Mark Fishman is an American cardiologist, a professor in the Harvard Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology and Chief of the Pathways Clinical Service service at the

Massachusetts General Hospital Massachusetts General Hospital (Mass General or MGH) is a teaching hospital located in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It is the original and largest clinical education and research facility of Harvard Medical School/Harvar ...

for patients with complex medical disorders. A researcher and clinician in cardiology, he is the previous president of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research (NIBR), the main research arm of Novartis Pharmaceuticals. Fishman was appointed president of the newly founded Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in 2002 to implement a new strategy in Novartis' global drug discovery effort. He is the author of over 100 publications and known for pioneering research using the zebrafish as a means of visualizing the development of the circulatory system and as a model for human disease.

Education

*B.A.

Yale College Yale College is the undergraduate college of Yale University. Founded in 1701, it is the original school of the university. Although other Yale schools were founded as early as 1810, all of Yale was officially known as Yale College until 1887, ...

, 1972 *M.D.

Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is the medical school of Harvard University and is located in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1782, HMS is the third oldest medical school in the Un ...

, 1976

Career

He was previously a professor of medicine at

, chief of cardiology at

, and director of the Cardiovascular Research Center at

. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and a member of the National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. After being the head of Novartis’ research operation for 13 years, he decided to retire in 2016 and became professor at Harvard and Chief at MGH

References

External links

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Official Homepage

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research Official Homepage

Mark Fishman on changing the grammar of drug discovery
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fishman, Mark Living people American medical researchers American cardiologists American pharmaceutical industry businesspeople American business executives Year of birth missing (living people) Yale College alumni Harvard Medical School alumni Harvard Medical School faculty Fellows of the American College of Cardiology Members of the National Academy of Medicine