Robin Petroze, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
About Robin Petroze
Dr. Petroze is an Associate Professor in the Division of Pediatric Surgery and joined the UF faculty in 2018. She serves as the Assistant Chair of Global Surgery within the UF Department of Surgery and has affiliate appointments in the UF Department of Environmental and Global Health and through the UF Center for African Studies. Originally from Kentucky, Dr. Petroze graduated with a medical degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and finished first in her graduating class. She completed her general surgery residency at the University of Virginia, where she received an NIH Fogarty International Fellowship to study access to surgical care, capacity for emergency and essential surgery and educational development, living for two years in Rwanda in East Africa. She subsequently completed her master’s degree in public health at the University of Virginia. Dr. Petroze completed her pediatric surgery fellowship training at the Montreal Children’s Hospital/McGill University in Quebec, one of the first five pediatric surgery training programs in North America.
Dr. Petroze focuses on all aspects of pediatric surgery, with special interest in neonatal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, surgical oncology, and pediatric congenital colorectal conditions. She is medical director for the surgical pediatric bowel management program, the Responsible Investigator for surgery for the University of Florida for the Children’s Oncology Group as well as the institutional PI for the Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Consortium and Eastern Pediatric Surgery Network. Dr. Petroze also serves as the Associate Pediatric Trauma Medical Director and the Surgical Champion for the American College of Surgeons NSQIP Pediatric program at UF. Dr. Petroze’s research, teaching and advocacy focuses on access to equitable care in underserved populations both internationally and domestically as well as patient and family-centered outcomes. She has received numerous teaching awards and has over 60 peer-reviewed publications.
Accomplishments
Board Certifications
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General SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
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Pediatric SurgeryAmerican Board of Surgery
Clinical Profile
- Pediatric Surgery
- Anorectal abscess
- Appendicitis
- Breast lump
- Burns
- Esophageal atresia
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease – children
- Hirschsprung disease
- Hydroceles
- Inguinal hernia repair
- Intussusception – children
- Necrotizing enterocolitis
- Neuroblastoma
- Omphalocele
- Ovarian cysts
- Pectus excavatum
- Pyloric stenosis in infants
- Testicular torsion
- Thyroid diseases
- Umbilical hernia
- Wilms tumor
Research Profile
0000-0001-5999-6971
Publications
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 273-8825
- Business:
- robin.petroze@surgery.ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100119
GAINESVILLE FL 32610