Jamie Robinson MD

Pediatric General Surgery

Assistant Professor of Pediatric Surgery

Summary

Jamie Robinson, MD, is a general surgeon based in Nashville, TN, with a subspecialty in pediatric general surgery. She completed a fellowship in pediatric surgery at Boston Children’s Hospital and a residency in surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Robinson holds a PhD and MS in Biomedical Informatics from Vanderbilt University, where she also earned her medical degree. Her expertise includes esophageal atresia, tracheomalacia, pediatric surgery, genomics, and clinical informatics. She has authored several publications in notable medical journals and has received multiple awards, including from ASHG and APSA, recognizing her achievements in genetics research, surgical residency, and pediatric surgery.

Charles J. Epstein Trainee Award for Excellence in Human Genetics Research � Semifinalist ASHG, 2018
Dean�s Award for Exceptional Achievement in Graduate Studies 2018
Alfred Blalock Surgical Resident Award 2018

PubMed

Perioperative risk factors for short- and long-term respiratory morbidity in patients with esophageal atresia.
Drew Johnson, Jessica K Sims, Elizabeth R Lucas, Mary Peyton French, Christopher Wootten
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2026-05-08
Harnessing Polygenic Risk Scores to Refine Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification.
Katlyn G McKay, Oliver S Zhao, Samaya S Badrieh, Lisa Bastarache, Xinnan Niu
European Journal of Haematology. 2026-05-07
Optimizing surgical techniques for the repair of inguinal hernias in infants.
Zane J Hellmann, J Leslie Knod, Afif N Kulaylat, Jason O Robertson, Cornelia Griggs
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2026-05-01

Journal Articles

Common Consumer Health-Related Needs in the Pediatric Hospital Setting: Lessons from an Engagement Consultation Service
Robert Cronin, Jamie Robinson, Gretchen P Jackson, Applied Clinical Informatics
Defining phenotypes from clinical data to drive genomic research
Robinson JR, Wei W, Roden DM, Denny JC, Annual Review of Biomedical Data Science, 1/1/2018
Health-related needs of pregnant women and their caregivers
Robinson JR, Anders SH, Novak LL, Simpson CL, Holroyd LE, Jackson GP, Journal of American Medical Informatics Open., 1/1/2018

Books/Book Chapters

Operative Dictations in Pediatric Surgery
Chapter: Placement of Distal Splenorenal Shunt
Robinson JR, O�Neill J, Lovvorn HN.Editors: Gail E. Besner, R. Lawrence Moss, Karen A. Diefenbach, Dominic J. Papandria.Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, New York2018

Abstracts/Posters

Burden of Disease Associated with Extremes of Body Mass Index.
Robinson JR, Carroll RJ, Bastarache L, Chen Q, Mou Z, Wei WQ, Connolly J, Mentch F, Crane PK, Hebbring SJ, Crosslin DR, Gordon AS, Rosenthal EA, Stanaway IB, Hayes G, ..., Vanderbilt Graduate Medical Education Annual Research Forum., Nashville, TN, 1/1/2018
Common Health-Related Needs in the Caregivers of Hospitalized Pediatric Patients.
Lee DJ, Cronin RM, Robinson JR, Anders S, Unertl K, Kelly K, Skeens R, Jackson GP., American Medical Informatics Association Clinical Informatics Conference, Scottsdale, AZ, 1/1/2018
The Association between Non-Routine Events (NRE) and Adverse Outcomes In Neonatal Surgical Patients: A Preliminary Analysis.
Robinson JR, France DJ, Slagle J, Grubb P, Lorinc A, Tippey KG, Schremp D, Moroz S, Lehmann C, Crankshaw M, Wallace T, Sullivan M, Weinger MB, Blakely M., Annual Research Meeting, AcademyHealth, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2018

Lectures

Mendelian Randomization and Procedure-wide Associations Studies to Evaluate the Association of Obesity with Surgical Procedures.
San Diego, CA. - 1/1/2018
Association of Obesity with Postoperative Complications Using Phenome-wide Association Studies and Mendelian Randomization.
Boston, MA - 1/1/2018
Burden of Disease Associated with Extremes of Body Mass Index.
Nashville, TN - 1/1/2018

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