Catherine Koola Fischer, MPH
Senior Director, Patient Engagement
Cat serves as ICER’s Senior Director of Patient Engagement, working to strengthen the patient voice in value assessments. Her role includes outreach and onboarding for ICER reviews, building partnerships with patient communities, enhancing ICER’s process and materials to be patient-friendly, and Co-Chairing ICER’s Patient Council. Cat speaks frequently at conferences and webinars on ICER’s process for patient engagement and the value and impact of patient involvement in health technology assessment. She serves on HTAi’s Patient and Citizen Involvement Interest Group (PCIG) Steering Committee and contributes to international research. She is a co-author on the Second Edition of Patient Involvement in Health Technology Assessment book where she provides an overview of the history, context, and current process for patient engagement at ICER.
Cat joined ICER in 2019 as a Program Manager for independent drug reviews and transitioned to Patient Engagement in 2021. Previously, Cat was a Product Manager at Affect Mental Health and a clinical research epidemiologist at Trauma Research, LLC. She holds an MPH in Epidemiology from Emory University and a BS in Psychology from Texas A&M University.
As a resident of Colorado, she enjoys adventuring in the Rockies and chasing Type 2 fun.
