Get to know Neurosurgeon Dr. Joe Sam Robinson, who serves patients in Macon, Georgia.

Having served the patients of Central Georgia for over four decades, Dr. Robinson is one of the area’s most experienced neurosurgeons. He is the President of the Georgia Neurosurgical Institute. After receiving an undergraduate degree from Harvard University with honors in 1967, Dr. Robinson continued his studies at the University of Virginia, from which he received his medical degree in 1971. He completed neurosurgery training with rotations at St. Bart’s Hospital and National Heart Hospital in London, England; Northwestern University; Emory University; and Yale University where he was named a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar. He also completed a fellowship in neurosurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York, New York. In 1981, he began his neurosurgical practice at The Medical Center of Central Georgia, Navicent Health. He became Chief of the Neurosurgery Department there in 1988. His resume includes many teaching assignments, including stints at the University of Illinois, Yale University, Mercer University, and the Medical College of Georgia, as well as visiting professorships and lecture dates in Thailand, Scotland, Honduras, Italy, China, Lithuania, and Peru.