Background
Robbins, Dick Lamson was born on May 13, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Robbins, Dick Lamson was born on May 13, 1941 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
Bachelor, Lawrence University, 1963; Doctor of Medicine, U. Vermont, 1967.
Intern, Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, 1967-1968;
resident in internal medicine, U. Oregon Medical School, Portland, 1968-1971;
research fellow rheumatology, Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, La Jolla, California, 1973-1976;
research fellow rheumatology, University of California, Davis, 1976-1982;
associate professor, University of California, Davis, 1982-1988;
professor, University of California, Davis, since 1988;
professor, VA North California Health Care Sys., since 1994. Program chairman Society Fellows Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, 1974-1975, president, 1975-1976. Administration committees held at University of California Medical Center include medical records 1976-1978, patient care 1978-1979, capital equipment 1979-1980, quality assurance outpatient review subcommittee 1985-1986.
Chairman patientcare 1979-1981. Committees held with department Internal Medicine include internship-residency selection 1979-1980, residency review 1980-1982, internal medicine research 1984-1986, internal medicine quality assurance review 1984-1986, chairman 1982-1984. Committees held with School Medicine include graduate group immunology since 1977, comparative pathology group since 1977, faculty affairs 1977-1978, faculty executive 1984-1985.
Executive Committee graduate group in immunology 1985-1986. Grade change 1979-1981, chairman 1981-1985. Committees held with U. Davis include general education ad hoc 1981-1982.
Chairman graduate research awards 1983-1984. Committees held Division Rheumatology/Allergy and Clinical Immunology include director postgraduate fellowship program since 1977, director rheumatology-orthopedics combined clinics 1978-1981, acting chairman 1985-1986. Consultant San Joaquin General Hospital, Stockton, California, since 1976, California Crippled Children Services, Sacramento, since 1976, Kaiser Hospital, Sacramento, since 1979, Veterans Administration Hospital., Martinez, California, since 1979, Woodland (California) Memorial Hospital, 1979-1981, David Grant Memorial Hospital, Travis Air Force Base, California, since 1980.
Internal medicine continuous quality insurance review committee, 1989-1993. Internal medical finance county, since 1990.
Fellow American College Rheumatology (county western region 1977-1994, co-chair programs western region), American Rheumatism Association. Member American Medical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Heart Association (northern California affiliate research peer review committee 1991-1992)American Rheumatism Association (member western region council since 1988), American Society Zoologists (comparative immunology section), Western Society Naturalists, International Society.Devel. and Comparative Immunology. M C.
Married; 3 children.