## About

Michael A. Fischer, MD, MS, is Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine) at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. He is a primary care physician and health services researcher with expertise in developing and evaluating interventions to increase the use of evidence-based medical ...  practices.

Dr. Fischer began his career at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, conducting research evaluating medication adherence; the appropriate use of prescription drugs; dissemination and implementation of evidence-based practices; prescription drug reimbursement policy; and the impact of electronic prescribing.

Dr. Fischer is the Director of the National Resource Center for Academic Detailing ([www.NaRCAD.org](https://www.NaRCAD.org "NARCAD: National Resource Center for Academic Detailing (narcad.org)")), an initiative supported by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist organizations implementing interventions to improve health care quality and patient outcomes.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Adult Primary Care](/departments/adult-primary-care), [Hospitalist Group](/departments/hospitalist-group)
- ### Specialties
    
    Improving healthcare quality and patient outcomes
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.414.7288](tel:617.414.7288)
- ### Primary Location
    
     [801 Massachusetts Avenue  
    5th Floor](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=801+Massachusetts+Avenue%3Cbr%3E5th+Floor)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Professor of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Yale University School of Medicine, 1997
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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