Research Bio
Kevin received his BA in psychology from Antioch College, his MD from the Medical College of Virginia, and his MPH degree from the University of Rochester. He completed a faculty development fellowship through the University of Rochester Department of Family Medicine, training in family therapy through the Department of Psychiatry and joined the faculty in 1996. He is Associate Director of the Rochester Center to Improve Communication in Health, Co-Director of Community Engagement for the Rochester Clinical Translational Science Institute, Co-Director of the Greater Rochester Practice Research Network and HIV Clinical Coordinator for Westside Community Health Center.
His clinical interests are in the area of care of chemically dependent HIV+ persons and office management of chronic pain. His research interests are in the area of racial and socioeconomic disparities in health status, the effects of poverty on family function, and health services to underserved populations, particularly those at risk for cancer and heart disease. He is currently directing projects funded by the American Cancer Society, National Cancer Institute, and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
2016 Oct
Carroll JK, Flocke SA, Sanders MR, Lowenstein L, Fiscella K, Epstein RM. "Effectiveness of a clinician intervention to improve physical activity discussions in underserved adults." Family practice. 2016 Oct; 33(5):488-91. Epub 2016 May 27. |
2016 Sep 9
Epstein RM, Duberstein PR, Fenton JJ, Fiscella K, Hoerger M, Tancredi DJ, Xing G, Gramling R, Mohile S, Franks P, Kaesberg P, Plumb S, Cipri CS, Street RL, Shields CG, Back AL, Butow P, Walczak A, Tattersall M, Venuti A, Sullivan P, Robinson M, Hoh B, Lewis L, Kravitz RL. "Effect of a Patient-Centered Communication Intervention on Oncologist-Patient Communication, Quality of Life, and Health Care Utilization in Advanced Cancer: The VOICE Randomized Clinical Trial." JAMA oncology. 2016 Sep 9; Epub 2016 Sep 09. |
2016 Aug
Sanders M, Fiscella K, Veazie P, Dolan JG, Jerant A. "Does patient time spent viewing computer-tailored colorectal cancer screening materials predict patient-reported discussion of screening with providers?" Health education research. 2016 Aug; 31(4):555-62. Epub 2016 Jun 24. |
2016 Jul 14
Gramling R, Fiscella K, Xing G, Hoerger M, Duberstein P, Plumb S, Mohile S, Fenton JJ, Tancredi DJ, Kravitz RL, Epstein RM. "Determinants of Patient-Oncologist Prognostic Discordance in Advanced Cancer." JAMA oncology. 2016 Jul 14; Epub 2016 Jul 14. |
2016 Jul
Fiscella K. "REFLECTIONS ON PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH. POST-STARFIELD SUMMIT: THINKING PRAGMATICALLY, THINKING BIG." Annals of family medicine. 2016 Jul; 14(4):382-3. |
