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Michelle Robbin

Michelle Robbin, MD

Diagnostic Radiology

Highlights

Languages

  • English

About Michelle Robbin

Biography

Michelle L. Robbin, MD, MS, FACR, FAIUM, FSRU completed a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota. She attended medical school at the Mayo Clinic, followed by an adult internal medicine internship at California Pacific Medical Center. Dr. Robbin completed a radiology residency and ultrasound fellowship at the University of California San Francisco. Thereafter, she joined the faculty in the abdominal imaging section of the Department of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, as chief of ultrasound.
Dr. Robbin has authored or coauthored more than 80 articles, 18 book chapters, and has given well over 250 presentations at national and international conferences. A fellow of the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound, American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) and American College of Radiology, she received the Larry Mack award in 1999 for the best research paper presented at the SRU.
Dr. Robbin has been a PI, CoPI or Investigator on 35 NIH and industry grants, including her R01 entitled "Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Dialysis Graft Stenosis". She has recently completed her role as Director of the Ultrasound Core on the Hemodialysis Fistula Maturation Study, a multicenter U01 NIH trial. The US Core read approximately 2,800 preoperative mapping and postoperative AVF ultrasounds from 7 clinical centers during the course of the 5-year study. Multiple manuscripts are in preparation from this wealth of data.
Dr. Robbin has served on the AIUM Board of Governors, and on the Board of Directors of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL). She is currently on the editorial boards of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine and Ultrasound Quarterly, and previously served on Radiology's editorial Board and as Consultant to the Editor (Radiology).

Title

Professor with Tenure, Radiology/Professor of Biomedical Engineering/Chief of Ultrasound

Faculty Appointment

Professor

Research Interests

I have a broad interest in all facets of ultrasound, particularly vascular ultrasound (applications to the hemodialysis patient) and contrast enhanced ultrasound.

Publications

Awards & Recognition

December 2015 2015 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction
May 2015 2014 ABR Volunteer Service Award
April 2015 Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Editor’s Recognition Award
March 2015 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
December 2014 2014 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
October 2014 2014 Ultrasound Quarterly Editor’s Recognition Award for Outstanding Contributions
August 2014 – Present Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor Award, Diagnostic Radiology
December 2013 2013 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
December 2012 2012 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
May 2007 Elected a Fellow in the American College of Radiology
March 2007 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine Presidential Recognition Award for Outstanding
Contributions and Service to the Expanding Future of Ultrasound in Medicine
October 2004 Elected a Fellow in American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
December 2003 2003 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
July 2003 American College of Radiology, Distinguished Committee Service Award, Committee on
Government Relations
December 2002 2002 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
April 2002 Award to attend Kodak-AUR Introduction to Management Program, Association of University
Radiologists Annual Meeting
December 2001 2001 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Distinction
November 2000 RSNA Scientific Exhibit Certificate of Merit Award
October 2000 Elected a Fellow in the Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound
July 2000 Elected to Senior Membership in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine
December 1999 1999 Radiology Editor’s Recognition Award for Reviewing with Special Distinction
October 1999 Laurence A. Mack Research Award is for the best research paper submitted to the Society of
Radiologists in Ultrasound Annual Meeting
April 1996 Picker Association of University Radiologists Academic Faculty Development Award, Association
of University Radiologists Annual Meeting
Summer 1983 National Research Service Award – National Institutes of Health
1979 – 1981 Awarded Corporate Fellowship by University of Minnesota which provided tuition, fees, and full
support for graduate work
1978 Elected to Pi Tau Sigma, an honorary Mechanical Engineering Society


Memberships

American College of Radiology (ACR)
Society of Radiologists in Ultrasound (SRU)
American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)
American Association for Women Radiologists (AAWR)
International Contrast Ultrasound Society
Alabama Academy of Radiology, ACR Chapter

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Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: UCSF Medical Center, 1991
  • Residency: UCSF Medical Center, 1990
  • Medical Education: Mayo Medical School, 1985

Board Certifications

  • Diagnostic Radiology: American Board of Radiology, 1990