BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. Holcomb graduated from the University of Alabama in 1963 with a B.S. in Bacteriology, and in 1966, he earned an M.S. in Bacteriology from the University of Alabama. Holcomb received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and an M.D. from Vanderbilt University in 1972. He then went on to complete an internship in Pediatrics at the University of Florida and remained at there for a residency in Pediatrics.

In 1975 he completed his fellowship training in adolescent medicine at the University of Florida, while he served as Chief Resident and Instructor. From 1977 – 1979 Holcomb served as director of the Hamilton Rural Health Education Program at the University of Alabama. He joined the faculty of the University College of Community Health Services as assistant clinical professor of Combined Medicine.

In 1980 Holcomb became president of Sumter Health Systems, Inc. PC, a professional corporation with a contract to develop a rural medical complex and emergency medical services in Sumter County, Alabama. He was medical director and owner of Acute Care Clinic, a free-standing minor emergency room, from 1981 – 1985. Holcomb was in private primary care medical practice from 1985 – 1988, then served a residency in child neurology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine from 1989 – 1992.

An entrepreneur, Holcomb has formed several U.S. companies, invented and developed multiple patented technologies, and founded a non-profit tax-exempt research institute for scientific and educational purposes. Holcomb joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 1992 as assistant professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, a position he still holds. In 1999, he co-founded the Neuromagnetics Institute and was instrumental in the development for the Center for Pain Research and Neuromagnetics at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

RESEARCH SUMMARY

Robert R. Holcomb, M.D., Ph.D.
Title: Assistant Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Division: Pediatric Neurology
Research: Pain / Neuromagnetics