Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., USN (Ret.)

Vice Admiral Robinson served as the 36^th Navy Surgeon General and Chief of the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery from September 2007 to November 2011, when he retired from active duty after 34 years of service. Presently he is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of VRC, a financial management, engineering, and healthcare systems company based in Fairfax, VA. He also sits on the Board of Directors of the Society of Brain Mapping and Therapeutics (SBMT), an organization dedicated to the study of brain and neurological disorders to include groundbreaking work in the fields of nanotechnology, traumatic brain injury and stem cell research and treatment.

A 1977 graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis. Robinson served in numerous challenging medical assignments at sea to include tours aboard USS Midway (CV 41), USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67), USS Coral Sea (CV 43).  Robinson served as the Principal Director, Clinical and Program Policy in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs in September 2000, where he also served as the acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Clinical and Program Policy. He served in many leadership positions at overseas naval medical facilities from Puerto Rico to Japan and held senior leadership positions in the largest military medical centers in the United States including serving as Commander of the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda. A leader with vast experience in humanitarian missions, he served as he commanded a detachment of the fleet hospital in Haiti during Joint Task Force Haiti (Operation New Horizon/Uphold Democracy) and led the Navy’s medical response to Haiti during Operation Unified Response in 2010.

The author of numerous presentations and publications, Robinson holds fellowships in the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is a member of the Le Societe Internationale de Chirurgie, the Society of Black Academic Surgeons, and the National Business School Scholastic Society, Beta Gamma Sigma, and  holds certification as a certified physician executive from the American College of Physician Executives.

Robinson’s personal decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (two awards), Defense Meritorious Service Medal (two awards), Meritorious Service Medal (three awards), Navy Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, and various service and campaign awards.

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