Dr. Howard M. Robinson is President of IMED, Inc. and operates a private practice in Northwest Phoenix, Arizona. Dr. Robinson specializes in Internal and Addiction Medicine. A highly sought after expert in his field, Dr. Robinson currently serves on several subcommittees at John C. Lincoln Hospital, Deer Valley where he is also on staff. Dr. Robinson is licensed to practice medicine in the states of Arizona, California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Dr. Robinson serves on several local and national boards. He currently is a Board Member for Gentiva Home Health Company, the National Council on Alcohol and Drug Addiction, Phoenix Chapter and is Medical Director of the Northwest Phoenix Maxim Health Care office. He has been a Professor for Midwestern University Medical School, Glendale, Arizona since 1999. He also serves as a board member for the Philadelphia College of Medicine Alumni Board since 2002.

A native of East Grange, New Jersey, Dr. Robinson graduated from East Grange High School in 1971. A Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Alumni, he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Secondary Education, with a minor in History and an endorsement in Special Education. Also, during his matriculation, he was very active in Student Government, the college newspaper and other student activities. His accomplishments earned him nominations to Who’s who among college Students in 1975 and 1976.

After completing college in 1976, Dr. Robinson attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C., earning a Master’s Degree in Health care Administration (M.H.A). He completed his Administrative Residency in 1979 at the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital, now known as Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In the Fall of 1979, he accepted a position as Assistant Administrator at the Misercordia Hospital, now known as Mercy Hospital of the Mercy Catholic Medical Center in Philadelphia. Dr. Robinson was the first African American in the Administration at the Medical Center. During his tenure at the medical center, his interest in becoming a Physician developed. Shortly after, in 1982, he moved to the Bay Area in California to reenter college at San Francisco State University to complete science requirements for medical school admission. He volunteered at the Haight Ashbury Free Medical clinic in San Francisco. Conducting AIDS/HIV screening in the early 1980’s and witnessed the early stages of the HIV Crisis at its epicenter in San Francisco.

In 1986, Dr. Robinson returned to the East coast and entered the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Graduating in 1990, he completed his residency in Internal Medicine in 1994 at PCOM. After working for several years in Philadelphia as a Physician, Dr. Robinson relocated back to the West coast and has made the Valley of the Sun his home for over 10 years.

An accomplished musician and an advocate for a healthy lifestyle, Dr. Robinson is a student of music and plays the double Bass for the ProMusica Arizona Community Orchestra. He has been practicing martial arts for over 20 years and currently holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt in Kung Fu. He is an Instructor at United Kung Fu in Phoenix, Arizona, where he continues combining the study and practice of martial arts and medicine for a more complete healthy lifestyle leading toward longevity.