Dr. Naomi Fisher received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the History and Philosophy of Science from Princeton University, magna cum laude, and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania.  She completed her internship and residency in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital.  She finished a clinical fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension as well as a research fellowship in Hypertension at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and has been on staff at the BWH ever since.

Dr. Fisher has completed over two decades of clinical research at Harvard University, focusing on cardiovascular endocrinology. She has conducted dozens of clinical trials at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Clinical Research Center, having served as Principal Investigator on studies funded both by industry and the NIH with over 20 years of continuous NIH funding.  Her areas of research expertise include hypertension and diabetes; vascular regulation; aging; cognition; endothelial function; genetics; and flavanols.  She is the author of over 50 peer-reviewed original research publications in high impact medical journals, including Circulation, Neurology and Hypertension.  Dr. Fisher’s bibliography includes not only original scientific reports, but standards of care, clinical guidelines, reviews, chapters and online resources. She has served as Reviewer for multiple NIH Clinical Trials Panels and for many journals, as well as for the Institutional Review Board of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.