Jacob O. Robson
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Jacob O. Robson, MD, MS

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

Primary Location

Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services

81 N Mario Capecchi Drive
Salt Lake City , UT 84113
801-213-3599
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Dr. Robson received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) with an area of concentration in medical education. He completed his pediatric residency and a chief residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics (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. He has been recognized with teaching awards in all phases of his career, including the Teri Li Young Educator Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and he has served on multiple national committees involved in developing new training standards for fellows in pediatric gastroenterology. Dr. Robson is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, working within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Robson’s clinical interests include eosinophilic esophagitis and management of gastrointestinal, liver and nutrition issues in children with cystic fibrosis. His research interests include: 1) diagnosing, tracking and treating eosinophilic esophagitis in children, 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 Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition. He sees patients and performs endoscopy at Primary Children’s Hospital and serves as a gastroenterologist in the multidisciplinary Cystic Fibrosis clinic at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Robson remains active in medical education of trainees at all levels. He is the Doctoring Course Director, a longitudinal course in which 1st year University of Utah medical students develop physician skills, including medical history taking, physical examination and clinical decision making. Dr. Robson is also the Echo Canyon House Director, mentoring and building community for subset of medical students working at the 4th Street Student Led Clinic. Dr. Robson has multiple recent academic publications stemming from his work in medical education, from both his work with early medical students and with pediatric gastroenterology fellows. Dr. Robson also directs a focused elective for 4th medical students (both internal and visiting) in pediatric gastroenterology and the outpatient elective experience in pediatric gastroenterology for pediatric residents at Primary Children's Hospital and he is the chief point of contact for residents doing an outpatient pediatric gastroenterology rotation. He has been active in mentoring fellows in research, serving as the chief mentor for funded research (5 continuous years of full salary + benefits support) for Dr. Andrea McInerny (Cystic Fibrosis nutrition) and Dr. Stephanie Segura (Cystic Fibrosis liver disease).

Specialties

Board Certification

American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Gastroenterology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Dr. Robson received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco, graduating Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) with an area of concentration in medical education. He completed his pediatric residency and a chief residency at the Boston Combined Residency Program in Pediatrics (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. He has been recognized with teaching awards in all phases of his career, including the Teri Li Young Educator Award from the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and he has served on multiple national committees involved in developing new training standards for fellows in pediatric gastroenterology. Dr. Robson is currently an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, working within the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Dr. Robson’s clinical interests include eosinophilic esophagitis and management of gastrointestinal, liver and nutrition issues in children with cystic fibrosis. His research interests include: 1) diagnosing, tracking and treating eosinophilic esophagitis in children, 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 Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition. He sees patients and performs endoscopy at Primary Children’s Hospital and serves as a gastroenterologist in the multidisciplinary Cystic Fibrosis clinic at Primary Children’s Hospital. Dr. Robson remains active in medical education of trainees at all levels. He is the Doctoring Course Director, a longitudinal course in which 1st year University of Utah medical students develop physician skills, including medical history taking, physical examination and clinical decision making. Dr. Robson is also the Echo Canyon House Director, mentoring and building community for subset of medical students working at the 4th Street Student Led Clinic. Dr. Robson has multiple recent academic publications stemming from his work in medical education, from both his work with early medical students and with pediatric gastroenterology fellows. Dr. Robson also directs a focused elective for 4th medical students (both internal and visiting) in pediatric gastroenterology and the outpatient elective experience in pediatric gastroenterology for pediatric residents at Primary Children's Hospital and he is the chief point of contact for residents doing an outpatient pediatric gastroenterology rotation. He has been active in mentoring fellows in research, serving as the chief mentor for funded research (5 continuous years of full salary + benefits support) for Dr. Andrea McInerny (Cystic Fibrosis nutrition) and Dr. Stephanie Segura (Cystic Fibrosis liver disease).

Board Certification and Academic Information

Academic Departments Pediatrics -Professor (Clinical)
Academic Divisions Gastroenterology, Hepatology, & Nutrition
Board Certification
American Board of Pediatrics (Sub: Pediatric Gastroenterology)
American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)

Education history

Undergraduate Psychology - Rice University B.A.
Professional Medical Medicine - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine M.D.
Internship Pediatrics - Boston Medical Center/Boston Children's Hospital Intern
Residency Pediatrics - Boston Medical Center/Boston Children's Hospital Resident
Chief Resident Pediatrics - Boston Medical Center/Boston Children's Hospital Chief Resident
Fellowship Pediatric Gastroenterology - University of California, San Francisco Fellow
Graduate Training Clinical Research and Biostatistics - University of California, San Francisco M.S.

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Peterson KA, Yoshigi M, Hazel MW, Delker DA, Lin E, Krishnamurthy C, Consiglio N, Robson J, Yandell M, Clayton F (2018). RNA sequencing confirms similarities between PPI-responsive oesophageal eosinophilia and eosinophilic oesophagitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther, 48(2), 219-225.
  2. Peterson K, Lin E, Saffari H, Qeadan F, Pyne A, Firszt R, Robson J, Gleich (2020). Food-specific antibodies in oesophageal secretions: association with trigger foods in eosinophilic oesophagitis. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 52(6), 997-1007.
  3. Robson (2013). Considerations for physician training in a new era of medical education. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 56(2), 111-2.
  4. Robson J, Leichtner AM, Sauer C (2014). Assessment tools: the next frontier in competency-based medical education. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 59(4), 425-7.
  5. Robson J, Yen E (2015). Use of WHO growth curves for patients with cystic fibrosis may provide a false sense of security. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 60(3), 289-90.
  6. McClain A, Jaramillo C, Patel RA, Robson (2018). Evaluation of Esophagitis Using Endoscopic Narrow Band Imaging. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 67(6), e123.
  7. McClain A, Jackson WD, Robson (2018). Fidget Spinners Can Be a Pain in the Neck. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 66(4), e110.
  8. Robson J, Laborda T, Fitzgerald S, Andersen J, Peterson K, O'Gorman M, Guthery S, Bennett-Murphy (2019). Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder in Diet-treated Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 69(1), 57-60.
  9. Robson J, Korgenski K, Parsons K, McClain A, Barbagelata C, Allen-Brady K, Patel R, O'Gorman M, Peterson K, Guthery (2019). Sensitivity and Specificity of Administrative Medical Coding for Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 69(2), e49-e53.
  10. Robson J, Lusman SS, Lee CK, Merves J, Middleton J, Perez ME, Desai NK, Sayej W, Sivagnanam M, Solomon AB, Colombo JM, Rosen JM, Van Buren KW, Brown JB, Turmelle YP, Cerezo CS, Loomes KM, Huang JS, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Benkov K, Leichtner A, Narkewicz MR, Weinstein T, Sauer C (2020). Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Entrustable Professional Activities: Development of an Assessment Tool and Curricular Resources. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 71(1), e40-e45.
  11. Sauer CG, Robson J, Turmelle YP, Cerezo CS, Loomes KM, Huang JS, Quiros-Tejeira RE, Benkov KJ, Narkewicz MR, Leichtner A, Weinstein (2020). North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Position Paper on Entrustable Professional Activities: Development of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition Entrustable Professional Activities. Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 71(1), 136-143.
  12. Robson JO, Verstraete SG, Shiboski S, Heyman MB, Wojcicki J (2016). A Risk Score for Childhood Obesity in an Urban Latino Cohort. The Journal of pediatrics, 172, 29-34.e1.
  13. Peterson KA, Gleich GJ, Limaye NS, Crispin H, Robson J, Fang J, Saffari H, Clayton F, Leiferman K (2019). Eosinophil granule major basic protein 1 deposition in eosinophilic esophagitis correlates with symptoms independent of eosinophil counts. Diseases of the esophagus, 32(11),
  14. Robson J, O'Gorman M, McClain A, Mutyala K, Davis C, Barbagelata C, Wheeler J, Firszt R, Smith K, Patel R, Peterson K, Lowichik A, Guthery (2019). Incidence and Prevalence of Pediatric Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Utah Based on a 5-Year Population-Based Study. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, 17(1), 107-114.e1.
  15. McClain A, O'Gorman M, Barbagelata C, Patel R, Lowichik A, Peterson K, Guthery S, Robson (2020). Adherence to Biopsy and Follow-Up Guidelines in a Population-Based Cohort of Children With Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, 18(11), 2620-2622.
  16. Peterson K, Clayton F, Qeadan F, Gorman D, Robson J, Allen-Brady K, Fang J (2020). Esophageal Eosinophilia Is Common Among Relatives of Eosinophilic Esophagitis Patients. Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology, 20(5), e957-e963.
  17. Usatin D, Yen EH, McDonald C, Asfour F, Pohl J, Robson (2017). Differences between WHO AND CDC early growth measurements in the assessment of Cystic Fibrosis clinical outcomes. Journal of cystic fibrosis, 16(4), 503-509.
  18. Robson J, Henry D, Moses J, Vinci R, Schumacher (2015). Integrating the learner's perspective in the refinement of competency-based assessments. Academic pediatrics, 15(3), 245-8.
  19. Colbert-Getz J, Chow C, Li M, Weber T, Hannon P, Hammad I, Good B, Bonnett R, Sakaeda M, Robson J, Lamb (2021). Times of Medical Education Crisis Require New Evaluation Approaches: Proof of Concept of a System-Based Program Evaluation Model. Medical science educator, 31(3), 1-6.
  20. Cardullo AT, Robson J (2023). Side-opening cutting forceps and esophageal lamina propria yield in pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis. Clinical endoscopy,
  21. Bennett Murphy LM,O'Gorman M,Fitzgerald S,Peterson K,Robson (2023). Quality of life in children and adolescents with eosinophilic esophagitis. Children's health care, 52(3), 264-277.
  22. Bonnett R, Robson J, Anderson K, Fix (2024). Coaching medical students to give quality feedback. Medical education,
  23. Blaseg NA, Robson JO, Patel RA, Asfour F, Pohl J (2024). Gastrointestinal Pathologies in Pediatric Patients With Cystic Fibrosis Undergoing Endoscopy: A Single-Center Retrospective Review Over 15 Years. Cureus, 16(4), e59018.
  24. Murphy LB, Buckley C, O'Gorman M, Fitzgerald S, Muller A, Robson (2025). Avoidant and restrictive food intake disorder among children with eosinophilic esophagitis. JPGN reports, 6(4), 485-492.
  25. Allen-Brady K, Clayton F, Hazel MW, Stevens J, Pyne AL, Pletneva MA, Cessna M, Stubben C, Robson J, Fang J, Peterson K (2025). Overlap of Genomic and Transcriptomic Genes Identified in Familial Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Gastroenterology, 168(6), 1101-1113.e18.

Letter

  1. May Maestas M, Perry KD, Smith K, Firszt R, Allen-Brady K, Robson J, Joy E, Peterson K (2019). Food impactions in Eosinophilic esophagitis and acute exposures to fine particulate pollution. [Letter to the editor]. Allergy, 74(12), 2529-2530.
  2. Hamilton JL, Zobell JT, Robson (2019). Pancreatic insufficiency converted to pancreatic sufficiency with ivacaftor. Pediatric pulmonology, 54(11), 1654.

Abstract

  1. Segura, S, Jensen, K, Zobell, J, Stoddard, G, Robson, (2023). POPULATION-BASED POINT PREVALENCE OF CYSTIC FIBROSIS LIVER DISEASE AMONGST UTAH CHILDREN. 77(S1), S44.
  2. Cardullo A, Robson (2021). EVALUATION OF ESOPHAGEAL LAMINA PROPRIA YIELD AND TISSUE FIBROSIS IN CHILDREN WITH EOSINOPHILIC ESOPHAGITIS USING SIDE-OPENING BIOPSY FORCEPS. 73(S1), S23.

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