Title: Co-Director, Descanso Medical Center for Development and Learning

Clinical Specialty:  Board certified pediatrician; developmental pediatrics; Master’s degree in Public Health

Current Activities:  Private Practice; Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine-University of Southern California; Board Member, International Council for Development and Learning; Autism Speaks Scientific Advisory Council.  Dr. Robinson is a nationally and internationally recognized speaker on the topic of biomedical approaches to and development of multidisciplinary treatment plans for children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Dr Robinson has been involved in the field of autism since 1990, working in her local community developing a multidisciplinary evaluation and treatment program for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders following the DIRFloortime™ model.  A central figure in the evolution of CAN (Cure Autism Now) Foundation, she has devoted endless hours educating physicians and parents.  She has organized two autism task forces in Southern California teaching centers and stimulated research efforts within these institutions.  She was instrumental in the development of an educational program for these children through the nationally acclaimed Villa Esperanza School, for which she received their highest honor.   She is a founding board member of the Interdisciplinary Council of Development and Learning and for the past ten years has been on the planning committee for their annual conference.