Tom Fleisher

National Institutes of Health, United States of America

Thomas A. Fleisher

Academic positions:
- Chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Chief of the Immunology Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Director, fellowship program in Clinical and Laboratory Immunology at NIH
- Adjunct Professor of pediatrics at Uniformed University of the Health Sciences
- Consultant to the Allergy Immunology Department at Walter Reed

Any industry positions (last five years):
None declared

Research interests:
Dr Fleisher's research interests focus on improving current assays and developing new diagnostic methods in laboratory immunology, particularly as they pertain to immune deficiency disorders. Dr. Fleisher is a member of a group of NIH medical scientists who described and characterized the autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS).

Any other information:
Dr Fleisher was appointed a member of the board of directors of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology in 1991-2000 and was elected chair of the board in 1996; he also was a member of the American Board of Pediatrics. He is currently on the executive committee of the Clinical Cytometry Society, having served as its president in 2005, and is a member of the board of directors of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Honors and awards
Richard Farr Lecture (Colorado Allergy Society), 2003; NIH Director's Award, 1998; Dees Symposium Lecture (Duke University Medical School), 1998, 2005; Carl E. Arbesman Memorial Lectureship (AAAAI), 1998; Best Doctors in America,1994, 2003; Who’s Who in America, 1993-present; Outstanding Service Medal, USPHS, 1992; Commendation Medal, USPHS, 1986; Meritorious Service Medal, USA, 1983

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Section Head: Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology > Clinical Immunology (since 20 June 2007)

Tom Fleisher is a Section Head for Clinical Immunology, part of the RHEUMATOLOGY & CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY Faculty. The role of a Section Head is to work with their Co-Section Head(s) to divide the Section (sub-specialty area) into its component areas of research, nominate leaders in those areas as Faculty Members, and offer ongoing oversight of the content within their Section. They are not asked to evaluate articles, although we do, of course, welcome them.

Links

http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/SeniorStaff/thomas_fleisher.html