William Robinson

Colorado-native Dr. William Robinson earned his medical degree from the University of Colorado Medical School. He completed an internship and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and then returned to the University of Colorado as the chief resident in internal medicine in 1965.

Dr. Robinson received his doctoral degree in medical biology and completed his fellowship at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, University of Melbourne, Australia. Dr. Robinson was one of the pioneers in the study of white blood cell regulation and was the first to describe and characterize human G-CSF. He joined the faculty of the University of Colorado Denver in 1968 and was the first head of the Division of Medical Oncology. During his career, Dr. Robinson received many teaching and research awards and has been honored numerous times for his contributions to medicine, specifically medical oncology. He has spent time in India as a Fulbright Scholar, training junior doctors and conducting research.