Robert Collins, MD

• Acute Myeloid Leukemia

Robert H. Collins Jr., M.D., FACP, is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of the Division of Hematology and Oncology. He serves as Director of both the Blood Cancers / Transplant and Cellular Therapies Program and the Combined Adult/Pediatric Stem Cell Transplant Program. He holds the Sydney and J.L. Huffines Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research in Honor of Eugene Frenkel, M.D., and is the R. Lloyd and Willye V. Skaggs Professor in Medical Research.

Originally from St. Louis, Dr. Collins earned his bachelor's degree and his medical degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. He completed internal medicine residency training at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. He then completed advanced training through a fellowship in hematology and oncology at the University of California-Los Angeles.

Certified by the American Board of Internal medicine in medical oncology, Dr. Collins has 25 years of experience in bone marrow transplantation and has participated in some 2,500 autologous and allogeneic transplants.