St. David's HealthCare

St. David’s HealthCare is one of the largest hospital systems in Texas and Austin’s fourth largest employer, operating six hospitals, four ambulatory surgery centers and multiple outpatient clinics throughout Central Texas.

St. David’s HealthCare has a long history of serving the residents of Central Texas with exceptional medical care.  Our 6,200 employees touch over 270,000 lives each year with a spirit of warmth and personal pride.

Visit our main website at www.StDavids.com

Robert C. Canby, M.D., F.A.C.C.

Dr. Robert Canby, MD

Dr. Canby’s career is marked by diversity, spanning a continuum from teaching to patient care, to advising medical device manufacturers on how to develop improved pacemakers and defibrillators, to guiding physicians in the Cayman Islands on providing cardiology care.

In addition to his work with patients, Dr. Canby is dedicated to educating future physicians at UT Southwestern Medical Center Affiliated Hospitals, the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s School of Medicine and at Texas Tech University Health Science Center.

He is a former Acting Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Dallas VA Medical Center and currently serves as President of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Research Foundation.

Education

  • M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
  • Residency, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX
  • Fellowship (Cardiac Electrophysiology), University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, TX

Board Certification

  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Cardiovascular Disease and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology)

Recognition

  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology

Memberships

  • American Medical Association
  • North American Society for Pacing and Electrophysiology
  • Travis County Medical Society
  • Texas Medical Association