牛津眼科医院顾问眼科医师，牛津大学眼科教授

　　Professor Fischer is appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon at the Oxford Eye Hospital and full Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oxford. He holds a second appointment as Professor of Ophthalmology at the Centre for Ophthalmology Tübingen, Germany and the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

　　After receiving his MD (summa cum laude) for research performed as Visiting Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania, he completed his specialty and subspecialty training with Ulrich Bartz-Schmidt and Eberhart Zrenner in Tübingen and received his second doctorate for developing a new form of retinal gene therapy with Robert MacLaren at Oxford. He is the recipient of more than 25 awards, among them the Leonhard Klein award for the advancement of vitreoretinal surgery and the Senator H. Wacker award for scientific contributions to the field of retinal disease.

　　Professor Fischer continues to lead clinical trials in the UK and Europe and is Chief Investigator of the first global post approval safety study for ocular gene therapy. As world renowned expert, he serves on the advisory board of patient advocacy groups, biotech and pharmaceutical industries and has been expert advisor to governmental regulators. He has given c. 100 invited lectures across the world, written c. 100 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals and edited many more.