Biography
Dr David Robinson is a highly experienced surgeon who treats a wide range of vascular conditions. He has considerable expertise in minimally invasive procedures and has particular interest in arterial disease.
David trained in both general and vascular surgery in Australia, finishing his vascular surgical training in 2003. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, a member of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgeons, the Society for Vascular Surgery and the Vascular and Endovascular Surgical Society. David has worked as a consultant at St Mary’s Hospital (UK), St Vincent’s Hospital and Gosford Hospital and is now a senior Vascular Surgeon at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He is a former chairman of the Division of Vascular Surgery at the Sydney Adventist Hospital.
David is committed to research and education and is involved in teaching students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. He is extensively involved in governance and was a former chairman of the committee overseeing the Collaborating Hospitals Audit of Surgical Mortality (CHASM) and has served on several governmental and hospital committees including the Prostheses List Advisory Committee (PLAC). His current committee appointments include Chair of the Division of Surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPAH) and the Ethics of Clinical Practice sub-committee. He is Head of the Vascular Diagnostic Service at RPAH. He is a Senior Fellow at the Heart Research Institute. He has authored papers and textbook chapters on carotid and aortic interventions, access for anterior spinal surgery and non-technical skills in surgery and is currently involved in research investigating several aspects of peripheral arterial and aortic disease, and research looking at several facets of surgical education.