Robert A. Fisher, M.D., FACS
Medical Director, CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting
Richmond, VA

Dr. Robert Fisher is a Medical Director at CTI Clinical Trial & Consulting and previously Chief Medical Officer at SP Global. Prior to entering the business world Dr. Fisher was Chief of Transplant Surgery and The Transplant Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and a named Harvard Peter Medawar Professor of Surgery. He was the H.M. Lee Endowed Chair Professor of Surgery at the Medical College of Virginia and previously a surgical instructor at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center & Children’s Hospital. Dr. Fisher served with distinction in the United States Navy as an attending surgeon in the Naval Hospital Philadelphia and was later awarded a Navy Achievement Medal for his service as a Fleet Surgeon on the USS Forrestal in the Persian Gulf. He earned a medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, completed a surgical residency at Case Western Reserve and an ASTS Transplant Fellowship at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center & Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Fisher’s general research interests include, gene therapy, thrombophilia, experimental tolerance models, hepatology, inborn errors of metabolism, regenerative medicine, and solid organ transplant, including preservations systems.

Dr. Fisher has authored more than 200 scientific publications and participated in nearly 75 clinical trials. He has held office in several professional organizations including President of the American Foundation for Donation and Transplantation and the Cell Transplant and Regenerative Medicine Society. He has been recognized for his service in the Navy and for his service to the US Department of Veterans Affairs.