Medical College of Georgia
Department of Medicine: Cardiology
Medical College of Georgia
Department of Radiology and Imaging
Dr. Robinson graduated with his medical degree in 1976 from the University of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica, followed by Internal Medicine Residency, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Calgary, Foothills Hospital, Alberta, Canada. I n 1985-1988 Dr. Robinson was awarded the Alberta Heritage Clinical Research Fellowship at the University of Calgary. He subsequently became Director of Nuclear Cardiology and consultant cardiologist at The Moncton Hospital, N.B., Canada. Since 1994, Dr. Robinson has been Co-Director of Nuclear Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, and formerly Chief of Cardiology Services, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Augusta, Georgia.
Research interests include capacitance physiology, assessment of coronary flow reserve in coronary artery disease, and clinical thromboembolism. Awards and honors include Outstanding Manuscript, vol.31, Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 1991. Dr. Robinson’s research on transient ischemic dilation in myocardial perfusion studies has recently been abstracted by Practical Reviews in Nuclear Medicine 2000 for dissemination to physicians in the field. In 2005, he introduced a new “provoked” D-dimer test for possible improvement in diagnostic test performance. Dr. Robinson is married to Anna-Maria, who has completed post-graduate studies in Psychology and has begun work in Behavioral Psychology.
The physician interaction with the patient is a nuanced but directed event to build trust and elicit pertinent clinical findings. Dr. Robinson teaches the Cardiovascular exam to his students using these principles.
Dr. Robinsons engages clinical gaps in treatment of patients to create and investigate new diagnostic or treatment pathways currently assessing models to (1) improve prediction of patients at risk for thromboembolism and (2) exploring methods of prevention of contrast induced nephropathy
