Dr. Robin English received her medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 1995. She completed her pediatrics residency and chief residency at LSU and joined the faculty in 1999. She was the hospitalist division chief at Children’s Hospital of New Orleans and the pediatrics clerkship director at LSU School of Medicine for many years. In 2008, she was recruited to direct the introductory clinical skills course and assist with curriculum oversight as the Director of the Clinical Sciences Curriculum. She directed the preclerkship curriculum revision which is the basis for our current curriculum. She was the chair of the Executive Committee for the LSU Health Science Center Teaching Academy for 5 years, and she directed the Quality Enhancement Plan for LSU’s institutional accreditation in 2015. In 2016, she became the Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education. She now serves as the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and is currently the Faculty Accreditation Lead for the School of Medicine’s upcoming LCME accreditation.

Dr. English has been an active member of the Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics since 2001, serving as the Research and Scholarship Task Force co-chair for 5 years. She has served as an editorial board member of the American Academy of Pediatrics PREP program, an Associate Editor of Aquifer Pediatrics, and a member of the Aquifer Sciences Leadership Team.

Dr. English has won numerous teaching awards at LSU School of Medicine, including the Humanism in Medicine Award, the Aesculapian Society Excellence in Teaching Award, and the Copping Award. She is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha and the Gold Humanism Honor Society. In 2023, she was the recipient of the COMSEP Teaching and Education Award. Her educational interests include teaching clinical reasoning and the integration of basic sciences with clinical medicine.