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Stacy Marie Fischer

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus
DepartmentSOM-MED
Phone303/724-6353

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    R01AG086151     (CAMPBELL, ERIC G.)Jan 1, 2025 - Nov 30, 2028
    NIH
    Physicians and Medical Aid in Dying: A multimethod study of physicians who do and don't provide MAiD
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01AG079555     (FISCHER, STACY M)Sep 1, 2022 - May 31, 2027
    NIH
    Decision trajectories of patients at the end of life: An epidemiological exploration of MAID and the impact on caregivers and clinicians
    Role: Principal Investigator
    R01CA268521     (ROSS, STEPHEN)Jul 4, 2022 - Jun 30, 2027
    NIH
    Psilocybin Therapy for Advanced Cancer-related Psychiatric Distress
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    R01NR016467     (FISCHER, STACY M)Sep 26, 2016 - Jul 31, 2021
    NIH
    Apoyo Con Carino: Patient Navigation to Improve Palliative Care for Seriously Ill Latinos
    Role: Principal Investigator
    T32AG044296     (KUTNER, JEAN S)May 1, 2014 - Apr 30, 2025
    NIH
    Multidisciplinary Research Training in Palliative Care
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    K23AG028957     (FISCHER, STACY M)Jul 15, 2006 - Jun 30, 2013
    NIH
    Improving Care at the End of Life for Latinos:A Cultural Navigator Intervention
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Rivers C, Ramirez Gomez L, Hanson LC, Ritchie CS, Fischer SM, Mino I, Chavez Granados H, Lynch M, Lum HD. Convening Hispanic/Latino Caregiving Advisors for Inclusive Research in Dementia Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2025 Apr; 28(4):484-491. PMID: 39874544.
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    2. Atherly A, Kline DM, Fink RM, Fischer SM. Economic Impact of the Apoyo con Cari?o Intervention: Improving Palliative Care for Hispanics with Serious Illness. J Palliat Med. 2025 May; 28(5):640-644. PMID: 39804762.
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    3. Fischer SM, Patterson B. Palliative Care and Psychedelics on a Long Strange Trip, Revisited. J Palliat Med. 2024 Dec; 27(12):1570-1572. PMID: 39463276.
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    4. Betz ME, Portz J, Knoepke C, Ranney ML, Fischer SM, Peterson RA, Johnson RL, Omeragic F, Castaneda M, Greenway E, Matlock D. The Effect of the "Safety in Dementia" Online Tool to Assist Decision Making for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia and Access to Firearms : A Randomized Trial. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Dec; 177(12):1630-1640. PMID: 39531391.
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    5. Greer JA, Temel JS, El-Jawahri A, Rinaldi S, Kamdar M, Park ER, Horick NK, Pintro K, Rabideau DJ, Schwamm L, Feliciano J, Chua I, Leventakos K, Fischer SM, Campbell TC, Rabow MW, Zachariah F, Hanson LC, Martin SF, Silveira M, Shoemaker L, Bakitas M, Bauman J, Spoozak L, Grey C, Blackhall L, Curseen K, O'Mahony S, Smith MM, Rhodes R, Cullinan A, Jackson V. Telehealth vs In-Person Early Palliative Care for Patients With Advanced Lung Cancer: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2024 Sep 11. PMID: 39259563.
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    6. Nicholas LH, Fischer SM, Arbaje AI, Perraillon MC, Jones CD, Polsky D. Medicare-Covered Services Near the End of Life in Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare. JAMA Health Forum. 2024 Jul 05; 5(7):e241777. PMID: 39028655.
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    7. Wan S, Powers JD, Kutner JS, Fischer SM, Knoepke CE, Portz JD. Association Between Patient Portal Activities and End-of-Life Outcomes Among Deceased Patients in the Last 12 Months of Life. J Palliat Med. 2024 07; 27(7):916-921. PMID: 38904086.
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    8. Fischer SM, Min SJ, Kline DM, Lester K, Gozansky W, Schifeling C, Himberger J, Lopez J, Fink RM. Patient Navigator Intervention to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Hispanic Patients With Serious Noncancer Illness: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2024 Apr 01; 184(4):384-393. PMID: 38345793.
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    9. Fischer SM. Palliative Care Embarking on a Long Strange Trip. J Palliat Med. 2023 12; 26(12):1598-1599. PMID: 38060317.
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    10. Sadang KG, Centracchio JA, Turk Y, Park E, Feliciano JL, Chua IS, Blackhall L, Silveira MJ, Fischer SM, Rabow M, Zachariah F, Grey C, Campbell TC, Strand J, Temel JS, Greer JA. Clinician Perceptions of Barriers and Facilitators for Delivering Early Integrated Palliative Care via Telehealth. Cancers (Basel). 2023 Nov 09; 15(22). PMID: 38001600.
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    11. Fink RM, Valenti KG, Kline DM, Fischer SM. Reality of Family Caregiving for Hispanics With Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: A Qualitative Analysis. J Palliat Med. 2023 12; 26(12):1618-1626. PMID: 37311202.
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    12. Singh S, Molina E, Perraillon M, Fischer SM. Post-Acute Care Outcomes of Cancer Patients <65 Reveal Disparities in Care Near the End of Life. J Palliat Med. 2023 08; 26(8):1081-1089. PMID: 36856522.
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    13. McCarthy V, Portz J, Fischer SM, Greenway E, Johnson RL, Knoepke CE, Matlock DD, Omeragic F, Peterson RA, Ranney ML, Betz ME. A Web-Based Decision Aid for Caregivers of Persons With Dementia With Firearm Access (Safe at Home Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2023 Jan 31; 12:e43702. PMID: 36719721.
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    14. Crowder SL, Welniak TL, Hoogland AI, Small BJ, Rodriguez Y, Carpenter KM, Fischer SM, Li D, Kinney AY, Rotroff D, Mariam A, Brownstein N, Reich RR, Hembree T, Playdon MC, Arthur AE, Vieytes CA, Li Z, Extermann M, Kim R, Berry DL, Jim HSL. Diet quality indices and changes in cognition during chemotherapy. Support Care Cancer. 2022 Dec 22; 31(1):75. PMID: 36544032.
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    15. Wan S, Lorenz KA, Fischer SM, Liao S, Lee MC, Kutner JS. Local Area Hospice Capacity and Rural Disparities in Hospice Use among Older Adults with Metastatic Breast Cancer. J Palliat Med. 2023 02; 26(2):182-190. PMID: 36190490.
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    16. Crowder SL, Hoogland AI, Small BJ, Carpenter KM, Fischer SM, Li D, Kinney AY, Welniak TL, Brownstein N, Reich RR, Hembree T, Extermann M, Kim R, Afiat TP, Berry DL, Turner K, Jim HSL. Associations among frailty and quality of life in older patients with cancer treated with chemotherapy. J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 11; 13(8):1149-1155. PMID: 36008271.
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    17. Fischer SM. Telehealth: Evolving Promise and Peril. J Palliat Med. 2022 07; 25(7):1012-1013. PMID: 35775891.
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    18. Thomas Hebdon MC, Phan CT, Phillips C, Wan S, Doyon K, Gray T, Johnson L, Fischer SM. Ethical and Policy Implications of Financial Burden in Family Caregivers. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2022 10 01; 24(5):E226-E232. PMID: 35666768.
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    19. Kessler ER, Schmiege SJ, Eguchi M, Singh S, Fischer SM. Patterns of treatment in older patients with newly diagnosed advanced bladder cancer: A SEER dataset analysis. Aging Cancer. 2022 Jun; 3(2):105-115. PMID: 36742442.
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    20. Rosa WE, Sager Z, Miller M, Bernstein I, Doerner Rinaldi A, Addicott K, Ljuslin M, Adrian C, Back AL, Beachy J, Bossis AP, Breitbart WS, Cosimano MP, Fischer SM, Guss J, Knighton E, Phelps J, Richards BD, Richards WA, Tulsky JA, Williams MT, Beaussant Y. Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know About Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in the Context of Serious Illness. J Palliat Med. 2022 08; 25(8):1273-1281. PMID: 35285721.
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    21. Jordan SR, Geiger CL, Fischer SM, Kessler ER. Care planning priorities of older patients with advanced bladder cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2022 05; 13(4):432-439. PMID: 35123920.
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    22. Crowder SL, Hoogland AI, Welniak TL, LaFranchise EA, Carpenter KM, Li D, Rotroff DM, Mariam A, Pierce CM, Fischer SM, Kinney AY, Dong-Binh Tran T, Rastegari F, Berry DL, Extermann M, Kim RD, Tometich DB, Figueiredo JC, Muzaffar J, Bari S, Turner K, Weinstock GM, Jim HSL. Metagenomics and chemotherapy-induced nausea: A roadmap for future research. Cancer. 2022 02 01; 128(3):461-470. PMID: 34643945.
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    23. Brackett H, Forman A, Foster LA, Fischer SM. Compassionate Removal of Heated High-Flow Nasal Cannula for End of Life: Case Series and Protocol Development. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2021 08 01; 23(4):360-366. PMID: 34081632.
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    24. Brody AA, Convery KA, Kline DM, Fink RM, Fischer SM. Transitioning to Remote Recruitment and Intervention: A Tale of Two Palliative Care Research Studies Enrolling Underserved Populations During COVID-19. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2022 01; 63(1):151-159. PMID: 34161811.
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    25. Siler S, Arora K, Doyon K, Fischer SM. Spirituality and the Illness Experience: Perspectives of African American Older Adults. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2021 Jun; 38(6):618-625. PMID: 33461330.
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    26. Fischer SM, Tropeano L, Lahoff D, Owens B, Nielsen E, Retrum J, Jensen E, Ross C, Mancuso M, Drace M, Plata A, Melnyk A, Golub M, Gozansky W. Integrating Palliative Care Social Workers into Subacute Settings: Feasibility of the Assessing & Listening to Individual Goals and Needs Intervention Trial. J Palliat Med. 2021 06; 24(6):830-837. PMID: 33181046.
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    27. Schenker Y, Ellington L, Bell L, Kross EK, Rosenberg AR, Kutner JS, Bickel KE, Ritchie C, Kavalieratos D, Bekelman DB, Mooney KB, Fischer SM. The National Postdoctoral Palliative Care Research Training Collaborative: History, Activities, Challenges, and Future Goals. J Palliat Med. 2021 04; 24(4):545-553. PMID: 32955969.
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    28. Fink RM, Kline DM, Siler S, Fischer SM. Apoyo con Cari?o: A Qualitative Analysis of a Palliative Care-Focused Lay Patient Navigation Intervention for Hispanics With Advanced Cancer. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2020 08; 22(4):335-346. PMID: 32568935.
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    29. Kessler ER, Kukreja JB, Geiger CL, Fischer SM. Treating Elderly Patients With Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2020 06; 18(6):783-790. PMID: 32502977.
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    30. Schifeling CH, Fischer SM. Missing the Mark: High Rates of Absent and Untimely Access to Specialty Palliative Care in Patients with Peri-Hospital Mortality. J Palliat Med. 2020 11; 23(11):1485-1492. PMID: 32282253.
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    31. Fink RM, Kline DM, Bailey FA, Handel DL, Jordan SR, Lum HD, Fischer SM. Community-Based Conversations about Advance Care Planning for Underserved Populations Using Lay Patient Navigators. J Palliat Med. 2020 07; 23(7):907-914. PMID: 31944875.
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    32. Bekelman DB, Fink RM, Sannes T, Kline DM, Borrayo EA, Turvey C, Fischer SM. Puente para cuidar (bridge to caring): A palliative care patient navigator and counseling intervention to improve distress in Latino/as with advanced cancer. Psychooncology. 2020 04; 29(4):688-695. PMID: 31834646.
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    33. Matlock DD, Fischer SM. Culture and Sanity at the End of Life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2019 08; 67(8):1557-1558. PMID: 31287926.
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    34. Fischer S. A Tale of Two Deaths. J Palliat Med. 2019 03; 22(3):240-241. PMID: 30794489.
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    35. Fischer SM, Kline DM, Min SJ, Okuyama-Sasaki S, Fink RM. Effect of Apoyo con Cari?o (Support With Caring) Trial of a Patient Navigator Intervention to Improve Palliative Care Outcomes for Latino Adults With Advanced Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Oncol. 2018 12 01; 4(12):1736-1741. PMID: 30326035.
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    36. Fischer SM, Min SJ, Atherly A, Kline DM, Gozansky WS, Himberger J, Lopez J, Lester K, Fink RM. Apoyo con Cari?o (support with caring): RCT protocol to improve palliative care outcomes for Latinos with advanced medical illness. Res Nurs Health. 2018 12; 41(6):501-510. PMID: 30302769.
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    37. Jodon G, Fischer SM, Kessler ER. Treatment of Urothelial Cancer in Elderly Patients: Focus on Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors. Drugs Aging. 2018 05; 35(5):409-421. PMID: 29744750.
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    38. Puri S, Hyland KA, Weiss KC, Bell GC, Gray JE, Kim R, Lin HY, Hoogland AI, Gonzalez BD, Nelson AM, Kinney AY, Fischer SM, Li D, Jacobsen PB, McLeod HL, Jim HSL. Prediction of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting from patient-reported and genetic risk factors. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Aug; 26(8):2911-2918. PMID: 29546524.
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    39. Bekelman DB, Johnson-Koenke R, Bowles DW, Fischer SM. Improving Early Palliative Care with a Scalable, Stepped Peer Navigator and Social Work Intervention: A Single-Arm Clinical Trial. J Palliat Med. 2018 07; 21(7):1011-1016. PMID: 29461908.
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    40. Fischer SM, Kline DM, Min SJ, Okuyama S, Fink RM. Apoyo con Cari?o: Strategies to Promote Recruiting, Enrolling, and Retaining Latinos in a Cancer Clinical Trial. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2017 11; 15(11):1392-1399. PMID: 29118231.
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    41. Fischer SM. Advancing Advance Care Planning. J Palliat Med. 2017 09; 20(9):908-909. PMID: 28805494.
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    42. Fischer SM, Matlock DD. Reply to Comment on: How U.S. Doctors Die: A Cohort Study of Healthcare Use at the End of Life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 08; 65(8):1887. PMID: 28481455.
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    43. Fischer SM, Bekelman D, Bailey FA. Family Assessment of Quality of Care in the Last Month of Life. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 08 01; 176(8):1102-4. PMID: 27367457.
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    44. Fischer SM. What Makes Us Whole? J Palliat Med. 2016 08; 19(8):798-9. PMID: 27494222.
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    45. Bekelman DB, Rabin BA, Nowels CT, Sahay A, Heidenreich PA, Fischer SM, Main DS. Barriers and Facilitators to Scaling Up Outpatient Palliative Care. J Palliat Med. 2016 Apr; 19(4):456-9. PMID: 26974489.
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    46. Retrum JH, Gozansky WS, Lahoff DG, Rosenberg EL, Tropeano LE, Owens BA, Fischer SM. A Need for More Palliative Focused Care: A Survey of Colorado Skilled Care Facilities. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2015 Aug 01; 16(8):712-3. PMID: 26159824.
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    47. Fischer SM, Cervantes L, Fink RM, Kutner JS. Apoyo con Cari?o: a pilot randomized controlled trial of a patient navigator intervention to improve palliative care outcomes for Latinos with serious illness. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2015 Apr; 49(4):657-65. PMID: 25240788.
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    48. Fischer SM, Sauaia A, Min SJ, Kutner J. Advance directive discussions: lost in translation or lost opportunities? J Palliat Med. 2012 Jan; 15(1):86-92. PMID: 22239609.
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    49. Fischer SM, Min SJ, Sauaia A, Kutner JS. "They're going to unplug grandma": advance directive discussions and documentation do not decrease survival in patients at baseline lower risk of death. J Hosp Med. 2012 Jan; 7(1):3-7. PMID: 21960524.
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    50. Fischer SM, Sauaia A, Kutner JS. Patient navigation: a culturally competent strategy to address disparities in palliative care. J Palliat Med. 2007 Oct; 10(5):1023-8. PMID: 17985954.
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    51. Fischer SM, Kutner JS, Sauaia A, Kramer A. Lack of ethnic differences in end-of-life care in the Veterans Health Administration. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2007 Aug-Sep; 24(4):277-83. PMID: 17582027.
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    52. Fischer SM, Gozansky WS, Sauaia A, Min SJ, Kutner JS, Kramer A. A practical tool to identify patients who may benefit from a palliative approach: the CARING criteria. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2006 Apr; 31(4):285-92. PMID: 16632076.
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    53. Fischer SM, Egan K, Kassner C, Kutner JS. Healthcare professional education: a unique role for hospices. Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2005 Jan-Feb; 22(1):32-40. PMID: 15736605.
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    54. Fischer SM, Gozansky WS, Kutner JS, Chomiak A, Kramer A. Palliative care education: an intervention to improve medical residents' knowledge and attitudes. J Palliat Med. 2003 Jun; 6(3):391-9. PMID: 14509484.
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