Dr. Robin Canada is a primary care physician whose practice and teaching has been focused on medically underserved patient populations. She works at the University of Pennsylvania and a safety net clinic for undocumented immigrants, and mentors medical students and residents interested in community health and health disparities at both sites. Dr. Canada worked with White Mountain Apache Tribe after her medical training and then returned to Penn and created an Indian Health Service elective for residents. She spent 4 years creating a Community Academic partnership through working as Staff Physician for one of Philadelphia’s safety net health centers. Through this novel collaboration, she started a second continuity clinic for primary care residents at this safety net site, allowing medical trainees to expand their clinical education beyond the walls of academia. Additionally, Dr. Canada created a didactic curriculum focused on the social drivers of health for medical residents.

Dr. Canada is an Associate Program Director for the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency, the Associate Division Chief for Community Engagement for the Division of General Internal Medicine, and the Director of Residency Education at a clinic serving immigrant patients.