Professor David Robinson MA, MSc, MD, FRCPI
is a Consultant Geriatrician at Saint James’s Hospital and an Associate Professor in Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. He graduated from Trinity College, Dublin in 1996 at St James’s Hospital.
He completed his basic and specialist training in Dublin and Queensland, Australia, and was admitted to the Specialist Register of General (Internal) Medicine and Geriatric Medicine in 2010. He was awarded a Master’s in Health Care Ethics and Law from the RCSI in 2010. He achieved a Doctorate in Medicine from Trinity College, Dublin in 2011.
In 2013 he was elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in recognition of his work in dementia and social prescribing, and in developing and delivering an ethics module.
He is the Director of the Memory Clinic at Saint James‘s Hospital, and is co-Chair of the All Ireland Social Prescribing Network (AISPN).
His subspecialty interests include:
Acute Geriatric Medicine, Cognitive Disorders, and Healthcare Ethics and Law.
He is chair of the steering committee of the TCD/HSE Specialist Training program in General Practice and has served as Regional Specialty Advisor to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland where he also designed and delivered an ethics module.
He has been invited as an Expert Speaker to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Law Society and the Bealtaine Festival. He sits on the Board of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook.
In 2022 he was promoted to Clinical Associate Professor in Trinity College, Dublin.
His proudest achievement is his appointment as a consultant physician to St James’s Hospital in 2011 where he has served in several capacities.
Research Interests
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Alzheimer’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment
Social Prescribing
Quality of Life in Residential Settings
The Ethics of Resource Allocation in the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act
Current Roles:
Clinical Director, MedEl Directorate, St James’s Hospital
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Clinical Associate Professor, Trinity College, Dublin
Chair of the TCD/HSE GP Training Committee
Co-Chair of the All Ireland Social Prescribing Network
Chair of Dementia Services Information and Development Centre
Board of Governance of the Royal Hospital Donnybrook
Board Member of Mercer’s Institute for Research in Ageing
Faculty member of the Global Brain Health Institute, UCSF and TCD
Prior Roles:
Director of the Memory Clinic St James’s Hospital
Member of the National Safeguarding Committee
Expert Advisor to SAGE
Expert Advisor to the National Office for Traffic Medicine
Treasurer of the Irish Society of Physicians in Geriatric Medicine
Regional Speciality Advisor, Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Chair of the Nutrition Committee, St James’s Hospital