
Vice Chair, Department of Pathology
Division Chief, Neuropathology
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Biosketch
Amanda Fisher-Hubbard, MD, is a board-certified forensic pathologist and Deputy Medical Examiner at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine in Kalamazoo, Michigan. She is a graduate of University of Toledo in Toledo, Ohio. She earned her medical degree from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. She completed her residency in anatomic and clinical pathology, as well as fellowships in forensic pathology and neuropathology, with University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Board Certification
- American Board of Pathology (Neuropathology)
- American Board of Pathology (Pathology - Forensic)
- American Board of Pathology (Pathology - Anatomic)
- American Board of Pathology (Pathology - Clinical)
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Education and Training
- Fellowship 2016, Neuropathology, Medical School, University of Michigan
- Fellowship 2014, Forensic Pathology, Medical School, University of Michigan
- Residency 2013, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, Medical School, University of Michigan
- MD 2009, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
- BS 2005, Bioengineering, University of Toledo
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Language Fluency
- English, functional
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Research
- Pathology, Clinical
- Pathology, Anatomical
- Neuropathology
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Publications
Feng J.J., deJong J.L., Douglas E.A., Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Prahlow J.A. Lethal Complications of Meningiomas: A Case Series Academic Forensic Pathology. 2024;14:3-9.
Prahlow J.A., Jones P., Bailey K., Grande A., Obead A., Pink C., Douglas E., Shattuck B., Fisher-Hubbard A., Brown T., deJong J.L. SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Experience at an Academic Medical Examiner’s Office Academic Forensic Pathology. 2024;14:87-107.
Iverson G.L., Jamshidi P., Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Deep-Soboslay A., Hyde T.M., Kleinman J.E., deJong J.L., Shepherd C.E., Hazrati L.N., Castellani R.J. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy neuropathologic change is uncommon in men who played amateur American football Frontiers in Neurology. 2023;14
Ladzinski A.T., Tai A., Rumschlag M.T., Smith C.S., Mehta A., Boapimp P., Edewaard E.J., Douce R.W., Morgan L.F., Wang M.S., Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Cummings M.J., Jagger B.W. Clinical Characteristics of the 2019 Eastern Equine Encephalitis Outbreak in Michigan Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2023;10
Cornelison J.B., Isaac C.V., Devota C.J., Billian J., Brown T.T., deJong J.L., Douglas E., Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Lackey-Cornelison W.L., Prahlow J.A., Shattuck B.L. A comparison of three decalcification agents for assessments of cranial fracture histomorphology Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2022;67:1157-1166.
Rumschlag M., Prahlow J.A., Castellani R.J., Fisher-Hubbard A.O. Pseudo-Central Pontine Myelinolysis American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2022;43:195-198.
Iverson G.L., Deep-Soboslay A., Hyde T.M., Kleinman J.E., Erskine B., Fisher-Hubbard A., deJong J.L., Castellani R.J. Suicide in Older Adult Men Is Not Related to a Personal History of Participation in Football Frontiers in Neurology. 2021;12
Key P., Qiryaqoz Z., Prahlow J., Fisher-Hubbard A. Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Diagnosed After Fatal Aortic Dissection American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2021;42:E1-E4.
Conway K.S., Camelo-Piragua S., Fisher-Hubbard A., Perry W.R., Shakkottai V.G., Venneti S. Multiple system atrophy pathology is associated with primary Sjögren’s syndrome JCI Insight. 2020;5
Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Appleford C., Kesha K., Schmidt C.J., Gupta A. Accidental Carbon Monoxide Poisoning while Driving: A Case Report with Review of the Literature American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology. 2018;39:270-272.
Saadeh Y.S., Hollon T.C., Fisher-Hubbard A., Savastano L.E., McKeever P.E., Orringer D.A. Primary diffuse leptomeningeal melanomatosis: Description and recommendations Journal of Clinical Neuroscience. 2018;50:139-143.
Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Sung L.M., Hubbard S.A., Hlavaty L. Hyperthermia, Thermal Injuries, and Death from a Forced Convection Heat Source: A Case Report and Experimental Model Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2017;62:686-690.
Orringer D.A., Pandian B., Niknafs Y.S., Hollon T.C., Boyle J., Lewis S., Garrard M., Hervey-Jumper S.L., Garton H.J.L., Maher C.O., Heth J.A., Sagher O., Wilkinson D.A., Snuderl M., Venneti S., Ramkissoon S.H., McFadden K.A., Fisher-Hubbard A., Lieberman A.P., Johnson T.D., Xie X.S., Trautman J.K., Freudiger C.W., Camelo-Piragua S. Rapid intraoperative histology of unprocessed surgical specimens via fibre-laser-based stimulated Raman scattering microscopy Nature Biomedical Engineering. 2017;1
Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Kesha K., Diaz F., Njiwaji C., Chi P., Schmidt C.J. Commode Cardia—Death by Valsalva Maneuver: A Case Series Journal of Forensic Sciences. 2016;61:1541-1545.
Grubbs J., Trobe J.D., Fisher-Hubbard A. Opsoclonus-myoclonus syndrome in primary central nervous system lymphoma Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology. 2016;36:408-411.
Ringman J.M., Monsell S., Ng D.W., Zhou Y., Nguyen A., Coppola G., Van Berlo V., Mendez M.F., Tung S., Weintraub S., Mesulam M.M., Bigio E.H., Gitelman D.R., Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Albin R.L., Vinters H.V. Neuropathology of autosomal dominant Alzheimer disease in the national Alzheimer coordinating center database Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology. 2016;75:284-290.
Albin R.L., Fisher-Hubbard A., Shanmugasundaram K., Koeppe R.A., Burke J.F., Camelo-Piragua S., Lieberman A.P., Giordani B., Frey K.A. Post-Mortem evaluation of amyloid-dopamine terminal positron emission tomography dementia classifications Annals of Neurology. 2015;78:824-830.
Ji M., Lewis S., Camelo-Piragua S., Ramkissoon S.H., Snuderl M., Venneti S., Fisher-Hubbard A., Garrard M., Fu D., Wang A.C., Heth J.A., Maher C.O., Sanai N., Johnson T.D., Freudiger C.W., Sagher O., Xie X.S., Orringer D.A. Detection of human brain tumor infiltration with quantitative stimulated Raman scattering microscopy Science Translational Medicine. 2015;7
To K.B., Washer L.L., Varban O.A., Haft J.W., Fisher-Hubbard A., Napolitano L.M. Splenectomy for splenic abscess Surgical Infections. 2013;14:337-338.
Fisher-Hubbard A.O., Annesley T.M., Warren J. Sinusitis or something worse? Clinical Chemistry. 2012;58:477-478.
Harms P.W., Schmidt L.A., Smith L.B., Newton D.W., Pletneva M.A., Walters L., Tomlins S.A., Fisher-Hubbard A., Napolitano L.M., Park P.K., Blaivas M., Fantone J., Myers J.L., Jentzen J.M. Autopsy findings in eight patients with fatal H1N1 influenza American Journal of Clinical Pathology. 2010;134:27-35.
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Presentations
- Postmortem neuropathologic findings in a 47-year-old man with schizophrenia and frequent falls. Wei A, Fisher-Hubbard A, 42nd Annual Kalamazoo Community and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2024
- Findings in Neuropathologic Consultations Initiated for Seizure History. Davis R, Nickson N, Fisher-Hubbard A, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) & Influenza Detected Among Deaths Occurring Outside the Healthcare Setting from 2021 to 2022. Obead A, Pink C, Grande A, Fisher-Hubbard A, deJong J, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Unusual Lung Morphology Associated with Clinical Diagnosis of "Trapped Lung". Cooper C, Sand E, Martindale R, Fisher-Hubbard A, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Case Report. Figueroa L, Castor M, Fisher-Hubbard AO, Brooks JK, 41st Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical & Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 05/2023
- Revisiting Trends in the Certification of Choking-related Deaths. De Cecco D, Grande A, Fisher-Hubbard A, 40th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2022
- Sars-CoV-2 (COVID-19) Experience at an Academic Medical Examiners Office. Prahlow JA, Jones P, Bailey K, Grande A, Obead A, Pink C, Cornelison J, Douglas E, Shattuck B, Fisher-Hubbard A, Brown T, deJong J, National Association of Medical Examiners 2021 Annual Meeting, West Palm Beach, Florida, 10/2021
- Wischnewsky Spots and Black Esophagus in Deaths Involving Diabetic Ketoacidosis: A Case Series. Kaempfen R, Prahlow J, Fisher-Hubbard A, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021
- Retinal Hemorrhages in a 6-Month-Old Child Related to Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation. Magidenko M, Fisher-Hubbard A, Prahlow J, Brown T, 38th Annual Kalamazoo Community Medical and Health Sciences Virtual Research Day, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 04/2021