Richard J. Robbins

Richard J. Robbins, MD

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Academic Institute
Houston Methodist
Weill Cornell Medical College


Biography

Dr. Robbins is former chairman of the Department of Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital where he held the Charles and Anne Duncan Presidential Distinguished Chair in Medicine. His research focused on defining the natural history, exploring diagnostic strategies, and developing novel diagnostic and targeted therapies for patients with thyroid cancer.

Dr. Robbins is a graduate of the University of Dayton in Ohio, and the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha, Nebraska. He received his internal medicine training at The New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center and completed an Endocrinology fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. He has held faculty positions at the University of Colorado, Yale Medical School, and came to Houston Methodist from his post as associate chair of medicine for academic affairs, and chief of the endocrine service, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Robbins founded and has served on the board of the Pituitary Society and is the recipient of its Distinguished Service Award. In addition to numerous other awards and honors throughout his career, Dr. Robbins has more than 120 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals such as Nature, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine. He currently serves on the editorial board of the American Journal of Medicine.

Description of Research

Dr. Robbins has served as principal investigator or co-investigator of multiple basic science studies and clinical trials. His current research focuses on defining the natural history, exploring diagnostic strategies, and developing novel targeted therapies for patients with thyroid carcinoma.

Areas Of Expertise

Thyroid cancer
Education & Training

Residency, Weill Cornell Medical College
MD, Creighton University School of Medicine
Clinical Fellowship, Tufts University
Publications

Persistent or Recurrent Disease in Thyroid Cancer Survivors Who Have Elevated Serum Antithyroglobulin Antibodies
Robbins, RJ, Cubb, TD, Zahid, M & Xu, J 2023, , Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 436-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2023.02.007

Persistent or Recurrent Disease in Thyroid Cancer Survivors Who Have Elevated Serum Antithyroglobulin Antibodies
Robbins, RJ, Cubb, TD, Zahid, M & Xu, J 2023, , Endocrine Practice, vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 436-440. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eprac.2023.02.007

Myxedema Coma Associated with Macroprolactinoma: Case Report and Review of the Literature
Omoniyi, EJ & Robbins, RJ 2022, , Case Reports in Endocrinology, vol. 2022, 1591616, pp. 1591616. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/1591616

Voices for Social Justice and Against Racism: An AAIM Perspective
Finn, PW, Abel, D, Amin, A, Anderson, ME, Carethers, JM, Coleman, DL, Curtis, AB, Geraci, MW, Gladwin, MT, Hollenberg, A, Parmacek, MS & Robbins, RJ 2021, , American Journal of Medicine, vol. 134, no. 7, pp. 930-934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.03.008

CLINICAL FEATURES IN DIFFERENTIATED THYROID CARCINOMA STRATIFIED BY LYMPH NODE STATUS
Shakil, J, Cubb, TD, Yehya, A, Zand, A, Xu, J & Robbins, RJ 2020, , Endocrine Practice, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 909-914. https://doi.org/10.4158/EP-2019-0581

Features of Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1 and 2A in a Patient with Both RET and MEN1 Germline Mutations
Brown, SJ, Riconda, DL, Zheng, F, Jackson, GL, Suo, L & Robbins, RJ 2020, , Journal of the Endocrine Society, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1210/JENDSO/BVAA020

A BRAF V600E Mutation in RET-Negative Medullary Thyroid Cancer
Robbins, RJ, Thomas, JS, Osuna, PM & Shakil, J 2020, , Case Reports in Endocrinology, vol. 2020, 7641940. https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/7641940

Features of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and 2A in a patient with both RET and MEN1 germline mutations
Brown, SJ, Riconda, DL, Zheng, F, Jackson, GL, Suo, L & Robbins, RJ 2020, , Journal of the Endocrine Society, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1210/JENDSO/BVAA020

Academic Hospitalists and Health Care Costs
Robbins, RJ, Perez, JA, Awar, M & Clewing, JM 2019, , American Journal of Medicine, vol. 132, no. 7, pp. e628. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2019.03.007

ERCP and elective cholecystectomy are safe in pregnant patients with acute biliary pancreatitis
Robbins, R & Qureshi, WA 2019, , Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, vol. 89, no. 6, pp. 1178-1179. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2019.02.017

Extreme hypercholesterolemia in cholestatic sarcoidosis due to lipoprotein X: Exploring the cholesterol gap
Yehya, A, Huang, R, Bernard, DW, Gotto, A & Robbins, RJ 2018, , Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports, vol. 10, pp. 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecr.2018.08.002

Extreme hypercholesterolemia in cholestatic sarcoidosis due to lipoprotein X: Exploring the cholesterol gap
Yehya, A, Huang, R, Bernard, DW, Gotto, A & Robbins, RJ 2018, , Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports, vol. 10, pp. 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecr.2018.08.002

Extreme hyperprolactinemia without a prolactinoma in end stage renal disease: A case report and literature review
Mejia Osuna, P, Wilburn, CR, Sharma, MD & Robbins, RJ 2018, , Journal of Clinical and Translational Endocrinology: Case Reports, vol. 10, pp. 25-29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecr.2018.10.002

Update on Management of Type 2 Diabetes for Cardiologists
Qureshi, M, Gammoh, E, Shakil, J & Robbins, R 2018, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 273-280. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-14-4-273

Pancreas metastases from papillary thyroid carcinoma: A review of the literature
Davidson, M, Olsen, RJ, Ewton, AA & Robbins, RJ 2017, , Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, vol. 23, no. 12, pp. 1425-1429. https://doi.org/10.4158/EP-2017-0001

Comparison of Direct Patient Care Costs and Quality Outcomes of the Teaching and Nonteaching Hospitalist Services at a Large Academic Medical Center
Perez Perez, JA, Awar, M, Nezamabadi, A, Ogunti, R, Puppala, M, Colton, L, Clewing, JM, Ketkar, S, Wong, STC & Robbins, RJ 2018, , Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 491-497. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002026

Cardiovascular Disease in Acromegaly
Sharma, MD, Nguyen, AV, Brown, S & Robbins, RJ 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 64-67. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-2-64

Guest Editors Richard Robbins and Steven Petak Provide Oversight & Expertise for Special Issue on Hormones and the Heart
Robbins, R & Petak, S 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 47. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-2-47

Testosterone and the Heart
Goodale, T, Sadhu, A, Petak, S & Robbins, R 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 68-72. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-2-68

Hormones and the Heart
Robbins, RJ & Petak, S 2017, , Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 48. https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcj-13-2-48

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