Topic: Robert Satcher

Robert Lee Satcher, Jr. (born on September 22, 1965) is a physician, chemical engineer, and NASA astronaut.

Born in Hampton, Virginia, Satcher attended high school in South Carolina, and went on to receive a Bachelor of Science degree and a Doctorate degree in Chemical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then went on to medical school at Harvard Medical School, and received his medical degree in 1994. Satcher did his internship, residency, and postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of California, Berkeley from 1994-2000, and an orthopedic oncology fellowship at the University of Florida from 2000-2001.

Prior to being accepted into the astronaut program by NASA, Satcher was the Assistant Professor at The Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Satcher also held appointments as an Attending Physician in Orthopaedic Surgery at Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in Musculoskeletal Oncology; and an Adjuct Appointment in The Biomedical Engineering Department at Northwestern University School of Engineering.