Robin Elizabeth Canada, M.D.
Professor of Clinical Medicine (General Internal Medicine)
Associate Program Director for the Primary Care Residency Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania
Founder/Coordinator Indian Health Service Elective, Penn Primary Care, Global Health and Med/Peds Residents
DGIM Associate Division Chief , Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Department: Medicine
Contact information
PENN Center for Primary Care
Medical Arts Building, Suite 102
38th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Medical Arts Building, Suite 102
38th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: (215) 662-9990
Email:
robin.canada@uphs.upenn.edu
robin.canada@uphs.upenn.edu
Education:
B.A. (Biological Anthropology)
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1996.
M.D.
Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Permanent linkB.A. (Biological Anthropology)
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, 1996.
M.D.
Thomas Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, 2002.
Selected Publications
Anjeli Manam, MD ASLD, Jinjuan Hao, Natalia Salinas Parra, Robin Canada. : “Primary Care Physician Comfort With MASLD Screening in a Higher-Risk, Resource-Limited Setting: A Proposed Cost-Conscious Algorithm to Screening " ACG Conference 2025Canada, R. and Abernethy, J. : Detained!!! CLOSLER (https://closler.org/ Distributed to ~8,000 individuals via CLOSLER's weekly email update & seen on Twitter by @CLOSLER’s ~6,000 followers. August 2025.
Elizabeth Whidden, Dr. Rahael Borchers, Dr. Kaitlin Demarest, Dr. Daniela Mirda, Dr. Robin Canada : "Complex Care: Connecting Undocumented Latinx Patients with Complex Medical Needs to Specialty Care" International Refugee and Migration Health Conference. 2025.
Kaitlin Demarest, Elizabeth Whidden, Daniela Mirda, Robin Canada : “Inpatient Management and Discharge Planning for Patients without Insurance” SGIM Poster 2025.
Hector Mora, Camila Nupuri, Sharon Katzenbach, Elizabeth Whidden, Robin Canada : “Revolutionizing Healthcare in a Resource-limited Clinic: Leveraging Free Automation Software for Population Health”. SGIM National Meeting Poster 2024.
Heintz,John; Schnure,Nilan, Canada, Robin: "Evaluating Hazardous Alcohol Use Among Undocumented Urban Latino Immigrants" SGIM National Meeting Poster April 2021.
Robin Canada, MD: Soda Tax is Cutting Consumption. Philadelphia Inquirer January 2020.
Canada, RE: Best Practices for Teaching Care Management of Undocumented Patients. AMA Journal of Ethics 21(1): 44-49, January 2019.
Rose, Julian; Panganamamula, Kayshap; Canada, Robin : Use of Community Health Workers in a Fecal Immunochemical Test Screening Campaign for Underserved Latino Immigrants: Experience from a Single Community Health Clinic. Poster, AGA Digestive Disease Week 2019.
Heather Klusaritz : “Making a Difference” Interviews with Drs. Robin Canada and Rani Nandiwada. https://www.ncibh.org/news-and-events/integrating-opioid-use-disorder-treatment-into-health-workforce-training/interview-with-drs-robin-canada-and-rani-nandiwada June 2018.