Professor Fisher completed his specialist training in Infectious Diseases (ID) through the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1992. Most of his training was at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. After more than a decade's work at Royal Darwin Hospital in ID and General internal medicine, he moved to Singapore in 2003.
He is well published in the peer reviewed literature and given many plenary and invited presentations at scientific meetings.
He has been heavily involved in outbreak preparedness and response at the global and national levels. In Feb 2020 he was a member of the WHO technical mission to China to investigate aspects of the novel corona virus disease subsequently named COVID-19.
Positions outside of NUH:
• Special Adviser to National Infection Prevention and Control (NIPC) Committee
• Programme Director of the Centre for Infectious Disease Emergency Response, NUS
