly 30 specialties.
 Dr. “Meg” Fisher,
a resident of Sea Bright, is widely recognized in the field of
pediatrics — as a clinician, educator, author and leading
expert in children’s health. Before joining Monmouth as
Pediatrics chair, she was the associate chair of education at
St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Philadelphia.
She headed the pediatric clerkship of Drexel University College
of Medicine — Monmouth Medical Center’s Philadelphia-based
teaching affiliate — and continues to serve there as a
professor of pediatrics.
In her academic role at Monmouth, Dr. Fisher has consistently
captured Drexel’s most prestigious annual teachings awards
bestowed by its medical students, including the Dean’s
Special Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching in 1997, 1999,
2002 and 2004, and the Golden Apple Award in 1999, 2003 and 2005.
In 2003 and 2005, Monmouth Medical Center’s pediatric residents
presented her with their Best Teacher Award.
Board certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious disease,
Dr. Fisher earned her medical degree from the UCLA School of
Medicine, Los Angeles, before completing her residency in pediatrics
and a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at St. Christopher’s
Hospital for Children.
A fellow of the AAP since 1982, she served on its Committee
on Infectious Diseases from 1996 to 2002 and again starting in
2006. She is a member of its Committee on Continuing Medical
Education and is on the editorial board of the Pediatrics Review
and Education Program (PREP) Audio.
Her recently published Immunizations & Infectious Disease:
An Informed Parent’s Guide is a 425-page evidence-based
reference book on keeping children healthy through immunizations,
preventing and controlling infections, and understanding the
use of antibiotics. It is based on the AAP’s Red
Book: Report of the Committee on Infectious Disease, the
leading authoritative physicians’ guide on diagnosing
and treating infectious disease.
Since joining Monmouth Medical Center, Dr. Fisher has been an
active member of AAP’s New Jersey chapter, a Trenton-based
organization that represents pediatricians across the state dedicated
to improving children’s health through advocacy, legislative
efforts, public awareness and education.
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