Dr. Ronald J. Fisher, MD

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Get to know Urologist Dr. Ronald J. Fisher, who serves patients in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Dr. Fisher is a board-certified urologist with Centra Medical Group Urology Center - Langhorne in Lynchburg, Virginia.  Licensed to practice in Virginia, he is affiliated with Centra Lynchburg General Hospital and Centra Specialty Hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, as well as Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia.

Dr. Fisher earned his medical degree in 1992 at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine. After completing two years of residency in general surgery at the University of North Carolina Hospitals (1994), dr. Fisher served a three-year residency in urology at the same educational venue (1997). In 2013, he obtained his Master of Science degree in Managing Information Technology (MSMIT) from the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

Upon the completion of his training, Dr. Fisher attained board certification in urology through the American Board of Urology. The mission of the American Board of Urology is to act for the benefit of the public by establishing and maintaining standards of certification for urologists, working with certified urologists to achieve lifelong learning to insure the delivery of high quality, safe and ethical urologic care. 

Urology, also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the male and female urinary-tract system and the male reproductive organs.

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