Nora F. Fino

Nora F. Fino, PhD, MS

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Epidemiology

Education History

Doctoral Training University of Utah
 PhD
University of Michigan
 MS
Undergraduate Case Western Reserve University
 BA

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Petersell TL, Quammen DL, Crofts R, Morris AJ, Fino NF, Jensen CB, Hollien A, Pelo R, Roemmich BJ, Dibble LE, Fino PC (2025). Instrumented Static and Reactive Balance in Collegiate Athletes: Normative Values and Minimal Detectable Change. J Athl Train, 59(6), 608-616. (Read full article)
  2. Seibert AM, Hersh AL, Patel PK, Hicks LA, Fino N, Stanfield V, Stenehjem EA (2023). Impact of an antibiotic stewardship initiative on urgent-care respiratory prescribing across patient race, ethnicity, and language. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 45(4), 530-533. (Read full article)
  3. Fino NF, Adingwupu OM, Coresh J, Greene T, Haaland B, Shlipak MG, Costa E Silva VT, Kalil R, Mindikoglu AL, Furth SL, Seegmiller JC, Levey AS, Inker LA (2023). Evaluation of novel candidate filtration markers from a global metabolomic discovery for glomerular filtration rate estimation. Kidney Int, 105(3), 582-592. (Read full article)
  4. Seibert AM, Schenk C, Buckel WR, Patel PK, Fino N, Stanfield V, Hersh AL, Stenehjem E (2023). Beyond antibiotic prescribing rates: first-line antibiotic selection, prescription duration, and associated factors for respiratory encounters in urgent care. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 3(1), e146. (Read full article)
  5. Fritz JM, Rhon DI, Garland EL, Hanley AW, Greenlee T, Fino N, Martin B, Highland KB, Greene T (2022). The Effectiveness of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention Integrated with Physical Therapy (MIND-PT) for Postsurgical Rehabilitation After Lumbar Surgery: A Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial as Part of the Back Pain Consortium (BACPAC) Research Program. Pain Med, 24(Suppl 1), S115-S125. (Read full article)
  6. Stenehjem E, Wallin A, Willis P, Kumar N, Seibert AM, Buckel WR, Stanfield V, Brunisholz KD, Fino N, Samore MH, Srivastava R, Hicks LA, Hersh AL (2023). Implementation of an Antibiotic Stewardship Initiative in a Large Urgent Care Network. JAMA Netw Open, 6(5), e2313011. (Read full article)
  7. Morris A, Fino NF, Pelo R, Cushman DM, Monson NE, Jameson T, Dibble LE, Fino PC (2023). Reactive postural responses predict risk for acute musculoskeletal injury in collegiate athletes. J Sci Med Sport, 26(2), 114-119. (Read full article)
  8. Tanner TE, Drapkin Z, Fino N, Russell K, Chaulk D, Hewes HA (2022). Thromboelastography and Its Use in Pediatric Trauma Patients. Pediatr Emerg Care, 39(2), e41-e47. (Read full article)
  9. Keating EM, Sakita F, Mmbaga BT, Nkini G, Amiri I, Tsosie C, Fino N, Watt MH, Staton CA (2022). A cohort of pediatric injury patients from a hospital-based trauma registry in Northern Tanzania. Afr J Emerg Med, 12(3), 208-215. (Read full article)
  10. Keating EM, Sakita F, Mmbaga BT, Amiri I, Nkini G, Rent S, Fino N, Young B, Staton CA, Watt MH (2022). Three delays model applied to pediatric injury care seeking in Northern Tanzania: A mixed methods study. PLOS Glob Public Health, 2(8), e0000657. (Read full article)
  11. Fino PC, Dibble LE, Wilde EA, Fino NF, Johnson P, Cortez MM, Hansen CR, van der Veen SM, Skop KM, Werner JK, Tate DF, Levin HS, Pugh MJV, Walker WC (2022). Sensory Phenotypes for Balance Dysfunction After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Neurology, 99(5), e521-e535. (Read full article)
  12. Seibert AM, Stenehjem E, Wallin A, Willis P, Brunisholz K, Kumar N, Stanfield V, Fino N, Shapiro DJ, Hersh A (2022). Rapid streptococcal pharyngitis testing and antibiotic prescribing before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 2(1), e80. (Read full article)
  13. Lane E, Magel JS, Thackeray A, Greene T, Fino NF, Puentedura EJ, Louw A, Maddox D, Fritz JM (2021). Effectiveness of training physical therapists in pain neuroscience education for patients with chronic spine pain: a cluster-randomized trial. Pain, 163(5), 852-860. (Read full article)
  14. Morris A, Fino NF, Pelo R, Kreter N, Cassidy B, Dibble LE, Fino PC (2021). Interadministrator Reliability of a Modified Instrumented Push and Release Test of Reactive Balance. J Sport Rehabil, 31(4), 517-523. (Read full article)
  15. Fischer LE, Wolfe BM, Fino N, Elman MR, Flum DR, Mitchell JE, Pomp A, Pories WJ, Purnell JQ, Patti ME, LABS Investigators (2021). Postbariatric hypoglycemia: symptom patterns and associated risk factors in the Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery study. Surg Obes Relat Dis, 17(10), 1787-1798. (Read full article)
  16. Paek MS, Wong SS, Hsu FC, Avis NE, Fino NF, Clark CJ (2021). Depressive Symptoms and Associated Health-Related Variables in Older Adult Breast Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Controls. Oncol Nurs Forum, 48(4), 412-422. (Read full article)
  17. Keating EM, Chiume M, Fitzgerald E, Mgusha Y, Mvalo T, Fino N, Crouse HL, Eckerle M, Gorman K, Ciccone EJ, Airewele G, Robison JA (2021). Blood transfusion and mortality in children with severe anaemia in a malaria-endemic region. Paediatr Int Child Health, 41(2), 129-136. (Read full article)
  18. Jones TW, Fino N, Olson J, Hersh AL (2020). The impact of beta-lactam allergy labels on hospitalized children. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 42(3), 318-324. (Read full article)
  19. Cho ME, Sweeney C, Fino N, Greene T, Ramkumar N, Huang Y, Ricardo AC, Shafi T, Deo R, Anderson A, Mills KT, Cheung AK, CRIC Study Investigators (2021). Longitudinal Changes in Prorenin and Renin in the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort. Am J Nephrol, 52(2), 141-151. (Read full article)
  20. Morris A, Cassidy B, Pelo R, Fino NF, Presson AP, Cushman DM, Monson NE, Dibble LE, Fino PC (2020). Reactive Postural Responses After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Their Association With Musculoskeletal Injury Risk in Collegiate Athletes: A Study Protocol. Front Sports Act Living, 2, 574848. (Read full article)
  21. Palmer NR, Avis NE, Fino NF, Tooze JA, Weaver KE (2020). Rural cancer survivors' health information needs post-treatment. Patient Educ Couns, 103(8), 1606-1614. (Read full article)
  22. de Havenon A, Fino NF, Johnson B, Wong KH, Majersik JJ, Tirschwell D, Rost N (2019). Blood Pressure Variability and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Prior Stroke: A Secondary Analysis of PRoFESS. Stroke, 50(11), 3170-3176. (Read full article)
  23. Kahn HS, Divers J, Fino NF, Dabelea D, Bell R, Liu LL, Zhong VW, Saydah S (2019). Alternative waist-to-height ratios associated with risk biomarkers in youth with diabetes: comparative models in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. Int J Obes (Lond), 43(10), 1940-1950. (Read full article)
  24. Shikany JM, Demmer RT, Johnson AJ, Fino NF, Meyer K, Ensrud KE, Lane NE, Orwoll ES, Kado DM, Zmuda JM, Langsetmo L, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men MrOS Research Group (2019). Association of dietary patterns with the gut microbiota in older, community-dwelling men. Am J Clin Nutr, 110(4), 1003-1014. (Read full article)
  25. Orwoll ES, Fino NF, Gill TM, Cauley JA, Strotmeyer ES, Ensrud KE, Kado DM, Barrett-Connor E, Bauer DC, Cawthon PM, Lapidus J, Osteoporotic Fractures in Men MrOS Study Research Group (2018). The Relationships Between Physical Performance, Activity Levels, and Falls in Older Men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 74(9), 1475-1483. (Read full article)
  26. Fino PC, Becker LN, Fino NF, Griesemer B, Goforth M, Brolinson PG (2019). Effects of Recent Concussion and Injury History on Instantaneous Relative Risk of Lower Extremity Injury in Division I Collegiate Athletes. Clin J Sport Med, 29(3), 218-223. (Read full article)
  27. Williams CN, Piantino J, McEvoy C, Fino N, Eriksson CO (2018). The Burden of Pediatric Neurocritical Care in the United States. Pediatr Neurol, 89, 31-38. (Read full article)
  28. Parrington L, Fino NF, Fino PC, Murchison CF, Chesnutt JC, King LA (2018). Inflection points in longitudinal models: Tracking recovery and return to play following concussion. Scand J Med Sci Sports, 28(11), 2436-2442. (Read full article)
  29. Burg JM, Fino NF, Tibayan FA, Rodriguez V, Raman J, Zahr F, Song HK (2018). Early post-approval experience with transcatheter aortic valve replacement in the USA. J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino), 59(4), 619-625. (Read full article)
  30. Atencio I, Beushausen M, Kowalczyk JJ, Flores-Hidalgo A, Fino NF, Baur DA (2018). Use of Intravenous Acetaminophen in Postoperative Pain Management After Partial and Full Bony Impacted Third Molar Extractions: A Randomized Double-Blind Controlled Trial. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 76(7), 1414-1417. (Read full article)
  31. Jackson G, Fino N, Bitting RL (2017). Clinical Characteristics of Patients With Renal Cell Carcinoma and Metastasis to the Thyroid Gland. Clin Med Insights Oncol, 11, 1179554917743981. (Read full article)
  32. Jenkins RD, Aziz JK, Gievers LL, Mooers HM, Fino N, Rozansky DJ (2017). Characteristics of hypertension in premature infants with and without chronic lung disease: a long-term multi-center study. Pediatr Nephrol, 32(11), 2115-2124. (Read full article)
  33. Omlor RL, Watkins FS, Lawlor JS, Lovato JF, Fino NF, Atkinson HH (2016). Intern Boot Camp: Feasibility and impact of a 1-hour session to ensure graduating medical student competency in falls risk assessment. Gerontol Geriatr Educ, 38(3), 346-353. (Read full article)
  34. Walsh MJ, Verghese GR, Ferguson ME, Fino NF, Goldberg DJ, Owens ST, Pinto N, Zyblewski SC, Quartermain MD (2017). Counseling Practices for Fetal Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. Pediatr Cardiol, 38(5), 946-958. (Read full article)
  35. Mogal HD, Howard-McNatt M, Dodson R, Fino NF, Clark CJ (2016). Quality of life of older African American breast cancer survivors: a population-based study. Support Care Cancer, 25(5), 1431-1438. (Read full article)
  36. Nitsche JF, Fino NF, Palomo JM, Perdomo AP, Brost BC (2017). Effectiveness of a Labor Cervical Exam Model in Family Medicine and OB-GYN Residents. Fam Med, 49(5), 384-387. (Read full article)
  37. Chouliaras K, Levine EA, Fino N, Shen P, Votanopoulos KI (2016). Prognostic Factors and Significance of Gastrointestinal Leak After Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) with Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC). Ann Surg Oncol, 24(4), 890-897. (Read full article)
  38. Corathers SD, Kichler JC, Fino NF, Lang W, Lawrence JM, Raymond JK, Yi-Frazier JP, Dabelea D, Liese AD, Saydah SH, Seid M, Dolan LM (2016). High health satisfaction among emerging adults with diabetes: Factors predicting resilience. Health Psychol, 36(3), 206-214. (Read full article)
  39. Allen S, DeRoche A, Adams L, Slocum KV, Clark CJ, Fino NF, Shen P (2017). Effect of epidural compared to patient-controlled intravenous analgesia on outcomes for patients undergoing liver resection for neoplastic disease. J Surg Oncol, 115(4), 402-406. (Read full article)
  40. Mogal HD, Clark C, Dodson R, Fino NF, Howard-McNatt M (2016). Outcomes After Mastectomy and Lumpectomy in Elderly Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Ann Surg Oncol, 24(1), 100-107. (Read full article)
  41. Plate JF, Wohler AD, Brown ML, Sun D, Fino NF, Lang JE (2016). Factors Associated with Range of Motion Recovery Following Manipulation Under Anesthesia. Surg Technol Int, 29, 295-301. (Read full article)
  42. Clark CJ, Fino NF, Liang JH, Hiller D, Bohl J (2016). Depressive symptoms in older long-term colorectal cancer survivors: a population-based analysis using the SEER-Medicare healthcare outcomes survey. Support Care Cancer, 24(9), 3907-14. (Read full article)
  43. Willeford WG, Barroso L, Keller J, Fino N, Bachmann LH (2016). Anal Dysplasia Screening and Treatment in a Southern Human Immunodeficiency Virus Clinic. Sex Transm Dis, 43(8), 479-82. (Read full article)
  44. Mogal HD, Fino N, Clark C, Shen P (2016). Comparison of observed to predicted outcomes using the ACS NSQIP risk calculator in patients undergoing pancreaticoduodenectomy. J Surg Oncol, 114(2), 157-62. (Read full article)
  45. Randle RW, Swords DS, Levine EA, Fino NF, Squires MH, Poultsides G, Fields RC, Bloomston M, Weber SM, Pawlik TM, Jin LX, Spolverato G, Schmidt C, Worhunsky D, Cho CS, Maithel SK, Votanopoulos KI (2016). Optimal extent of lymphadenectomy for gastric adenocarcinoma: A 7-institution study of the U.S. gastric cancer collaborative. J Surg Oncol, 113(7), 750-5. (Read full article)
  46. Clark CJ, Coe A, Fino NF, Pawa R (2016). Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in octogenarians: A population-based study using the nationwide inpatient sample. Endosc Int Open, 4(6), E624-30. (Read full article)
  47. Hatcher JL, Sterba KR, Tooze JA, Day TA, Carpenter MJ, Alberg AJ, Sullivan CA, Fitzgerald NC, Weaver KE (2015). Tobacco use and surgical outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer. Head Neck, 38(5), 700-6. (Read full article)
  48. Yi-Frazier JP, Hilliard ME, Fino NF, Naughton MJ, Liese AD, Hockett CW, Hood KK, Pihoker C, Seid M, Lang W, Lawrence JM (2015). Whose quality of life is it anyway? Discrepancies between youth and parent health-related quality of life ratings in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Qual Life Res, 25(5), 1113-21. (Read full article)
  49. Mogal HD, Levine EA, Fino NF, Obiora C, Shen P, Stewart JH, Votanopoulos KI (2015). Routine Admission to Intensive Care Unit After Cytoreductive Surgery and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy: Not Always a Requirement. Ann Surg Oncol, 23(5), 1486-95. (Read full article)
  50. Clark CJ, Fino NF, Clark N, Rosales A, Mishra G, Pawa R (2016). Trends in the Use of Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography for the Management of Chronic Pancreatitis in the United States. J Clin Gastroenterol, 50(5), 417-22. (Read full article)
  51. Blackham AU, Swords DS, Levine EA, Fino NF, Squires MH, Poultsides G, Fields RC, Bloomston M, Weber SM, Pawlik TM, Jin LX, Spolverato G, Schmidt C, Worhunsky D, Cho CS, Maithel SK, Votanopoulos KI (2015). Is Linitis Plastica a Contraindication for Surgical Resection: A Multi-Institution Study of the U.S. Gastric Cancer Collaborative. Ann Surg Oncol, 23(4), 1203-11. (Read full article)
  52. Brown ML, Plate JF, Von Thaer S, Fino NF, Smith BP, Seyler TM, Lang JE (2015). Decreased Range of Motion After Total Knee Arthroplasty Is Predicted by the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia. J Arthroplasty, 31(4), 793-7. (Read full article)
  53. Shah AS, Dabelea D, Fino NF, Dolan LM, Wadwa RP, DAgostino R Jr, Hamman R, Marcovina S, Daniels SR, Urbina EM (2015). Predictors of Increased Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes: The SEARCH CVD Study. Diabetes Care, 39(3), 418-25. (Read full article)
  54. NickKholgh B, Fang X, Winters SM, Raina A, Pandya KS, Gyabaah K, Fino N, Balaji KC (2015). Cell line modeling to study biomarker panel in prostate cancer. Prostate, 76(3), 245-58. (Read full article)
  55. Doud AN, Levine EA, Fino NF, Stewart JH, Shen P, Votanopoulos KI (2015). Stoma Creation and Reversal After Cytoreductive Surgery with Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy. Ann Surg Oncol, 23(2), 503-10. (Read full article)
  56. Lamar ZS, Fino N, Palmer J, Gruber L, Morris BB, Raetskaya-Solntseva O, Kennedy L, Vaidya R, Hurd D, Zamkoff K (2015). Dose-Adjusted Etoposide, Prednisone, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, and Doxorubicin (EPOCH) With or Without Rituximab as First-Line Therapy for Aggressive Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma. Clin Lymphoma Myeloma Leuk, 16(2), 76-81. (Read full article)
  57. Tawfik B, Collins JB, Fino NF, Miller DP Jr (2016). House Officer-Driven Reduction in Laboratory Utilization. South Med J, 109(1), 5-10. (Read full article)
  58. Liu LL, Kahn HS, Pettitt DJ, Fino NF, Morgan T, Maahs DM, Crimmins NA, Lamichhane AP, Liese AD, DAgostino RB Jr, Bell RA (2017). Comparing Two Waist-to-Height Ratio Measurements with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Youth with Diabetes. Int J Child Health Nutr, 5(3), 87-94. (Read full article)
  59. Shen P, Fino N, Levine EA, Eversole P, Clark C (2015). Bile duct surgery in the treatment of hepatobiliary and gallbladder malignancies: effects of hepatic and vascular resection on outcomes. HPB (Oxford), 17(12), 1066-73. (Read full article)
  60. Nitsche JF, Shumard KM, Fino NF, Denney JM, Quinn KH, Bailey JC, Jijon R, Huang C, Kesty K, Whitecar PW, Grandis AS, Brost BC (2015). Effectiveness of Labor Cervical Examination Simulation in Medical Student Education. Obstet Gynecol, 126 Suppl 4, 13S-20S. (Read full article)
  61. Kelly MG, Francisco AM, Cimic A, Wofford A, Fitzgerald NC, Yu J, Taylor RN (2015). Type 2 Endometrial Cancer is Associated With a High Density of Tumor-Associated Macrophages in the Stromal Compartment. Reprod Sci, 22(8), 948-53. (Read full article)
  62. Shah AS, Wadwa RP, Dabelea D, Hamman RF, DAgostino R Jr, Marcovina S, Daniels SR, Dolan LM, Fino NF, Urbina EM (2015). Arterial stiffness in adolescents and young adults with and without type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH CVD study. Pediatr Diabetes, 16(5), 367-74. (Read full article)
  63. Lucas JT Jr, Colmer HG 4th, White L, Fitzgerald N, Isom S, Bourland JD, Laxton AW, Tatter SB, Chan MD (2015). Competing Risk Analysis of Neurologic versus Nonneurologic Death in Patients Undergoing Radiosurgical Salvage After Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy Failure: Who Actually Dies of Their Brain Metastases? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 92(5), 1008-1015. (Read full article)
  64. Randle RW, Griffith KF, Fino NF, Swett KR, Stewart JH 4th, Shen P, Levine EA, Votanopoulos KI (2015). Appendiceal goblet cell carcinomatosis treated with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. J Surg Res, 196(2), 229-34. (Read full article)
  65. Randle RW, Ahmed S, Levine EA, Fino NF, Swett KR, Stewart JH, Shen P, Votanopoulos KI (2014). Significance of diabetes on morbidity and mortality following cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy. J Surg Oncol, 111(6), 740-5. (Read full article)
  66. Shah AS, Black S, Wadwa RP, Schmiege SJ, Fino NF, Talton JW, DAgostino R Jr, Hamman RF, Urbina EM, Dolan LM, Daniels SR, Marcovina SM, Dabelea D (2015). Insulin sensitivity and arterial stiffness in youth with type 1 diabetes: the SEARCH CVD study. J Diabetes Complications, 29(4), 512-6. (Read full article)
  67. Fino PC, Lockhart TE, Fino NF (2014). Corner height influences center of mass kinematics and path trajectory during turning. J Biomech, 48(1), 104-12. (Read full article)
  68. Bryan ML, Fitzgerald NC, Levine EA, Shen P, Stewart JH, Votanopoulos KI (2014). Cytoreductive surgery with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy in sarcomatosis from gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Am Surg, 80(9), 890-5. (Read full article)
  69. Baur DA, Beushausen M, Leech B, Quereshy F, Fitzgerald N (2014). Anatomic study of the distance between the articular eminence and foramen spinosum and foramen spinosum and petrotympanic fissure. J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 72(6), 1125-9. (Read full article)
  70. Ylitalo KR, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Fitzgerald N, Zheng H, Sternfeld B, El Khoudary SR, Harlow SD (2013). Relationship of race-ethnicity, body mass index, and economic strain with longitudinal self-report of physical functioning: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation. Ann Epidemiol, 23(7), 401-8. (Read full article)

Editorial

  1. Seibert AM, Hersh AL, Patel PK, Matheu M, Stanfield V, Fino N, Hicks LA, Tsay SV, Kabbani S, Stenehjem E (2022). Urgent-care antibiotic prescribing: An exploratory analysis to evaluate health inequities. Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol, 2(1), e184. (Read full article)

Letter

  1. Truong A, Secrest AM, Fino NF, Laggis CW, Lewis BKH (2020). Homeless status and associations with treatment disparities for common skin conditions. [Letter to the editor]. Br J Dermatol, 183(3), 582-584. (Read full article)
  2. Truong A, Laggis CW, Annis TD, Secrest AM, Fino NF, Powell DL, Gardner LJ, Gregory T, Hull CM, Lewis BKH (2019). Factors associated with follow-up adherence in patients seen at a referral-based dermatology clinic for the homeless. [Letter to the editor]. J Am Acad Dermatol, 83(2), 629-631. (Read full article)
  3. Merjaneh L, Pihoker C, Divers J, Fino N, Klingensmith G, Shrestha SS, Saydah S, Mayer-Davis EJ, Dabelea D, Powell J, Lawrence JM, Dolan LM, Wright DR (2019). Out of Pocket Diabetes-Related Medical Expenses for Adolescents and Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study. [Letter to the editor]. Diabetes Care, 42(11), e172-e174. (Read full article)
  4. Thosar SS, Niederhausen M, Lapidus J, Fino NF, Cigarroa J, Minnier J, Colner S, Nayak A, Burchill LJ (2017). Self-regulated use of a wearable activity sensor is not associated with improvements in physical activity, cardiometabolic risk or subjective health status. [Letter to the editor]. Br J Sports Med, 52(18), 1217-1218. (Read full article)