Dr. Melanie A Fisher M. D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 Stadium Drive Morgantown WV, 26506About
Dr. Melanie Fisher is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Morgantown, WV. Dr. Fisher specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Pa State Univ Coll Of Med- Hershey Pa 1977
West Virginia University School of Medicine 1980
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine 1977
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of high-dose vitamin C on the steady-state pharmacokinetics of the protease inhibitor indinavir in healthy volunteers.
- Distribution of airborne influenza virus and respiratory syncytial virus in an urgent care medical clinic.
- Measurements of airborne influenza virus in aerosol particles from human coughs.
- HIV/AIDS patient migration in North-Central West Virginia.
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