Robert John Walsh (3 January 1917 - 20 July 1983) was an Australian medical scientist and geneticist.
He set up the New South Wales Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, serving as its inaugural Director for twenty years from 1946 to 1966.
From 1973 to 1982, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales.
His research activities covered a wide range, including iron metabolism, blood groups, genetic influences on diseases, and improving techniques and equipment for collecting, processing, and transporting blood and its products.
In 1982 he was awarded Australia's highest civilian honour, Companion of the Order of Australia, for his services to medicine.
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