Gwenyth Fischer, MD
Associate Chair of Research, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Contact Info
Associate Chair of Research, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Faculty Member, Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric ECMO Co-Director
MD, Loyola University Stritch Medical School, Maywood, IL
Residency in Pediatrics, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
Summary
Dr. Fischer is a pediatric critical care physician and Assistant Professor at the University of Minnesota. She is an alumna of Vassar College, completed her pediatric residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Hospital Center, and her pediatric critical care fellowship at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Fischer’s non-clinical focus is on pediatric medical devices and drug therapies. She is an alumna of the UMN Medical Device Center Innovation Fellows Program and is the founder and Director of the Pediatric Device Innovation Consortium (PDIC), which seeks to move pediatric technologies forward towards commercialization. Dr. Fischer also serves as Respiratory Care Director and ECMO Director for UMN Masonic Children’s Hospital, as well as Associate Chair for Research Partnerships within the Pediatrics Department. Her research interests include pediatric and adult medical device and drug development and clinical trials, ECMO, critical care, and regulation of medical devices.
Expertise
- Cardiac Intensive Care
- ECMO
- Medical Devices
- Cardiopulmonary
Awards & Recognition
Clinical
Board Certifications
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Pediatrics - Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests
Pediatric Critical Care; Pediatric Medical Device Technology