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Malcolm George Robinson, M.D. died June 5, 2010.
He was born July 25, 1942 in Amarillo, Texas.
He graduated from Classen High School {Class of 1960} in Oklahoma City and Tulane University. Malcolm attended the University of London, Columbia Medical School and received his M.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine. His post-graduate medical training was at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the University of Oklahoma and Duke University with a NIH-funded GI research fellowship.
Malcolm served three years as a research gastroenterologist in the neuropsychiatry division at Walter Reed Institute of Research. Major Robinson's military responsibilities included the creation of a program to investigate the clinical pharmacology of heroin use in Vietnam.
He practiced medicine at the University of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma City Clinic and in private practice. His patients were appreciative of his dedication, compassion and expertise.
He served as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, and he was founder, president and a medical director of the Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research.
Dr. Robinson was a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Fellow and former two-term state Governor of the American College of Gastroenterology and was a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastroenterology.
He served on advisory boards of numerous pharmaceutical companies and was a consultant to the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. In 1995 he received the Janssen Award for achievement in clinical gastroenterology.
Malcolm authored more than 300 publications, primarily on acid peptic disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. He lectured on GERD, IBD and other topics throughout the world and was a regular reviewer for Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, the American Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology, Digestive Diseases and Sciences, the Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, the Italian Journal of Gastroenterology, The New England Journal of Medicine, Internal Medicine Alert, The European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and ADIS International.
Dr. Robinson and his wife retired in Sarasota, Florida and are members of the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism.
Dr. Robinson's survivors include his wife of forty years, Susan; his parents, Frances and H. Malcolm; his brother, Rick and wife Linna; nephew, Josh; and grandniece, Keiko.
Because of Malcolm's deep concern for world-wide hunger, contributions in his memory may be made to local food banks.
A memorial service will be held July 8, 10:30 a.m. at the Congregation for Humanistic Judaism, 3023 Proctor Road, Sarasota, Florida.
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