Bernard A Fischer
 

Bernard A Fischer M.D., M.A.
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Primary Appointment: Psychiatry
bfischer@mprc.umaryland.edu
Location: MPRC, Spring Grove Campus
Phone: (410) 402-7548
Fax: (410) 402-7198

Personal History

Education and Training

1997-1998: The University of Maryland Graduate School; M.A. in Applied and Professional Ethics: Bioethics and the Ethics of Healthcare Track.

1998-2002: The Medical College of Virginia of Virginia Commonwealth University; M.D. degree.

2002-2007: The University of Maryland / Sheppard Pratt Research & Clinical Residency in Psychiatry.

2007-2009: NIMH-Funded (T32) Schizophrenia Research Fellowship at the Maryland Psychiatric Research Center (MPRC), University of Maryland School of Medicine.

2007: Certified as Diplomat, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN); Number 57114.

Research Interests

Dr. Fischer's research interests center around co-occurring mental illness and substance abuse disorders. He has a specific interest in psychopharmacology and the development of biomarkers for illness/treatment response. The populations Dr. Fischer works with are people with schizophrenia and people with post-traumatic stress disorder. Dr. Fischer also has a long-standing interest in research ethics.

Clinical Speciality

Dr. Fischer has clinical expertise in treatment of psychotic disorders: therapy (group, family, individual) and psychopharmacology (including expertise prescribing clozapine).

Publications

Fischer IV BA. A summary of important documents in the field of research ethics. Schizophr Bull 2006; 32 (1), 69-80.

Kirkpatrick B, Fischer B. Subdomains within the negative symptoms of schizophrenia: Commentary. Schizophr Bull 2006; 32 (2): 246-9.

Sandson NB, Cozza KL, Armstrong SC, Eckermann G, Fischer BA, Phillips B. Med-Psych Drug-Drug Interactions Update: Clozapine Case Series. Psychosomatics 2007; 48:170-5.

Fischer BA, Weiner E. Clozapine levels lowered by modafinil: A case report and brief review of modafinil in schizophrenia. Clinical Schizophrenia & Related Psychoses 2008; 2(1): 88-90.

Fischer BA, Carpenter Jr WT. Will the Kraepelinian dichotomy survive DSM-V? Neuropsychopharmacology 2009; 34(9):2081-7.


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