Established in 1972 by patients and colleagues of Robert A. Robinson in his honor
ROBERT A. ROBINSON, former director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was an authority on total hip joint replacement and one of the developers of an operation that alleviated much of the pain associated with the removal of cervical discs. He came to Hopkins in 1953 and was the first member of the orthopaedics faculty to be named a distinguished service professor. Dr. Robinson, who died in 1990, has been praised by his colleagues as a "scientific surgeon" who trained a generation of physicians who became leaders in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Robinson said that his greatest satisfaction was in "seeing somebody able to do something he could not do before, as, for instance, to walk without pain." The professorship is held by the chairman of the department.
FRANK J. FRASSICA, the Robert A. Robinson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, is a musculoskeletal oncologist and a leader in the field of limb salvage surgery for malignant bone and soft-tissue tumors. His research interests include the development and refinement of custom prostheses. Dr. Frassica has won numerous teaching awards and was an American Orthopaedic Association North American and American British Canadian Traveling Fellow. He has co-authored two books, more than 30 book chapters, and 75 scientific articles. A U.S. Navy Academy graduate, he was a surface warfare officer before attending medical school. During Operation Desert Storm, he was the chief of orthopaedic surgery at the Navy's Fleet Hospital V. Dr. Frassica joined the Hopkins faculty in 1992.
ROBERT A. ROBINSON, former director of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was an authority on total hip joint replacement and one of the developers of an operation that alleviated much of the pain associated with the removal of cervical discs. He came to Hopkins in 1953 and was the first member of the orthopaedics faculty to be named a distinguished service professor. Dr. Robinson, who died in 1990, has been praised by his colleagues as a "scientific surgeon" who trained a generation of physicians who became leaders in orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Robinson said that his greatest satisfaction was in "seeing somebody able to do something he could not do before, as, for instance, to walk without pain." The professorship is held by the chairman of the department. 
FRANK J. FRASSICA, the Robert A. Robinson Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, is a musculoskeletal oncologist and a leader in the field of limb salvage surgery for malignant bone and soft-tissue tumors. His research interests include the development and refinement of custom prostheses. Dr. Frassica has won numerous teaching awards and was an American Orthopaedic Association North American and American British Canadian Traveling Fellow. He has co-authored two books, more than 30 book chapters, and 75 scientific articles. A U.S. Navy Academy graduate, he was a surface warfare officer before attending medical school. During Operation Desert Storm, he was the chief of orthopaedic surgery at the Navy's Fleet Hospital V. Dr. Frassica joined the Hopkins faculty in 1992.