Joe Sam Robinson

The son of Joe Sam Robinson and Nell Mixon Robinson, he was born on July 21, 1945, in Atlanta, Georgia. Robinson grew up in Macon, Georgia, and attended Harvard University, graduating cum laude in 1967.{{Cite web|url=http://ganeuroandspine.com/staff/joe-sam-robinson-jr-md/|title=Joe Sam Robinson, Jr., MD|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=July 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711225652/http://ganeuroandspine.com/staff/joe-sam-robinson-jr-md/|url-status=dead}} While at Harvard he ran and lettered in varsity track{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1967/4/18/trackmen-kill-brown-sweeping-five-events/|title = Trackmen Kill Brown, Sweeping Five Events | News | the Harvard Crimson}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1965/3/31/track-team-looks-like-a-powerhouse/|title = Track Team Looks Like a Powerhouse | News | the Harvard Crimson}} and football{{cite web | title=Many local former college athletes are in medical field | website=Macon Telegraph | date=1 December 2014 | url=https://www.macon.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/bobby-pope/article30157650.html | access-date=7 December 2023}} and was a Rhodes Scholar nominee. Robinson then attended the University of Virginia medical school where he played first side on their rugby team and graduated as a member of the medical honors society AOA. He then spent 2 years at Emory University's general surgery program. Then Robinson journeyed to Northwestern University where he completed a residency in neurological surgery with rotations at The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City and The National Institute of Health. He also received a master's in science from Northwestern University.

Robinson then completed a year as a neurosurgical attending at Cook County Hospital. Then he spent two years at Yale University as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. In 1981 he returned to his hometown establishing The Georgia Neurosurgical Institute.

Robinson is currently a professor and chief of neurosurgery at Mercer University and Georgia Regents University. He also played a significant role in establishing The Georgia Trauma Commission and is a charter board member of that commission. He also has served as the chairman of The Georgia Physician Workforce Board of which is he still a member.{{citation needed|date=August 2021}}

Furthermore, he has published several articles in such noted periodicals as the Journal of Chronic Diseases, Journal of Neurosurgery, and Neuroscience. He has also authored a book entitled “Toward Healthcare Resources Stewardship”{{Cite web |url=https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19708 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217134837/https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=19708 |archive-date=2017-02-17 |url-status=dead }} and is currently working on a second book on trauma. He also has several patents pending for patient-monitoring techniques. He has a weekly TV show on channel WRWR called Observations{{Cite web|url=http://observationspodcast.com/|title=Podcast|website=observationspodcast.com|access-date=February 24, 2016|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325204230/http://observationspodcast.com/|url-status=dead}} in which he opines on issues of medical and secular importance.

• Robinson, Joe Sam, Jr. A Collection of Studies, Articles, and Correspondences. Macon, Ga: Georgia Neurosurgical Institute, 2012. Print.
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20140810162448/http://ganeuroandspine.com/pdf/DrRobinsonCV.pdf Curriculum vitae]

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