Dr. Robbins has board certification in both anesthesiology and pain management from the American Board of Anesthesiology. He graduated Wilkes University in 1988 with a dual degree in Biology and Chemistry. He received his medical degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1992. He then completed his residency in anesthesiology at Albert Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia where he also had fulfilled a 6-month fellowship in pediatric anesthesia at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA.

Dr. Robbins then completed his pain fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Pain Evaluation and Treatment Institute, a premier multidisciplinary pain program. He was then recruited to the Yale University School of Medicine and the Yale Pain Center in 1997. From 2000-2004 he assumed directorship of the Yale Pain Management fellowship program and Directorship of Pain Management for the Veterans Administration Healthcare System.