Dr. Ricki Robinson, M.D., MPH
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine
Co-director of Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning in La Canada, California
Medical Director, Profectum Foundation
Author: “Autism Solutions-How to Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life for Your Child”
Appearances on the Today Show, The Talk, Larry King Live and Good Morning AmericaAutism Think Tank Consultant
Ricki Robinson, M.D., MPH is co-director of Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning in La Canada, California and a clinical professor of pediatrics at the Keck School Medicine of USC. She has been in private pediatric practice for over forty years, specializing in medical care for children with autism and developmental delays for over twenty-five years.
Dr. Robinson received her MD degree in 1973 from the University of Southern California. She trained in pediatrics at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, having served as Chief Pediatric Resident for CHLA in 1976. She is board certified in pediatrics. In 1988 she received her MPH from the University at Berkeley School of Public Health.
She has been actively involved in the field of autism since 1990, developing multidisciplinary educational and medical programs for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and devoting endless hours in education, legislation, and research efforts on a national level. Dr. Robinson has been at the forefront of leading grassroots autism organizations. She was a founding board member of Cure Autism Now (now Autism Speaks) and the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders (ICDL), and most recently Profectum Foundation. She was a member of the Autism Speaks Scientific Review Panel for over eight years.
Dr. Robinson organized and chaired the first nationally recognized task force to define the standard of care for clinical trials in autism. The results of this outstanding effort were published in CNS Spectrums (January 2004, Vol. 9, #1). Most recently she was appointed as Medical Director of Profectum Foundation, an organization devoted to providing multi-disciplinary education and training for parents, families and professionals working with individuals with ASD across the lifespan (www.profectum.org). Dr. Robinson also authored the acclaimed book Autism Solutions – How to Create a Healthy and Meaningful Life for Your Child.