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Changes to Lead

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Hi, I'm a friend of Robert C. Robbins, and I have a suggestion for this page.

As the article lead is meant to summarize the content of the article, I think that moving the following paragraph from the lead to the Career section would make the introduction more clear and concise:

In the spring of 2023, the Faculty Senate at the University of Arizona gave R.C. Robbins a vote of “no confidence” due, in part, to the university leadership’s inaction regarding a violent student who would go on to fatally shoot a professor in October of 2022.[1] He received a pay raise in October of 2023 from the Arizona Board of Regents.[2] This was followed by his decision in December 2023 to enact hiring freezes, eliminate the Salary Increase Program and Pay Structure Increase for staff and faculty and Tuition Guarantee Program for students, and restrict purchasing by university departments due to the University of Arizona’s poor financial position.[3]

The lead would then read as follows:

Robert Clayton Robbins (born November 20, 1957), known professionally as Robert C. Robbins or R.C. Robbins, is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of The University of Arizona. Previously, he was the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, from 2012 to 2017.

References

  1. ^ "UA Faculty Senate passes 'no confidence' vote on university president". Arizona Republic.
  2. ^ "Arizona University Presidents Awarded Pay Raises And Bonuses". Arizona Daily Independent.
  3. ^ "University of Arizona Financial Action Plan". The University of Arizona.

I appreciate your help, Navyblue1234 (talk) 19:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done @Navyblue1234 I have made this change as it will clean up the lead to be more concise. Ktkvtsh (talk) 16:45, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for your help, Ktkvtsh.Navyblue1234 (talk) 15:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Additions to page

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Robert C. Robbins was recently named as a fellow of the Hoover Institution.[1] Can you please add this to the career section and the lead?

In addition, please add the following works to the Selected publications sub section section:

  • Human Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels for Adult Arterial Revascularization[2][3]
  • A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human IPS cells (2010)[4][5]
  • Stem Cell Transplantation: The Lung Barrier[6][7]
  • Patient Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy[8][9]


References

  1. ^ "Distinguished Visiting Fellow". Hoover Institution.
  2. ^ "Human tissue-engineered blood vessels for adult arterial revascularization". Google Scholar.
  3. ^ L'Heureux, N.; Dusserre, N.; Konig, G. (2006). "Human Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels for Adult Arterial Revascularization". Nature Methods. 12: 361–365. doi:10.1038/nm1364.
  4. ^ Jia, Fangjun; Kitchener, D.Wilson (2010). "A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human iPS cells". Nature Methods. 7: 197–199. doi:10.1038/nmeth.1426.
  5. ^ "A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human iPS cells". Google Scholar.
  6. ^ "Stem Cell Transplantation: The Lung Barrier". Google Scholar.
  7. ^ Schrepfer, S.; Deuse, T.; Reichenspurner, H. (2007). "Stem Cell Transplantation: The Lung Barrier". Elsevier. 39: 573–576. doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2006.12.019.
  8. ^ "Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy". Google Scholar.
  9. ^ Ning, Sun; Masayuki, Yazawa; Jianwei, Liy (2012). "Patient Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells as a Model for Familial Dilated Cardiomyopathy". Science Translational Medicine. 4: 130–47. doi:10.1126/scitranslmed.3003552.

I appreciate your help, Navyblue1234 (talk) 15:19, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Ktkvtsh (talk) 18:28, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Navyblue1234 Ktkvtsh (talk) 18:28, 2 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
 Not done: A majority of the requested changes are currently written in a promotional tone. Please review WP:Neutral point of view and ensure you follow this before submitting any edit requests. Likeanechointheforest (talk) 19:57, 1 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Adding Career subsections

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Hi, I have some relevant information to add to the Career section, and I think that the section will benefit from being broken down into subsections. Below is a draft of how I envision the page, with the new material highlighted in yellow:

Early life and Education

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Robbins was born in Laurel, Mississippi, and raised by his maternal grandparents, where he spent much of his childhood at the local community college, where his grandfather was a math professor.[1] In high school, Robbins was inspired to pursue medicine, in part due to the lack of local physicians. He later earned his first undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Millsaps College. In 1983, he received his medical degree from the University of Mississippi. After receiving his medical degree in 1983, he continued work as a resident at the University of Mississippi until 1989, with an emphasis in general surgery[1][2]

Career

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Stanford University School of Medicine

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Robbins then began a residency at Stanford University Hospital, specializing in cardiothoracic surgery until 1992, before working as a pediatric fellow at Emory University School of Medicine and Royal Children's Hospital in Australia.[2] Beginning in 1993, Robbins acted as the director of the cardiothoracic transplantation laboratory at the Stanford University School of Medicine until 2012, becoming the chair of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery in 2005.[3] During his time at the Stanford University School of Medicine, Robbins maintained active roles in a variety of public and professional service, including serving on the education committee for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery and the strategic planning committee for the American Heart Association.[2]

Texas Medical Center

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On November 5, 2012, Robbins left Stanford's school of medicine to work as the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center.[4] During his tenure at TMC, Robbins established five institutes,including the Innovation Institute, The Health Policy Institute, the Clinical Trials Institute, and institutes connected to regenerative medicine andgenomics.[5][6] The Innovation Institute is home to companies such as Apple Inc., AT&T, and Johnson & Johnson.[7] Robbins facilitated the launch of TMCx, a business accelerator,[8][9] as well as the co-working space, TMCx+.[10] He was also credited with convincing the TMC board to allow nonprofit activities in two locations.[7] In 2015, Robbins was appointed to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Houston Branch board of directors by the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.[11]

University of Arizona president

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Robbins left TMC to become the 22nd presidentof the University of Arizona in 2017.[12][13][14] Amidst a financial crisis, Robbins announced his intention to step down in 2026 at the latest.[15]In the spring of 2023, the Faculty Senate at the University of Arizona gave R.C. Robbins a vote of “no confidence” due, in part, to the university leadership’s inaction regarding a violent student who would go on to fatally shoot a professor in October of 2022.[16] He received a pay raise in October of 2023 from the Arizona Board of Regents.[17] This was followed by his decision in December 2023 to enact hiring freezes, eliminate the Salary Increase Program and Pay Structure Increase for staff and faculty and Tuition Guarantee Program for students, and restrict purchasing by university departments due to the University of Arizona’s poor financial position.[18] In 2023, Robbins led the University's move to join the Big-12 Conference, which would enhance the revenue received by the University.[19]

On October 1, 2024, Robbins stepped down from his position as president of the University of Arizona.[20] He was succeeded by Suresh Garimella. He is expected to continue working for the university's College of Medicine in Tucson as a tenured professor, where he may continue receiving a total compensation package of nearly $1 million and remain eligible for presidential-level bonuses through the end of his contract in 2026.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

References

  1. ^ a b Alexis, Blue. "Meet 'Bobby': The UA's new motivator-in-chief". The University of Arizona Alumni Association. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Robert Clayton Robbins, MD: CURRICULUM VITAE" (PDF). 28 November 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
  3. ^ "ROBBINS NAMED CHAIR OF STANFORD'S DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOTHORACIC SURGERY". News Center. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  4. ^ "Robbins leaving Stanford to be new head of Texas Medical Center". News Center. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  5. ^ Betbeze, Philip (February 9, 2017). "Texas Medical CEO Banks on Collaboration to Yield Innovation". Health Leaders Media.
  6. ^ Asgarian, Roxanna (May 1, 2016). "In the City with the World's Largest Medical Canter, There's Still No Biotech-Yet". Houstonia.
  7. ^ a b Ackerman, Todd (March 7, 2017). "Texas Medical Center CEO Tapped for University of Arizona President Job". Chron.
  8. ^ Hines, Lora (October 9, 2014). "Texas Medical Center Steps up to Propel Science into Industry". Houston Chronicle.
  9. ^ Feibel, Carrie (September 14, 2015). "Texas Medical Center Launches 21 Medical and Biotech StartUps". Houston Public Media.
  10. ^ Pulsinelli, Olivia (April 7, 2017). "Texas Medical Center CEO Officially Hired for Education Job in Arizona". Houston Business Journal.
  11. ^ Hines, Lora (January 7, 2015). "TMC's Robbins Appointed to Houston Branch of Dallas Fed". Houston Chronicle.
  12. ^ "Arizona Bioscience News: UA names lone finalist for president job; Flagstaff STEM celebration expands; New Tucson STEM center opens". www.flinn.org. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  13. ^ "Regents Approve Robbins as New UA President". UANews. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  14. ^ Palmer, Kathryn (September 30, 2021). "University of Arizona president gets 8% raise, contract extension to 2024". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  15. ^ Wolfe, Ellie (2024-04-02). "University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins to step down in 2026 — or sooner". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  16. ^ "UA Faculty Senate passes 'no confidence' vote on university president". Arizona Republic.
  17. ^ "Arizona University Presidents Awarded Pay Raises And Bonuses". Arizona Daily Independent.
  18. ^ "University of Arizona Financial Action Plan". The University of Arizona.
  19. ^ Pedersen, Brian (August 7, 2023). "School president Robert Robbins, AD Dave Heeke explain Arizona's move to Big 12, how close it was to staying in Pac-12". AZ Desert Swarm.
  20. ^ "Meet President Suresh Garimella, the U of A's newest Wildcat | University of Arizona News". news.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-02.

I'm pinging Ktkvtsh, who has been helpful on this page in the past.

Thanks for your consideration, Navyblue1234 (talk) 16:19, 26 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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