Robert D. Christensen was born in Salt Lake City, graduated from the University of Utah in Genetic and Molecular Biology, received his MD degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, and obtained his Pediatrics Residency training at Stanford University Hospital. He was further trained in Neonatology and Hematology fellowships at the University of Utah. In 1993 he was appointed Professor and Chief of Neonatology at the University of Florida School of Medicine in Gainesville. In 1999 he was appointed Chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Florida in Tampa, and Physician-in-Chief of All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg Florida. In 2004 he became Director of Neonatology Research at Intermountain Healthcare and in 2015 was appointed as Presidential Endowed Chair and Chief of the Division of Neonatology at the University of Utah. Dr. Christensen’s academic work involves blood problems of newborn infants. He has published over 600 articles in medical and research journals and written three textbooks on Neonatal Hematology and Transfusion Medicine.