Fisher-Wallace Laboratories is the culmination of events set in motion when entrepreneur Charles Avery Fisher and Martin Wallace, PhD, CCN, CAd, discovered an FDA-cleared medical device that meets a vastly important need: the non-drug treatment of depression, anxiety, insomnia and chronic pain.
Wallace learned of what was then called the LISS Cranial Stimulator in late 2001, when a friend introduced him to the device's inventor, Dr. Saul Liss. At that juncture, Wallace—despite his PhD in biology and his credentials in treating addictions and other compulsive behaviors—had been unable to find any means of coping with the depression that brought him to a standstill in the aftermath of 9/11 and the eight hours he spent trapped in a building at Ground Zero. The use of the LISS Cranial Stimulator successfully treated his depression.
Wallace eventually began working with Saul Liss, helping him to improve the machine’s design and gaining useful feedback from physicians who purchased the device for their patients.
Fisher was introduced to the Stimulator when he met Wallace at a business conference. Fisher was particularly impressed by the Stimulator’s lack of side effects, and its ability to stimulate the brain’s production of neurochemicals such as serotonin and endorphins. Saul Liss passed away in June, 2006 at the age of 84. Fisher purchased the patents to the device in 2007 and renamed it the Fisher Wallace Stimulator.
The FDA has cleared the Fisher Wallace Stimulator for the treatment of depression, anxiety and insomnia, as well as chronic pain.
Renowned institutions such as Harvard Medical School, Columbia Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey are conducting ongoing research with our device.
OUR MEDICAL ADVISORY BOARD
Dr. Robert Cancro, MD - NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Stephen N. Xenakis, MD - Brig. General, US Army, Retired
Dr. Ronald Podell, MD - Center for Mood Disorders
Dr. Kelly Brogan, MD - Bellevue Hospital / NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Bruce Johnson, MD - Crozer Medical Center
Dr. Sandlin Lowe, MD - Bellevue Hospital / NYU School of Medicine
Dr. Lauri Liskin, MD - Weill Cornell Medical Center
About Charles Avery Fisher, President
The son of stereo pioneer Avery Fisher, Chip Fisher earned his BA from Harvard University in 1978. After graduation, he worked for IBM in the Data Processing Division. He later founded and sold several companies before founding Fisher Wallace Labs in 2006 with the late Martin Wallace, PhD. Chip serves on the boards of the Avery Fisher Artists Program and the Virtual Music Academy. He resides in New York.
About Kelly Roman, Vice President
Kelly Roman earned his BA from Harvard University in 1996. Prior to joining Fisher Wallace Laboratories, Kelly served as a senior marketing executive at Nielsen Media, where he received the President's Award in Innovation.
Featured in photo: Kelly Roman and Charles Avery Fisher flank Medal of Honor recipient SFC Petry at a luncheon honoring Petry on July 15, 2011.
