Jacob O. Robson, MD, MS

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Dr. Robson received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco, with an area of concentration in medical education. He completed his pediatric residency and a chief residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center) and his pediatric gastroenterology fellowship at the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. Robson is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, working within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Robson’s clinical interests include diagnostic and treatment options for abdominal pain, optimal weight maintenance and management of gastrointestinal issues in children with cystic fibrosis. His research interests include: 1) the study of maternal and infant risk factors that can reliably predict obesity later in life and 2) analysis of whether meeting early growth benchmarks matches up with better weight and lung function later in life for children with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Robson is board certified in General Pediatrics (and board eligible for Pediatric Gastroenterology in 2015). He sees patients at Primary Children’s Hospital and Primary Children’s Riverton Hospital, and will be serving as a gastroenterologist in the multidisciplinary Cystic Fibrosis clinic at Primary Children’s Hospital. He has been recognized with teaching awards during both his residency and fellowship and he has served on the national committee involved in developing new training standards for fellows in pediatric gastroenterology.

Dr. Robson received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco and completed his pediatric residency and a chief residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program (Boston Children’s Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center).

During fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at University of California San Francisco, Dr. Robson received a master’s degree in advanced science, focusing on clinical research and biostatistics. His fellowship research thesis was on the development of a prognostic model to predict obesity throughout childhood and into adulthood, using only maternal and early infant risk factors. Dr. Robson is also involved in study of whether achievement of early nutritional benchmarks in children with Cystic Fibrosis correlates with improved lung function and overall survival into adulthood.

Dr. Robson is currently an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, working within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology. Dr. Robson’s clinical interests include diagnostic and treatment options for abdominal pain, optimal weight maintenance and management of gastrointestinal issues in children with cystic fibrosis.

Dr. Robson has been recognized with teaching awards during both his residency and fellowship and he has served on the national committee involved in developing new training standards for fellows in pediatric gastroenterology. His research focus in graduate medical education is centered on the development and implementation of entrustable professional activities and their role in competency-based assessment and promotion decisions.