Nick Fisk

Nicholas Maxwell Fisk (born 1956) is an Australian maternal-fetal medicine specialist, academic and higher education lead. As a researcher, his group has pioneered advances in understanding fetoplacental disease and its treatment, including characterising early human fetal stem cell populations and their lifelong persistence in maternal tissues, documenting “fetal pain” and its blockade by opioid analgesia, and unravelling the vascular basis of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. As an obstetrician, Fisk is known for inventing the natural caesarean operation, also referred to as the family centred caesarean section.

Between 2016-24 he was Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research & Enterprise) at the University of New South Wales (UNSW Sydney), during which time UNSW rose to a top 20 position in the QS rankings, and cemented its role as Australia's lead university for new start up/spin out companies. Provided by Wikipedia