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Robin M Maier

Robin M Maier, MD, MA

Associate Faculty

Professional Statement

Dr. Robin Maier is an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Department of Family Medicine. She was awarded a B.S. in physics-in-medicine and English literature by the University of Notre Dame in 1990. She was a part of the Medical Scholars Program at the University of Illinois, earning her MA in English and American literature in 1992, and her MD in 1998. She remains A.B.D. in 17th Century British Literature. She completed her residency in Family Medicine at UPMC Shadyside Hospital in 2004.

Dr. Maier served as a volunteer faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, teaching “Medicine and Literature” starting in 2006, while working clinically at the Mon Valley Community Health Center, a FQHC. In 2008, she joined the faculty at the University of Pittsburgh, and over the years since then, she has worked clinically at the Matilda Theiss Health Center, WPIC Primary Care Clinics at Bellefield Towers and the Oxford Building, UFM Squirrel Hill, Magee Hospital (rounding on adult inpatients and newborns), the Adolescent Medicine Clinic at CHP, and currently she sees patients for outpatient gynecology and prenatal care at PCHS Alma Illery Medicine Center in Homewood.

Dr. Maier has been the Director of Undergraduate Medical Education in the Family Medicine Department since 2010, and served as the Family Medicine Clerkship Director from 2010-2026. She has taught MS1’s and MS2’s as part of the 3RC Curriculum starting in 2023 as both a Longitudinal Educator and Clinical Skills Preceptor. She is a Course Lead for the UPSOM Organ Systems Cardiology Course, and continues to serve as Assistant Clerkship Director. She was the original Founder and Director of the Longitudinal Alliance Program from 2013-2019.

Appointments

  • Associate Professor, Director of Medical Student Education Department of Family Medicine School of Medicine
  • Associate Faculty Institute for Bioethics

Education and Training

  • Society of Teachers of Family Medicine: Medical Student Educators’ Development Institute Fellowship. 2013
  • Family Medicine Residency, UPMC Shadyside, 2004
  • MD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1998. Medical Scholars Program.
  • MA, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992. Medical Scholars Program: English & American Literature. A.B.D in 17th Century British Literature.
  • BS, University of Notre Dame, 1990. Majors: Physics-in-medicine, English. Magna Cum Laude. Honors Program.

Professional Interests in Bioethics

Representative Publications

  1. December 9, 2024.  “Should Healthcare Providers Discuss Religion in the Clinic?” 1 hour workshop.  At the University of Pittsburgh, Consortium Ethics Program at LaRoche University’s Conference entitled:  Integrated Healing: Exploring the Intersection of Medicine, Religion, and Spirituality in Healthcare. 

  2. October 21, 2014. “A Physician Looks at Shakespeare and Medicine.” 60 minute presentation. C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society Lecture.  

  3. April 13, 2012.  “Immigrant Conversations on Contraception:  The Intersection of Language and Religion.”  Part of Panel on “The Ethics of Working with Vulnerable Populations” led by Dr. Jeannette South-Paul, and including Dr. S. Sauereisen and Dr. K. Moyer.   Messer Ethics Conference.  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.   

Recent Funding

  • 17-23-TH21 Environmental Scan of Immunization Education. Role: Principal Investigator. 20% effort. Jun 20, 2017 – August 14, 2017. Association for Prevention Teaching and Research. (Subaward from CDC grant 5 NU360E000005-05).

Awards and Honors

  • Elected to Phi Beta Kappa. 1990.
  • University of Illinois List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students. Fall 1990. Spring 1992.
  • Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) 1997.
  • Graduated with Honors for the M.D. degree from the University of Illinois College of Medicine. 1998.
  • AMWA Award for outstanding female graduate. 1998.
  • P.E.O. Scholar. 1998.
  • University of Illinois English Department Fellowship. 1998.
  • Outstanding Speaker Award. Allerton M.D.- Ph.D. Conference 1999.
  • University of Pittsburgh Department of Family Medicine. The Eighteenth Annual Faculty Teaching Award. 2012-2013. By the Faculty for Excellence in Teaching.
  • University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators. Elected in 2018.
  • UPSOM Professionalism Accolade Recipient. 2019-2020 Academic Year. 2025-2026 Academic Year.
  • UPSOM Kenneth E. Schuit Award: Dean’s Award for Master Educator 2025