University of Utah
Dr. Jacob Robson (MD, MS) is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, practicing pediatric gastroenterology at the University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital. Dr. Robson is board certified in General Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology/Nutrition. Dr. Robson pediatric 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. 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. 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. 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).
Friday, September 27, 2024
10:15 AM – 12:15 PM ET