Robert Weisskoff
Medical Devices
Vistapharm
India
Biography
Dr. Weisskoff is the Nominee Director on the Board of Trivitron, representing FIL Capital, a Private Equity Firm. Dr. Weisskoff has worked extensively in both academia and the bioscience industry for more than twenty-five years. Prior to joining Fidelity in 2004, he held various senior roles in R&D and Business Development at both pharmaceutical and medical device companies. In his academic career, Dr. Weisskoff was Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School, on the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences Technology (HST) Program, and performed research at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he was Associate Director of the MGH-NMR Center. There he worked at the intersection of basic research, medical technology development, and clinical research in a variety of areas. Robert is the author of over 100 peer-reviewed scientific papers, and an inventor on 6 US patents. Dr. Weisskoff holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Columbia University. He received his A.B. degree in Physics from Harvard University. Dr. Weisskoff has served on the boards of Accuri Cytometers (Acquired by BD), Amphora Medical, Bioconnect Systems, Laurus Labs, Tetraphase (NASDAQ:TTPH), Topaz (Acquired by Sanofi Pasteur), Transave (NASDAQ:INSM), ViewRay, and FORUM Pharmaceuticals.
Research Interest
Medical Devices
