Winfield S. Fisher Iii MD

Dr. Fisher was born in Highland Park, Illinois. He considers himself a midwesterner, although much of his formative years were spent in the south.

In high school he was active in sports and in various leadership capacities, including treasurer of his graduating class, and as president of AYCA, a large self-funded community youth group.

After graduating from high school he attended Duke University where he was a Division I college athlete and lettered in wrestling four years. He attended St. Louis University Medical School after leaving Duke and was voted into the medical school honor society, AOA. Dr. Fisher qualified for a military scholarship in medical school and therefore went to Bethesda Naval Hospital upon graduation where he did his internship and neurosurgery training. Thereafter, he trained with the world renowned Charles Drake in vascular neurosurgery in London, Ontario. In addition, Dr. Fisher completed a pediatric fellowship at the National Children's Hospital in Washington, DC under the direction of Dr. David McCullough. He received his neurosurgical boards in 1987