Penn Medicine Provider
Infectious Diseases
Neil O. Fishman, MD
he/him/his
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program

About me

  • Chief Medical Officer, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Associate Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases) at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Temple University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Temple University Hospital
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Fishman is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Giannini HM, Ginestra JC, Chivers C, Draugelis M, Hanish A, Schweickert WD, Fuchs BD, Meadows L, Lynch M, Donnelly PJ, Pavan K, Fishman NO, Hanson CW, Umscheid CA A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock: Development, Implementation, and Impact on Clinical Practice , Crit Care Med: 2019


Doernberg SB, Abbo LM, Burdette SD, Fishman NO, Goodman EL, Kravitz GR, Leggett JE, Moehring RW, Newland JG, Robinson PA, Spivak ES, Tamma PD, Chambers HF Essential Resources and Strategies for Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in the Acute Care Setting , Clin Infect Dis, 67(8): 2018,1168-1174


Ma GK, Pegues DA, Kochman ML, Alby K, Fishman NO, Saunders M, Grous C, Dempsey DT, Ginsberg GG Implementation of a systematic culturing program to monitor the efficacy of endoscope reprocessing: outcomes and costs , Gastrointest Endosc, 87(1): 2018,104-109.e3


Septimus EJ, Coopersmith CM, Whittle J, Hale CP, Fishman NO, Kim TJ Sepsis National Hospital Inpatient Quality Measure (SEP-1): Multistakeholder Work Group Recommendations for Appropriate Antibiotics for the Treatment of Sepsis , Clin Infect Dis, 65(9): 2017,1565-1569


Scarpato SJ, Timko DR, Cluzet VC, Dougherty JP, Nunez JJ, Fishman NO, Hamilton KW An Evaluation of Antibiotic Prescribing Practices Upon Hospital Discharge , Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 38(3): 2017,353-355


Cluzet VC, Gerber JS, Metlay JP, Nachamkin I, Zaoutis TE, Davis MF, Julian KG, Linkin DR, Coffin SE, Margolis DJ, Hollander JE, Bilker WB, Han X, Mistry RD, Gavin LJ, Tolomeo P, Wise JA, Wheeler MK, Hu B, Fishman NO, Royer D, Lautenbach E The Effect of Total Household Decolonization on Clearance of Colonization With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus , Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(10): 2016,1226-33


Morgan DJ, Croft LD, Deloney V, Popovich KJ, Crnich C, Srinivasan A, Fishman NO, Bryant K, Cosgrove SE, Leekha S Choosing Wisely in Healthcare Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Stewardship , Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 37(7): 2016,755-60


Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser MM, Newland JG, Ohl CA, Samore MH, Seo SK, Trivedi KK Executive Summary: Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America , Clin Infect Dis , 62(10): 2016,1197-202


Barlam TF, Cosgrove SE, Abbo LM, MacDougall C, Schuetz AN, Septimus EJ, Srinivasan A, Dellit TH, Falck-Ytter YT, Fishman NO, Hamilton CW, Jenkins TC, Lipsett PA, Malani PN, May LS, Moran GJ, Neuhauser MM, Newland JG, Ohl CA, Samore MH, Seo SK, Trivedi KK Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America , Clin Infect Dis , 62(10): 2016,e51-77


Cluzet VC, Gerber JS, Nachamkin I, Metlay JP, Zaoutis TE, Davis MF, Julian KG, Linkin DR, Coffin SE, Margolis DJ, Hollander JE, Bilker WB, Han X, Mistry RD, Gavin LJ, Tolomeo P, Wise JA, Wheeler MK, Hu B, Fishman NO, Royer D, Lautenbach E Risk factors for recurrent colonization with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-dwelling adults and children , Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 36(7): 2015,786-93