Dr. Mark Robbins, DO, CWSP

Expert Publications

• A comparison of two strategies to modify the hydroxylation of condensed tannin polymers in Lotus corniculatus L.
• Ectopic expression of a basic helix-loop-helix gene transactivates parallel pathways of proanthocyanidin biosynthesis. structure, expression analysis, and genetic control of leucoanthocyanidin 4-reductase and anthocyanidin reductase genes in Lotus co
• The strawberry transcription factor FaMYB1 inhibits the biosynthesis of proanthocyanidins in Lotus corniculatus leaves.

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Get to know Undersea & Hyperbaric Medicine Specialist Dr. Mark Robbins, who serves patients throughout the State of Texas.

Dr. Robbins is an undersea & hyperbaric medicine specialist & Certified Wound Specialist Physician (CWSP). He specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. 

Most recently, he worked as a wound care and hyperbaric medicine physician at Hill Country Wound Care Vascular and Hyperbarics in Bulverde, Texas.

Educated in the United States, Dr. Robbins graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from La Salle University in 1980. He then went on to earn his Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 1984, after which he performed his internship in internal medicine at Jefferson Health Northeast from 1984 until 1985.

Dedicated to the profession of medicine, the doctor is board-certified in family practice and osteopathic manipulative medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP). The AOBFP is an organization that provides board certification to qualified osteopathic physicians who specialize in delivering comprehensive primary care for patients of all ages, genders, and addressing all parts of the body.

Furthermore, he is board-certified in undersea and hyperbaric medicine by the American Board of Wound Management (ABWM). The ABWM is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization established for the purpose of credentialing multi-disciplinary professionals in the field of wound management.

Throughout his extensive career, Dr. Robbins has served as a wound care physician at Wound Healing Associates, PLLC; a wound care and hyperbaric medicine physician at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, Wound Care and Hyperbarics Clinic (June 2019 – June 2021); the Medical Director of the Institute for Advanced Wound Healing at Central Texas Medical Center (2018 – June 2020); a wound care and hyperbaric medicine physician at the Center for Wound Care, Warm Springs Hospitals (June 2002 – 2017), among others.

An active member of the American Osteopathic Association, Dr. Robbins is a Fellow of the American College of Certified Wound Specialists and a Fellow of the American Professional Wound Care Association.

The subspecialty of undersea & hyperbaric medicine is a discipline that deals with the prevention of injury and illness due to exposure to environments in which the ambient pressure is increased, such as in diving or hyperbaric chamber exposure, and the therapeutic use of high environmental pressure and the delivery of oxygen under high pressure to treat disease. Such emergency medicine physicians specializing in this area are known as undersea & hyperbaric medicine specialists. 

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