Robert Obermeyer, MD

Bio

Robert Obermeyer, M.D., is a board-certified pediatric and general surgeon. He graduated from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and was the former chief resident in general surgery at Western Reserve Care System. He completed a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic minimally invasive surgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Arkansas Children’s Hospital. He also has a degree in mechanical engineering from Ohio Northern University.

Dr. Obermeyer has worked at CHKD since 2005 and is the principal investigator on seven IRB-approved studies at the Eastern Virginia Medical School. He has completed engineering projects involving motion analysis of the chest wall of pectus patients and has designed a surgical tool in collaboration with the Old Dominion University engineering department with a U.S. patent. In 2012, Dr. Obermeyer helped implement vacuum bell therapy as a non-invasive treatment for pectus excavatum patients at CHKD. Currently, he is developing technology with the ODU engineering department to improve clinical outcomes with vacuum bell therapy.

Dr. Obermeyer is currently an associate professor of surgery and pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School. He is a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, International Pediatric Endosurgery Group, and a Fellow of both the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American College of Surgeons.