Robin Cummings

Background

About Robin Cummings

Robin Gary Cummings, M.D, took office as the sixth Chancellor of The University of North Carolina at Pembroke in July 2015. Over the past five years, enrollment has increased, academic offerings have expanded and UNCP has solidified its place as a driver of the economy in southeastern North Carolina. Dr. Cummings pursued an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill before attending Duke University Medical School. After receiving his medical degree in 1983, he interned and completed residencies in general surgery and cardiac surgery at Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Cummings practiced at the Pinehurst Surgical Clinic and Moore Regional Hospital, chairing the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Section of Cardiovascular and General Surgery. After retiring from surgery, his career led him to health care administration, quickly finding himself filling the role of DHHS Deputy Secretary for Health Services and state Medicaid director overseeing services for some 1.8 million patients. Chancellor Cummings is a former chairman of the UNC Pembroke Board of Trustees, has chaired the UNCP Foundation board and has served on the UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Visitors. The founding chair of the NC American Indian Health Board, he also has chaired the Commission on NC Indian Health and served on the NC Council on Developmental Disabilities, the NC Institute of Medicine board and the NC Rural Center board. He currently serves on the Institute for Emerging Issues National Advisory Board and the Southeastern Health Board of Trustees. Chancellor Cummings is married to Rebecca Godwin Cummings, a Pinehurst realtor. They are both Pembroke natives and members of the Lumbee Tribe. Together they have four children.