Background
Satcher,, Robert L. was born on September 22, 1965 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert and Marian.
Satcher,, Robert L. was born on September 22, 1965 in Hampton, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert and Marian.
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. Doctor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 1994.
Engineering internships, textile fibers research group and polymer products division E.I. DuPont deNemours & Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware. Postdoctoral research fellow Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994, University California, Berkeley, 1998, intern and resident, orthopedic surgery San Francisco, 2000. Fellow musculoskeletal oncology University Florida, 2001.
Schweitzer Fellow Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Lambarene, Gabon. Attending physician orthopedic surgery Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago. Assistant professor, department orthopedic surgery Feinberg School Medicine, Northwestern University.
Mission specialist National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 2004. Adjunct position department biomedical engineering Northeastern University School Engineering. Member Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center and Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology in Advanced Medicine, Northwestern University.
Invited presenter in the field. Mission specialist STS-129 Atlantis Mission, 2009.
Active in numerous community organizations. Member of Harvard Alumni Association, Black Alumni at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alumni Association, Orthopaedics Research Society, National Comprehensive Cancer Network, Doctors United in Medical Missions, Society Black Academic Surgeons, National Medal Association, Connective Tissue Oncology Society, American Academy Cancer Research, Musculoskeletal Tumor Society, American Academy Orthopaedics Surgeons (Leadership Fellow).
Married D'Juanna O. White. 2 children.