The moment you meet Dr. Emma Louise Robinson you breathe a sigh of relief and gently exhale because she clearly has the delicate ability of caring for others.

You know instantly that this impressive woman of achievement has your best interests at heart.

Last year she began her medical practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and enjoys working from her new Berry Hill office in Paget. She describes herself as diligent, meticulous, sensitive, kind and loyal.

“I provide comprehensive health care for women spanning from late childhood/early adolescence through the reproductive years and into menopause.

“I provide surgical and non-surgical gynaecological services and complete obstetrical care for pregnant women from conception through delivery and post-partum care,” she advised.

Dr. Robinson was highly motivated by her parents to worked diligently toward goals from early childhood and her accomplishments are numerous.

The educational qualifications of this Berkeley Institute graduate of 1981 are impeccable. She attended Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where she obtained her Medical Degree in 1992 and completed her Internship and Residency from 1992 to 1996 at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, Maryland.

She is the first woman from Bermuda to hold a Rhodes Scholarship and attended St. Catherine’s College, Oxford University in England where she obtained a Masters of Science Degree in Pharmacology from 1987 to 1989.

From childhood she wanted to become a doctor and always gravitated towards the sciences.

“It was while I was doing my clinical rotation in OB-GYN that I became interested in women’s health care issues and decided to specialise in this field. Being an obstetrician-gynaecologist provides a varied practice including both medicine and surgery.

“I am the first in my immediate family to pursue a career in medicine. Most of my family have been in the field of education and my father is a psychologist by training. It has taken hard work, dedication and sacrifice to achieve this goal,” she said.

She believes that her three greatest accomplishments thus far are finishing her medical training, becoming Bermuda’s first female Rhodes Scholar and becoming a mother.

Dr. Robinson acknowledges that she has received many helpful pieces of advice over the years from her parents and family, her professors, colleagues and friends.

She puts a high value upon the nurturing and encouragement that her parents gave her from a very early age.

“I was always very self-confident and assured because they always made me feel gifted, special, unique and loved. I felt that I could do anything I set my mind to.

“My mother tells the story of picking me up from nursery school one day and how I came running up to her holding a painting that I had made, saying ‘I know my mommy is going to be proud of me!’ I am constantly awed by how important a responsibility it is to raise a child. I can only hope that my husband and I do as good a job with our young son as our parents did with us.”

Every day Dr. Robinson faces challenges by taking good care of her patients and being a dedicated wife and mother. She says she does not always juggle everything as well as she would like but she does her best and her supportive husband is a tremendous help.

When asked whom she most admires, she said her parents. Her mother is a strong, intelligent woman who has always had the courage and integrity to stick to her personal and professional convictions. Her career as a civil servant demanded that she be in the public eye but she managed to keep her family and home life private.

“I knew she was very busy, but I always felt she was there for me if I needed her.

“I also admire my dad, who is also extremely intelligent and multitalented. He worked two jobs to put himself through school and university to gain his professional qualification in psychology,” she said.

Dr. Robinson has had the good fortune of having several mentors along the way and she mentioned her high school teachers at Berkeley Institute: Robert Horton, Patricia Holder, Marva Allen, Joan Blades and Stanfield Smith. Many of her professors at Johns Hopkins came to mind but most notable was Dr. Henry Seidel.

When she was asked about specific dreams for the future she responded: “I wish to continue to enjoy a happy family life with my husband, Patrick, and my son, Brandon, and to hopefully expand our family one day. I would love to have a second child. I am continuing to build my medical practice. I would like to continue to be involved with patient education in our community,” Dr. Robinson said.

She enjoys relaxing by going to the movies, reading and spending quality time with her family.