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Robert F Dollinger, MD
Internal Medicine
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Internal Medicine
Robert Dollinger, M.D. is a clinical assistant professor at the Augusta University Medical College of Georgia’s Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior who is currently mentoring and teaching clinical skills and professionalism for MCG students. Dr. Dollinger initially arrived at Augusta University in August 2017 to become the Director and Chief Medical Officer for Student Health Services and Adjunct Clinical Professor at MCG, having retired from this full-time position in December 2022. Prior to arriving in Augusta, he served in two capacities at Florida Atlantic University (FAU): Chief Medical Officer at the Student Health Services and Affiliate Professor of Clinical Biomedical Sciences at the FAU Charles Schmidt College of Medicine. Prior, he served 18 years as Executive Director of Student Health Services at Florida International University (FIU) and then became the Founding Assistant Dean for Student Affairs and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the new FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine in 2008. His research at that medical school involved a longitudinal investigation of medical student burnout and empathy of the inaugural four years of medical students at FIU. Recognized as a leader in the field of college health, Dr. Dollinger was President of the Southern College Health Association (SCHA) twice (1996-97 and 2006-07) and served a two-year term as an active member of the American College Health Association (ACHA) Board of Directors. He is a Fellow of the ACHA and serves as an ACHA consultant and member of the ACHA Awards Committee. Dr. Dollinger earned his M.D. from the University of Miami School of Medicine and completed residency training in general internal medicine at the Mount Sinai Medical Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. His interests are college student mental health, empathy and burnout prevention of professional health students, evidence-based primary care medicine, health education, mindfulness, and developing wellness programs for higher education and workplaces.
College health, health education and preventive medicine; research on medical student empathy and burnout; teaching clinical skills to medical students; mindfulness in clinical practice
medical student wellness, burnout prevention; mindfulness training
Provide quality, patient-centered health care following established clinical guidelines with an emphasis on patient education
Internal Medicine
English
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