Robinson College
Canby Robinson, M.D.
Dean, 1920-1928
Chairman of the Department of Medicine
Recruited to oversee the reorganization and rebuilding of the School of Medicine.
George Canby Robinson was dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine from 1920-1928. He transformed the traditional physician-apprentice form of education then practiced at Vanderbilt into a modern university medical school format with a science-based curriculum and a full-time faculty. He restructured the physical facilities of the Medical School and moved it from South Nashville to the Vanderbilt University campus. He also oversaw the design of a new Medical Center building with teaching, patient care and research capabilities under one roof. This innovative concept was to be emulated across the country by other leading medical centers.
