Maisha T. Robinson, MD, MSHPM, FAAN, FAAHPM

Maisha T. Robinson, MD, MSHPM, FAAN, FAAHPM, is an assistant professor in the Department of Neurology at Mayo Clinic in Florida, with a joint appointment in the Department of Internal Medicine. Upon joining the staff of Mayo Clinic, she established the clinic’s first neuropalliative care program and she currently serves as the chair of the Division of Palliative Medicine and as the program director for the Palliative Medicine Fellowship.

Robinson earned her undergraduate degree from Princeton University and her medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, subsequently completing a residency in neurology at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where she served as chief resident. She pursued a fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and returned to Mayo Clinic in Florida for a neurohospitalist fellowship. She was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship in health services and health policy research through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program at UCLA, during which she earned a Master of Science degree in health policy and management and engaged in research focused on the intersection of neurology and palliative medicine. Robinson has spoken nationally and internationally on neuropalliative care, she edited a book titled Case Studies in Neuropalliative Care, and she is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine Approval Committee on Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Within the AAN, Robinson was selected for the inaugural cohort of the Emerging Leaders Forum and she has participated in the Palatucci Advocacy Leadership Forum. She has served as vice chair of the Meeting Management Committee, chair of the Medical Student Diversity Subcommittee, vice chair of the Pain and Palliative Care Section, and a member of the Leadership Development Committee, Diversity Leadership Subcommittee, Nominating Committee, and Medical Advisory Board of Brain and Life^® magazine. She has also served as a mentor in the Emerging Leaders Program and in the Women Leading Neurology Program.