Alexander G. Fiks, MD, MSCE

  • Department: Pediatrics
  • Division: General Pediatrics
  • Email: agfiks@mail.med.upenn.edu
  • Primary Address:
    Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
    34th & Civic Center Blvd.
    CHOP North Room 1546
    Philadelphia, PA 19104
  • 267-426-2304

    Appointments

    Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (2006 – present)
    Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (2003 – 2006)

    Education

    MSCE, Epidemiology, University of Pennsyvania (2003)
    MD, Medicine, Harvard University (1997)
    AB, Biology, summa cum laude, Harvard University (1992)

    Selected Publications

    Landweber LF, Fiks AG, Gilbert W. The boundaries of partially edited transcripts are not conserved in kinetoplastids: Implication for the guide RNA model of editing. Proceedings of the National Academic of Science. Vol 90. 1993 October:9242-9246.
    Clancy TE, Fiks AG Gelfand JM, Grayzel DS, Marci CD, McDonough CG, Peppercorn JM, Roberts TG, Smith AL, Winickoff JP.. A Call for Health Policy Education in the Medical School Curriculum.. JAMA. Vol 274. 1995 October:1084-1085.
    Fiks AG, Grundmeier R, Biggs L, Alessandrini A.. Clinical Alerts in an Electronic Health Record (EHR)Significantly Reduce Missed Opportunities for Immunization in an Urban Pediatric Population.. Poster Symposium Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.. 2005 May.
    Perella D, Fiks A, Spain CV, Robinson D, Gargiullo P, Watson B, Heath K, Pletcher J, Forke C, Schmid.. Validity of Reported Varicella History as a Marker for Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Immunity Among Different Age Group.. Poster Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.. 2005 May.
    Robinson D, Perella D, Spain CV, Fiks A, Gargiullo P, Watson B.. Validity of Reported Varicella History as a Marker for Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV) Immunity Among Different Age Groups.. Poster Presentation: 39th National Immunization Conference, Washington, DC.. 2005 March.
    Fiks AG, Grundmeier R, Biggs L, Alessandrini A.. Assessing the Impact of Withholding the Fourth Dose of DTaP Until Children Reach Fifteen Months of Age on Immunization Rates in an Urban Pediatric Population.. Poster Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.. 2005 May.
    Alessandrini A, Nadel F, Alpern E, Fiks A, Shea J.. Effects of a Primary Care-Based Educational Intervention on Parental Knowledge and Health Service Use for Common, Minor Childhood Illenesses.. Poster Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.. 2005 May.
    Fiks AG, Alessandrini EA, Luberti AA, Ostapenko S, Zhang X, Silber JH.. Identifying Factors Predicting Immunization Delay for Children Followed in an Urban Primary Care Network Using an Electronic Medical Record". Pediatrics. Vol 118. 2006:1680-1686.
    Perella D, Spain CV, Fiks A, et.al.. Screening Young Adolescents for Varicella Vaccination: Parental Recall Versus Self-Reported Varicella History.. Poster Symposium Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2006 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.. 2006 May.
    Fiks, AG, Grundmeier, RW, Biggs, LM, Localio, AR, Alessandrini, EA. Impact of Clinical Alerts Within an Electronic Health Record on Routine Childhood Immunization in an Urban Pediatric Population. Pediatrics. Vol 120. 2007:707-714.
    Fiks, AG, Grundmeier, RW, Biggs, LM, Alessandrini, EA. The Impact of Immunization at Sick Visits on Subsequent and Overall Well-Child Care. Poster Presentation: Ambulatory Pediatric Association 2007 Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada. PAS May 2007. 2007 May.
    Flores, A, Alessandrini EA, Mattheus-Kairys, M, Mistry, R, Fiks, AG, Kazak, A. Health Related Quality of Life after an Acute Illness in Emergency Department (ED) and Primary Care Settings. American Academy of Pediatrics: 2007 National Conference and Exhibition, San Francisco, California, October 26, 2007. 2007 October.
    Feemster, K, Winters, S, Fiks, AG, Kinsman, S, Kahn, JA. Pediatricians’ Intention to Recommend HPV Vaccines Post-Licensing. Young Investigator Award Finalist, Society of Adolescent Medicine: 2008 Annual Meeting, Greensboro, North Carolina, March 26-29, 2008. 2008 March.
    Fiks, AG, Grundmeier, R, Biggs, L, Alessandrini, A. Clinical Alerts in an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Significantly Reduce Missed Opportunities for Immunization in an Urban Pediatric Population. 2008 Greater Philadelphia Healthcare Informatics Symposium: “Advancing Health Through Informatics,” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 4, 2008. Winner: Best Poster. 2008 April.
    Flores, A, Alessandrini EA, Mattheus-Kairys, M, Mistry, R, Fiks, AG, Kazak, A. Health Related Quality of Life after an Acute Illness in Primary Care and Emergency Department (ED) Settings. Accepted to Pediatric Academic Societies: 2008 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 5, 2008. 2008 May.
    Pati, S, Mohamad, MS, Fiks, AG, Grundmeier, R, Feemster, K. Does Maternal Health Literacy Predict Immunization Status?. Accepted to Pediatric Academic Societies: 2008 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May, 2008. 2008 May.
    Fiks, AG, Hunter, K, Ganesan, V, Forrest, C, Pati, S. Measuring School Success: How Well Does the Electronic Health Record Capture School-Related Data?. Pediatric Academic Societies: 2008 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 5, 2008. 2008 May.
    Fiks, AG, Hunter, KF, Grundmeier, RW, Localio, AR, Bryant-Stephens, T, Luberti, AA, Bell, LM, Alessandrini, EA. Impact of Primary Care Clinical Alerts on Influenza Vaccination for Children and Adolescents with Asthma. Poster Symposium Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies: 2008 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 3, 2008. 2008 May.
    Gerber A, Fiks A, Alessandrini E, Swietlik M, Kanak V, Grundmeier R, Buescher G, Cnaan A, Forrest C. Impact of Clinician Computer Skill and Practice Style on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Oral Presentation at the 2nd Congress of the European Academy Pediatrics (EAP), Nice, France, October 24-28, 2008. 2008 October.
    Fiks AG, Hunter, KF, Localio, AR, Grundmeier, RW, Alessandrini, EA. The Impact of Immunization at Sick Visits on Well-Child Care. Pediatrics. Vol 121. 2008:898-905.
    Feemster, KA, Winters, SE, Fiks, AG, Kinsman, S, Kahn, JA. Pediatricians’ Intention to Recommend Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccines to 11- to 12- Year-Old Girls Post-Licensing. Journal of Adolescent Health. Vol 43. 2008:408-411.
    Fiks, AG. Immunization. In Schwartz’s Clinical Handbook of Pediatrics, 3rd Ed. Zorc JJ, Alpern ER, Brown L, Loomes K, Marino B, Mollen C, Raffini L, Eds. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008.. 2008.
    Co-Developer. CHOP Intranet-Based Otitis Media Clinical Pathway/Practice Guideline. CHOP Intranet-Based Otitis Media Clinical Pathway/Practice Guideline. 2008.
    Bell, LM, Grundmeier, RW, Localio AR, Zorc J, Fiks AG, Zhang X, Bryant-Stephens T, Swietlik M, Guevara JP. "Electronic Health Record Based Decision Support to Improve Outpatient Asthma Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial". Poster Presentation at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 Annual Meeting, Rockville, Maryland, September 14, 2009. 2009 September.
    Fiks AG, Gerber A, Khan, S, Alessandrini E, Forrest C. "Impact of Clinician Computer Skill on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs)". Poster Presentation at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality 2009 Annual Meeting, Rockville, Maryland, September 14, 2009. 2009 September.
    Fiks AG, Hunter, KF, Localio, AR, Grundmeier, RW, Bryant-Stephens, T, Luberti, AA, Bell, LM, Alessandrini, EA. Impact of Electronic Health Record-Based Primary Care Clinical Alerts on Influenza Vaccination for Children and Adolescents with Asthma: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. Vol 124. 2009:159-169.
    Perella, D, Fiks AG, Jumaan, A, Robinson, D, Gargiullo, P, Pletcher, J, Forke, CM, Schmid, DS, Renwick, M, Mankodi, F, Watson, B, Spain, CV. Validity of a Reported Varicella History as a Marker for Varicella-Zoster Virus Immunity among Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults in the Post-Vaccine Licensure Era. Pediatrics. Vol 123. 2009:820-828.
    Fiks AG, Gerber A, Khan, S, Lofland, J, Forrest, C, Alessandrini E. Impact of Clinician Computer Skill on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Platform Presentation at the Eastern Society for Pediatric Research Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 14, 2009. 2009 March.
    Fiks AG, Gerber A, Khan, S, Lofland, J, Forrest, C, Alessandrini E. Impact of Clinician Computer Skill on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Poster Presentation at the Academic Pediatric Association Region II and III Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 27, 2009. 2009 March.
    Fiks, AG, Gafen, A, Guevara J, Hunter K, Tweedie A, Paxson M, Power T, Barg F. Culturally Effective Shared Decision Making in ADHD. Symposium Presentation at the Office of Minority Health National Leadership Conference, Washington, DC, February, 26, 2009. 2009 February.
    Fiks AG, Gerber A, Khan, S, Lofland, J, Forrest, C, Alessandrini E. Impact of Clinician Computer Skill on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Poster Presentation at the 2nd Annual Healthcare Informatics Symposium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 23, 2009. 2009 April.
    Fiks AG, Gerber A, Khan, S, Lofland, J, Forrest, C, Alessandrini E. Impact of Clinician Computer Skill on Pediatric Primary Care Acute Visits Conducted with Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Poster Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies: 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2009. 2009 May.
    Fiks, AG, Gafen, A, Guevara J, Hunter K, Tweedie A, Paxson M, Power T, Barg F. Culturally Effective Shared Decision Making in ADHD. Poster Presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies: 2009 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, Maryland, May 5, 2009. 2009 May.
    Fiks, AG, Gafen, A, Guevara J, Hunter K, Tweedie A, Paxson M, Power T, Barg F. Culturally Effective Shared Decision Making in ADHD. Poster Presentation at the 5th International Shared Decision Making Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, June 14, 2009. 2009 June.
    Bell LM, Grundmeier RW, Localio R, Zorc J, Fiks AG, Zhang X, Bryant-Stephens T, Swietlik M, Guevara JP. "Electronic Health Record Based Decision Support to Improve Outpatient Asthma Care: A Cluster Randomized Trial". Pediatrics. In Press.