(2009) Honorable mention, Research ShowCASE 2009 poster competition.
(2005) 2nd Place, Neural Engineering and Rehabilitation Lectures poster contest.
BS, Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 2001 - 2005
MS, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2005 - 2008
PhD, Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2008 - 2012
Fisher, L.E., & Lempka, S.F. (2023). Neurotechnology for Pain. ANNUAL REVIEW OF BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 25(1), 387-412.Annual Reviews. doi: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-111022-121637.
Nanivadekar, A.C., Bose, R., Petersen, B.A., Okorokova, E.V., Sarma, D., Madonna, T.J., Barra, B., Farooqui, J., Dalrymple, A.N., Levy, I., Helm, E.R., Miele, V.J., Boninger, M.L., Capogrosso, M., Bensmaia, S.J., Weber, D.J., & Fisher, L.E. (2023). Restoration of sensory feedback from the foot and reduction of phantom limb pain via closed-loop spinal cord stimulation. NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 8(8), 992-1003.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41551-023-01153-8.
Nanivadekar, A.C., Bose, R., Petersen, B.A., Okorokova, E.V., Sarma, D., Madonna, T.J., Barra, B., Farooqui, J., Dalrymple, A.N., Levy, I., Helm, E.R., Miele, V.J., Boninger, M.L., Capogrosso, M., Bensmaia, S.J., Weber, D.J., & Fisher, L.E. (2023). Restoration of sensory feedback from the foot and reduction of phantom limb pain via closed-loop spinal cord stimulation (vol 8, pg 992, 2024). NATURE BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING, 1.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41551-023-01175-2.
Petersen, B.A., Sparto, P.J., & Fisher, L.E. (2023). Clinical measures of balance and gait cannot differentiate somatosensory impairments in people with lower-limb amputation. GAIT & POSTURE, 99, 104-110.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2022.10.018.
Nanivadekar, A.C., Chandrasekaran, S., Helm, E.R., Boninger, M.L., Collinger, J.L., Gaunt, R.A., & Fisher, L.E. (2022). Closed-loop stimulation of lateral cervical spinal cord in upper-limb amputees to enable sensory discrimination: a case study. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 12(1), 17002.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21264-7.
Shulgach, J.A., Beam, D.W., Nanivadekar, A.C., Miller, D.M., Fulton, S., Sciullo, M., Ogren, J., Wong, L., McLaughlin, B.L., Yates, B.J., Horn, C.C., & Fisher, L.E. (2021). Selective stimulation of the ferret abdominal vagus nerve with multi-contact nerve cuff electrodes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1), 12925.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-91900-1.
Petersen, B.A., Nanivadekar, A.C., Chandrasekaran, S., & Fisher, L.E. (2019). Phantom limb pain: peripheral neuromodulatory and neuroprosthetic approaches to treatment. MUSCLE & NERVE, 59(2), 154-167.Wiley. doi: 10.1002/mus.26294.
Huang, W.C., Ong, X.C., Kwon, I.S., Gopinath, C., Fisher, L.E., Wu, H., Fedder, G.K., Gaunt, R.A., & Bettinger, C.J. (2018). Ultracompliant Hydrogel-Based Neural Interfaces Fabricated by Aqueous-Phase Microtransfer Printing. ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS, 28(29).Wiley. doi: 10.1002/adfm.201801059.
Ayers, C.A., Fisher, L.E., Gaunt, R.A., & Weber, D.J. (2016). Microstimulation of the lumbar DRG recruits primary afferent neurons in localized regions of lower limb. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY, 116(1), 51-60.American Physiological Society. doi: 10.1152/jn.00961.2015.
Fisher, L.E., Hokanson, J.A., & Weber, D.J. (2015). Neuroprostheses for somatosensory function. In Implantable Neuroprostheses for Restoring Function. (pp. 127-151).Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-1-78242-101-6.00006-9.
Debnath, S., Bauman, M., Fisher, L.E., Weber, D.J., & Gaunt, R.A. (2014). Microelectrode array recordings from the ventral roots in chronically implanted cats. FRONTIERS IN NEUROLOGY, 5(00104), 104.Frontiers. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2014.00104.
Fisher, L.E., Ayers, C.A., Ciollaro, M., Ventura, V., Weber, D.J., & Gaunt, R.A. (2014). Chronic recruitment of primary afferent neurons by microstimulation in the feline dorsal root ganglia. JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING, 11(3), 036007.IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/11/3/036007.
Sicari, B.M., Rubin, J.P., Dearth, C.L., Wolf, M.T., Ambrosio, F., Boninger, M., Turner, N.J., Weber, D.J., Simpson, T.W., Wyse, A., Brown, E.H.P., Dziki, J.L., Fisher, L.E., Brown, S., & Badylak, S.F. (2014). An acellular biologic scaffold promotes skeletal muscle formation in mice and humans with volumetric muscle loss. Sci Transl Med, 6(234), 234ra58. doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3008085.
Fisher, L.E., Tyler, D.J., & Triolo, R.J. (2013). Optimization of selective stimulation parameters for multi-contact electrodes. JOURNAL OF NEUROENGINEERING AND REHABILITATION, 10(1), 25.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1186/1743-0003-10-25.
Fisher, L.E., Anderson, J.S., Tyler, D.J., & Triolo, R.J. (2011). Optimization of Stimulus Parameters for Selective Peripheral Nerve Stimulation with Multi-Contact Electrodes. Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2011, (pp. 3039-3042).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).United States. doi: 10.1109/iembs.2011.6090831.
Fisher, L.E., Tyler, D.J., Anderson, J.S., & Triolo, R.J. (2009). Chronic stability and selectivity of four-contact spiral nerve-cuff electrodes in stimulating the human femoral nerve. JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING, 6(4), 046010.IOP Publishing. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/6/4/046010.
Fisher, L.E., Miller, M.E., Bailey, S.N., Davis, J.A., Anderson, J.S., Rhode, L., Tyler, D.J., & Triolo, R.J. (2008). Standing After Spinal Cord Injury with Four-Contact Nerve-Cuff Electrodes for Quadriceps Stimulation. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, 16(5), 473-478.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi: 10.1109/tnsre.2008.2003390.
Kirsch, N., Alibeji, N., Fisher, L., Gregory, C., & Sharma, N. (2014). A Semi-Active Hybrid Neuroprosthesis for Restoring Lower Limb Function in Paraplegics. In Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014, (pp. 2557-2560).Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).United States. doi: 10.1109/embc.2014.6944144.
Fisher, L.E., Miller, M.E., Nogan, S.J., Davis, J.A., Anderson, J.S., Murray, L.M., Tyler, D.J., & Triolo, R.J. (2006). Preliminary Evaluation of a Neural Prosthesis for Standing after Spinal Cord Injury with Four Contact Nerve-Cuff Electrodes for Quadriceps Stimulation. Poster session presented at the meeting of 2006 International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society.United States.