Jeff A. Robison

Jeff A. Robison, MD

Languages spoken: English, Spanish

Clinical Locations

West High School Clinic

Salt Lake City
801-646-9378

  • Jeff A. Robison, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and holds the Robert Bolte Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is the Vice Chair for Community and Global Engagement within the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics and is an attending physician in the Emergency Department of Primary Children’s Hospital. His academic interests focus on the improvement of emergency and hospital care for children in resource-limited settings, the impact of climate change on global child health, and the development of programs that link Academic Medical Centers with partners in both low- and middle-income countries as well as tribal and rural areas of the U.S.


    Dr. Robison graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine after which he completed residency training in pediatrics at Columbia University/Children’s Hospital of New York. After residency, Dr. Robison spent two years in Malawi at Kamuzu Central Hospital working with acutely ill children and children with HIV/AIDS. He then went on to complete fellowship training in pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital. He is certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.


    Specialties

  • Jeff A. Robison, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and holds the Robert Bolte Endowed Chair in Pediatric Emergency Medicine. He is the Vice Chair for Community and Global Engagement within the University of Utah Department of Pediatrics and is an attending physician in the Emergency Department of Primary Children’s Hospital. His academic interests focus on the improvement of emergency and hospital care for children in resource-limited settings, the impact of climate change on global child health, and the development of programs that link Academic Medical Centers with partners in both low- and middle-income countries as well as tribal and rural areas of the U.S.


    Dr. Robison graduated from the University of Utah School of Medicine after which he completed residency training in pediatrics at Columbia University/Children’s Hospital of New York. After residency, Dr. Robison spent two years in Malawi at Kamuzu Central Hospital working with acutely ill children and children with HIV/AIDS. He then went on to complete fellowship training in pediatric emergency medicine at the University of Utah/Primary Children’s Hospital. He is certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine by the American Board of Pediatrics.


    Board Certification and Academic Information

    Academic Departments Pediatrics -Primary
    Academic Divisions Emergency Medicine

    Selected Publications

    Journal Article

    1. Tedford NJ, Guo JW, Grigorian E, Wong B, Holsti M, Wallace AS, Robison JA (). Exploring Unmet Social Needs and Interest in Community Resource Referral during Pediatric Emergency Department Visits. (Epub ahead of print) Acad Pediatr.
    2. Fitzgerald EF, Ciccone EJ, Mvalo T, Chime-Kyauni M, Mgusha Y, Mkaliainga T, Tilly AE, Chen JS, Bell GJ, Crouse H, Robison JA, Eckerle M (2024). A Comprehensive Assessment of Pediatric Acute and Inpatient Care at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Malawi: Opportunities for Quality Improvement. BMJ Paediatr Open, 8(1).
    3. Ryan S, Hewes H, Fenton SF, Russell K, Brockmeyer D, Robison JA (2024). Ten-year analysis of complications related to simple basilar skull fractures in children presenting to a trauma center. Pediatr Emerg Care, 40(2), 137-140.
    4. Bauserman M, Crouse H, Steenhoff AP, Vinograd AM, Robison JA, Batra M, Cohn KA, Eckerle M, PEDIATRIC GLOBAL HEALTH FELLOWSHIP EDUCATORS GROUP (2023). Strengthening Pediatric Global Health Fellowship Programs: Process Toward Accreditation. Pediatrics, 152(1). (Read full article)
    5. Choi JH, Tanner TE, Eckerle MD, Chen JS, Ciccone EJ, Bell GJ, Ngulinga FF, Nkosi E, Bensman RS, Crouse HL, Robison JA, Chiume M, Fitzgerald E, Pediatric Alliance for Child Health Improvement in Malawi at Kamuzu Central Hospital and Environs PACHIMAKE Consortium (2023). Mortality by Admission Diagnosis in Children 1-60 Months of Age Admitted to a Tertiary Care Government Hospital in Malawi. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 109(2), 443-449. (Read full article)
    6. Tedford NJ, Keating EM, Ou Z, Holsti M, Wallace AS, Robison JA (November-December 2022). Social Needs Screening During Pediatric Emergency Department Visits: Disparities in Unmet Social Needs. Acad Pediatr, 22(8), 1318-1327.
    7. Keating EM, Robison JA, Chiume M, Taddie M, VanDerslice JA, Benson LS, Fitzgerald E, Crouse HL, Eckerle MD, Ciccone EJ, Porucznik CA (2022). Relationship between distance of referring facilities and haemoglobin change in children in Malawi. Paediatr Int Child Health, 41(4), 253–261.
    8. Keating EM, Chiume M, Fitzgerald E, Mgusha Y, Mvalo T, Fino N, Crouse HL, Eckerle M, Gorman K, Ciccone EJ, Airewele G, Robison JA (2021). Blood transfusion and mortality in children with severe anaemia in a malaria-endemic region. Paediatr Int Child Health, 41(2), 129–136. (Read full article)
    9. Ciccone EJ, Tilly AE, Chiume M, Mgusha Y, Eckerle M, Namuku H, Crouse HL, Mkaliainga TB, Robison JA, Schubert CJ, Mvalo T, Fitzgerald E (2020). Lessons learned from the development and implementation of an electronic paediatric emergency and acute care database in Lilongwe, Malawi. BMJ Glob Health, 5(7). (Read full article)
    10. Rees CA, Keating EM, Dearden KA, Haq H, Robison JA, Kazembe PN, Bourgeois FT, Niescierenko M (2020). Improving Pediatric Academic Global Health Collaborative Research and Agenda Setting: A Mixed-Methods Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 102(3), 649-657. (Read full article)
    11. Rees CA, Keating EM, Dearden KA, Haq H, Robison JA, Kazembe PN, Bourgeois FT, Niescierenko M (2019). Importance of authorship and inappropriate authorship assignment in paediatric research in low- and middle-income countries. Trop Med Int Health, doi: 10.1111/tmi 13295.
    12. Sylverken J, Robison JA, Osei-Akoto A, Nguah SB, Addo Yobo E, Balch A, Bolte R, Ansong D (2019). Decreased Mortality After Establishing a Pediatric Emergency Unit at an Urban Referral Hospital in Ghana. Pediatr Emerg Care, 37(7), 391-395.
    13. Haq H, Barnes A, Condurache T, Batra M, Pitt M, Robison JA, Schubert C, St Clair N, Uwemedimo O, Watts J, Russ C (2019). Defining Global Health Tracks for Pediatric Residencies. Pediatrics, 144(1).
    14. Bohn JA, Kassaye BM, Record D, Chou BC, Kraft IL, Purdy JC, Hilton KA, Miller DA, Getachew S, Addissie A, Robison JA (Oct 2016). Demographic and Mortality Analysis of Hospitalized Children at a Referral Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. BMC Pediatr, 16(1), 168.
    15. Ahmed S, Schwarz M, Flick RJ, Rees CA, Harawa M, Simon K, Robison JA, Kazembe PN, Kim MH (2016). Lost opportunities to identify and treat HIV-positive patients: results from a baseline assessment of provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) in Malawi. Trop Med Int Health, 21(4), 479-85. (Read full article)
    16. Robison JA, Ahmad ZP, Nosek CA, Durand C, Namathanga A, Milazi R, Thomas A, Soprano JV, Mwansambo C, Kazembe PN, Torrey SB (2012). Decreased pediatric hospital mortality after an intervention to improve emergency care in Lilongwe, Malawi. Pediatrics, 130(3), e676-82. (Read full article)

    Review

    1. Robison JA, Molyneux E, Njirammadizi J (2023). Shock in children in resource limited settings: Recognition. [Review]. UpToDate.
    2. Robison JA, Molyneux E, Njirammadizi J (2023). Shock in children in resource-limited settings: Initial management. [Review]. UpToDate.

    Editorial

    1. Tobey ML, Beste J, Le P, Shamasunder S, Robison JA (2021). Teaching Hospital-Based Rural Physician Fellowships Advance Health Equity. .
    2. Keating EM, Price RR, Robison JA (2019). Paediatric trauma epidemic: a call to action. 3(1).