PGY Level: PGY II

UC Davis Health System
Department Of Otolaryngology
2521 Stockton Blvd., Suite 7200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Contact:
Email: aaron.robinson@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Education:

• Graduate -­‐ Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO 8/2007 – 5/2011  Doctorate of Medicine, Summa Cum Laude 
• Undergraduate -­‐ Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 4/2002 -­‐ 12/2005
   B.S. in Exercise Science, Japanese Minor

Awards and Honors:

• Outstanding surgery student, SLU class of 2011
• Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society 
• Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Honor Society

Volunteer Activities: 

•  July 6, 2010
  Saint Louis University School of Medicine Third year orientation leader. Organized orientation for new third year students and presented important material regarding the transition to clinical learning.
•  May 2010 – May 2011
   Student Liaison for Otolaryngology at Saint Louis University School of Medicine 
• February 2009, February 2010
  International Medical Assistance Foundation – Medical Mission to Tegucigalpa Honduras. Medical Spanish interpreter for otolaryngology medical brigade. Assisted with OR prep, surgeries, and clinic duties 
• 2008-­‐2011
  Saint Louis University Medical School Admissions committee student member

 
Research: 
 

• June-­‐July 2008
  Saint Louis University Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship. Dr. Shunji Tomatsu, M.D. Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University St. Louis, MO.  Responsibilities: DNA extraction and purification from patient blood samples with MPS.  IVA (Morquio syndrome), PCR, ELISA, pathology specimen evaluation, mutation analysis.
   
  Abstracts:
  MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS IVA: CORRELATION AMONG GENOTYPE, PHENOTYPE, AND BIOMARKER.
  Dung CV., Montaño MA , Robinson A., Tomatsu S.
  Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; 2009 Sep-­‐Oct;98 (1-­‐2): 85
  Abstract number 461 in Abstracts of the 11th International Congress of Inherited Metabolic
  Disorders
  Cited in PubMed; PMID: 19891062
• November 6-­‐8, 2008
  7th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society for Inherited Metabolic Diseases (ASIMD) / 50th Annual
  Meeting of the Japanese Society for Inherited Metabolic Disease (JSIMD) Abstract published in the proceedings of the meeting:
  Keratan sulfate as a biomarker: correlation between phenotype and genotype in patients with MPS IVA disease.
  Authored by: Montaño MA., Robinson A., Dung CV., Tomatsu S., Orii T.
• April 2011
  A Curriculum to Use Simulation Exercises to Assess Medical Communication Skills In
  Interprofessioinal
  Education (IPE)-­‐A Work in Progress
  Linda Haycraft RN,MSN(R), CPNP, Anthony J. Scalzo, M.D., Aaron D. Robinson, B.S., Daniel R. Whiting, B.S. and Gregory S. Smith, Ph.D.
  Journal of the International Association of Medical Science Educators
  Presentations:
• January 2009
  AOA Student Research Symposium
  Keratan Sulfate as a Biomarker: Correlation between phenotype and genotype in patients with MPS IVA
  Robinson, A., Dung, VC, Montano, A., Tomatsu, S. Presenter: Robinson, A.

Professional Society Memberships:

• 2007 ‐Present: American Medical Association

Other:

• Interests: Cooking, reading, basketball, ultimate frisbee, gardening
• Fluent in Japanese, Portuguese and Spanish