Gerald Fischbach

Gerald Fischbach
Gerald Fischbach at the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Conference
Born
Gerald D. Fischbach

(1938-11-15) November 15, 1938 (age 85)
Alma materColgate University, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University
OccupationNeuroscientist

Gerald D. Fischbach (born November 15, 1938) is an American neuroscientist. He received his M.D. from the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 1965 before beginning his research career at the National Institutes of Health in 1966, where his research focused on the mechanisms of neuromuscular junctions. After his tenure at the National Institutes of Health, Fischbach was a professor at Harvard University Medical School from 1972 to 1981 and from 1990 to 1998 and the Washington University School of Medicine from 1981 to 1990. In 1998, he was named the director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke before becoming the Vice President and Dean of the Health and Biomedical Sciences, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Columbia University from 2001 to 2006.[1] Gerald Fischbach currently serves as the scientific director overseeing the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative.[2] Throughout Fischbach's career, much of his research has focused on the formation and function of the neuromuscular junction, which stemmed from his innovative use of cell culture to study synaptic mechanisms.[3]

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