Michelle Fleshner, MD
Assistant Professor, Medicine-Hospital Medicine

Professional Titles

• Hospitalist

Teaching

Publications

• Gardner TA, Breitbach EK, Limes JE, Connors GR, Berry AR, Longino AA, Shah S, Fainstad B, Miller TM, Ortiz-Lopez C, Fleshner M. A Quality Improvement Approach to Modification of a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum. ATS Sch. 2023 Dec;4(4):538-545. PubMed PMID: 38196688
• Gardner T, Breitach E, Ortiz-Lopez C, Zheng C, Fleshner M. POCUS Portfolio Development and Quality-Assurance for an Internal Medicine Residency. Poster accepted to Society of Hospital Medicine Conference in March 2023, presentation cancelled for family emergency.
• Ferraro S, Fleshner M, Kramer H, Ortiz-Lopez C. Improving Financial Sustainability of a Hospitalist-run Medicine Procedure Service. Poster presented at Society of Hospital Medicine Conference in March 2023.
• Fischer, Cristina; Limes, Julia; Fleshner, Michelle. Lessons Learned from a Pilot Study of POCUS near-Peer Mentored Scanning in a Large Academic Setting. Society of General Internal Medicine. May 12th 2023 in Aurora, Colorado
• Williams RJ, Ortiz-Lopez C, Teitelbaum I, Fleshner M. Peritoneal Dialysis Management: Augmented with Point of Care Lung Ultrasonography: A Pilot Implementation Study. Poster presented at the Society of General Internal Medicine Conference, May, 2023.
• Gardner T, … Fleshner M. Portfolio Development and Quality Assurance as Core Components of a Multifaceted Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for a Large Internal Medicine Residency Program. Poster presented at the AAMC Conference, 2023.
• Fleshner M, Fox S, Robertson T, Fujita AW, Bhamidipati D, Bui T. Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Medical Decision Making: Informing the Development of an Internal Medicine Global Health POCUS curriculum. POCUS Journal. April 2022.
• Maw, A.M., Morris, M.A., Glasgow, R.E. Barnard J, Ho P.M., Ortiz-Lopez C., Fleshner M. et al. Using Iterative RE-AIM to enhance hospitalist adoption of lung ultrasound in the management of patients with COVID-19: an implementation pilot study. Implement Sci Commun 3, 89 (2022).
• Fleshner M. A commentary on: Diagnostic accuracy of focused deep venous, lung, cardiac and multiorgan ultrasound in suspected pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PracticeUpdate website. Available at: https://www.practiceupdate.com/content/diagnostic-accuracy-of-focused-deep-venous-lung-cardiac-and-multiorgan-ultrasound-in-suspected-pulmonary-embolism/138771/65/20/1. July 26, 2022
• McQuade C, Wojcik R, Fleshner M, Smith B, Bonifacino E. Pitt Puzzles: A clinical reasoning tool by busy residents for busy residents. SGIM Forum. Vol 45 Num 12 December 2022.
• 1. Maw, A.M.; Ho, P.M.; Morris, M.A.; Glasgow, R.E.; Huebschmann, A.G.; Barnard, J.G.; Metter, R.; Tierney, D.M.; Mathews, B.K.; Havranek, E.P.; Kissler, M.; Fleshner, M.; Burian, B.K.; Platz, E.; Soni, N.J. Hospitalist Perceptions of Barriers to Lung Ultrasound Adoption in Diverse Hospital Environments. Diagnostics 2021, 11, 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081451
• 2. Maw A, Morras M, Barnard J, Wilson J, Glasgow R, Hueschmann A, Soni N, Fleshner M, Kaufman J, and Ho M. Multi-Level Stakeholder Perspectives on Determinants of Point of Care Ultrasound Implementation in a US Academic Medical Center. Diagnostics. 2021. [Accepted for publication].
• Fox S, Fleshner M, Flanagan C, Robertson T, Fujita AW, Bhamidipati D, Abdulrahman S, Purushothaman R, Bui T. Developing and Evlauating a Remote Quality Assurance System for Point-of-Care Ultrasound for an Internal Medicine Residency Global Health Track. POCUS Journal. 2020. 5(2): 46-54.
• Fleshner M, Fox S, Robertson T, Ayako Fujita AW, Bhamidipati D, Bui T. POCUS Journal. Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Medical Decision Making: Informing the Development of an Internal Medicine Global Health POCUS Curriculum. [In press]