Dr. Marc Robinson, MD, FACP, CCHP

Dr. Marc Robinson, MD, FACP, CCHP is a physician, educator, and advocate focused on improving health care and systems of care for people impacted by incarceration. He is Section Chief of General Internal Medicine at Ben Taub General Hospital and Associate Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency at Baylor College of Medicine, where he has served on faculty since 2017.

Dr. Robinson completed medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, followed by residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of Chicago. He subsequently completed a Global Health Hospital Medicine Fellowship, including clinical work in Haiti, caring for medically and socially vulnerable populations.

His academic, clinical, and advocacy work centers on the health effects of incarceration and the ethical and structural challenges faced by justice-involved patients. As a physician who works in both jail-based medical facilities and the county’s referral hospital, he brings a systems-level perspective across the continuum of custody-related care. Dr. Robinson is a Certified Correctional Healthcare Professional and has published and lectured nationally on topics including shackling, surrogate decision-making, continuity of care, and dual-loyalty conflicts in custodial settings.

He also serves as faculty advisor to Justice InvolvED, a student-led program providing health education within the Harris County Jail, and regularly engages trainees, policymakers, and community stakeholders in efforts to advance more humane, evidence-based approaches to jail health and reform.