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Diana Robinson, M.D.

Diana Robinson, M.D.

Titles and Appointments

Assistant Professor

School
Medical School
Department
Psychiatry

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  • Biography

    Diana M. Robinson, M.D., is an assistant professor of psychiatry at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She has a passion for providing psychiatric care for acutely medically ill patients. She graduated from medical school at Texas A&M College of Medicine and adult psychiatry residency at the University of Virginia. She completed her fellowship in consultation-liaison (CL) psychiatry at Harvard’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital with a particular focus in cardiac transplantation psychiatry, oncology, and infectious disease. Since 2019, she has worked on the inpatient consult team with residents and medical students, and she provides psychiatric care in the co-located oncology clinic.

    In addition to direct patient care, Dr. Robinson is dedicated to improving psychiatric care through engagement with regional and national psychiatry organizations. She is currently serving on the Medical Education and Lifelong Learning Committee for the American Psychiatry Association (APA). Since 2017 she has been serving as a member of the Annual Meeting Subcommittee for the Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (ACLP) and, from 2016 to 2018, served on the APA’s CL Council and the ACLP Evidence-Based Medicine and Guidelines Subcommittee. Her research interests include neuropsychiatry, global mental health, and psychiatry trainee education. Dr. Robinson is the author of over 30 book chapters and peer-reviewed articles.

  • Education
    Medical School
    Texas A&M University College of Medicine (2013)
    Residency
    University of Virginia (2018), Psychiatry
    Fellowship
    Brigham and Women's Hospital (2019), Consultation/liaison Psychiatry
  • Research Interest
    • global mental health
    • neuropsychiatry
    • psychiatry trainee education
  • Publications

    Star Featured Publications

    Diagnosis of methamphetamine-induced psychotic disorder: Findings of an expert consensus panel.
    Camfield K, Reedy A, Wolf C, Al-Tayyib A, Rinehart D, Simpson SA, Early Interv Psychiatry 2024 Dec 18 12 1015-1021
    Psychological Issues.
    Turner E, Robinson DM, Roaten K, Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am 2023 Nov 34 4 849-866
    Hero or Antagonist: A Case Series on the Tolerability of Memantine as Salvage Therapy for Catatonia from Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis.
    Wang J, Abu-Hamad SJ, Jennings M, Blackburn K, Robinson DM, Harv Rev Psychiatry 2023 Oct
    The Relationship Between COVID-19 and the Development of Depression: Implications on Mental Health.
    Shetty PA, Ayari L, Madry J, Betts C, Robinson DM, Kirmani BF, Neurosci Insights 2023 18 26331055231191513
    Cotard's Syndrome as a Neuropsychiatric Sequela of COVID-19.
    Stewart AL, Robinson DM, J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry 2022 Mar-Apr 63 2 182-183
    Giving Feedback.
    Amonoo HL, Longley RM, Robinson DM, Psychiatr Clin North Am 2021 Jun 44 2 237-247
    A Call to Action: A New Era Calls for Incorporating Social Justice Into Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry.
    Robinson DM, Taylor AD, Zein M, Behbahani KS, Khandai AC, J Acad Consult Liaison Psychiatry 2021 Jan-Feb 62 1 157-158
    Impact of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder on Discharge Against Medical Advice Among People Who Inject Drugs Hospitalized for Infective Endocarditis.
    Suzuki J, Robinson D, Mosquera M, Solomon DA, Montgomery MW, Price CD, Johnson JA, Martin B, Liebschutz JW, Schnipper JL, Weiss RD, Am J Addict 2020 Mar 29 2 155-159
    Management of Autoimmune Status Epilepticus.
    Kirmani BF, Barr D, Robinson DM, Pranske Z, Fonkem E, Benge J, Huang JH, Ling G, Front Neurol 2018 9 259
    What is Psychosomatics? Lessons Learned Regarding the Importance of a Name.
    Montalvo C, Robinson DM, Psychosomatics 2017 Mar - Apr 58 2 215-216
  • Books

    Featured 

    Neuropsychiatry in Global Health. In Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Neurology: Principles and Practice

    Robinson DM, Levy-Carrick N, Berkowitz AL, Smith S (2020). McGraw-Hill Education

    From Transcultural Psychiatry to Global Mental Health: The Development of a Global Mental Health Program at the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia. In Innovations in Global Mental Health

    Robinson DM, Otonichar J, Torbey S, Moreno M, Merkel RL. (2019). Switzerland, Springer, Cham

  • Honors & Awards
    • University of Virginia Center for Global Health Global Graduate Medical Award
      (2018)
    • Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Webb Fellowship
      (2017-2018)
    • American Psychiatric Association Leadership Fellowship
      (2016-2018)
  • Professional Associations/Affiliations
    • Academy of Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (2016)
    • American Psychiatric Association (2013)
    • American Society of Clinical Psychopharmacology (2017)
    • Association of Women Psychiatrists (2017)