Robert R. Ford received his B.S. degree from Rutgers University in 1979 and his M.D. degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1983. He completed an internship in internal medicine at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical Center and University Medical Center at Princeton. From 1984 to 1988 he completed a residency in diagnostic radiology at Cornell University Medical Center-New York Hospital, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, and the Hospital for Special Surgery. He is a member of the American College of Radiology and the Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiologists.

Dr. Ford is a clinical instructor in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. He is a radiologist on staff at Carrier Clinic and Princeton University, and is an attending radiologist at University Medical Center at Princeton. Dr. Ford is certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is board certified in diagnostic radiology and has a certificate of added qualifications in neuroradiology from the American Board of Radiology.

He is very active in continuing his education. He presently participates in research projects involving the imaging of patients with metastatic breast cancer.