POWER OF ATTORNEY

	KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints Todd J. Shadewald
Corporate Controller of Fischer Imaging Corporation
 the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in
the undersigned's capacity as an officer of Fischer
Imaging Corporation (the "Corporation"), Forms 3, 4 and
5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and
timely file such form with the United States Securities
and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interests of, or legally required by, the undersigned,
it being understood that the documents executed by such
attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such
attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney
- -in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any
and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary,
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally
present, with full power of substitution or revocation,
hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys
- -in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation
assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to
comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned
in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this _10th__ day of
___January____, 2003.

					Signature
					/s/ John Taylor Simonton