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Robert C. Robbins
American cardiothoracic surgeon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Robert Clayton Robbins (born November 20, 1957), known professionally as Robert C. Robbins or R.C. Robbins, is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and the 22nd president of The University of Arizona, succeeded by Suresh Garimella in 2024. In the spring of 2023, the Faculty Senate at the University of Arizona gave R.C. Robbins a vote of “no confidence” due, in part, to the university leadership’s inaction regarding a violent student who would go on to fatally shoot a professor in October of 2022.[1] He received a pay raise in October of 2023 from the Arizona Board of Regents.[2] This was followed by his decision in December 2023 to enact hiring freezes, eliminate the Salary Increase Program and Pay Structure Increase for staff and faculty and Tuition Guarantee Program for students, and restrict purchasing by university departments due to the University of Arizona’s poor financial position.[3] Previously, he was the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, from 2012 to 2017.
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![]() Robbins in 2020 | |
22nd President of the University of Arizona | |
Assumed office June 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Ann Weaver Hart |
Personal details | |
Born | Robert Clayton Robbins (1957-11-20) November 20, 1957 (age 66) Laurel, Mississippi, U.S. |
Children | 2 |
Education | Millsaps College (BS) University of Mississippi (MD) |
Medical career | |
Field | Cardiothoracic surgery |
Institutions | Stanford University Medical Center Columbia University National Institutes of Health Emory University Texas Medical Center |
Sub-specialties | Heart transplantation |
Research | Stem cells for cardiac regeneration Cardiac transplant |