Dr. Robin Goldsmith ’87 is the president, chief medical officer, and co-founder of the St. Gianna Clinic in DePere, Wis. After graduation from Notre Dame, she earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and has practiced anesthesia in northeast Wisconsin with a specialization in obstetric anesthesia for nearly 20 years.

The 1996 recipient of the Gertie Marx Research Award from the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology, Dr. Goldsmith’s work has been published in respected industry periodicals, including the International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia and Neuroscience.

Dr. Goldsmith served on the board of the Wisconsin Society of Anesthesiologists for over 15 years and has served as a state delegate and an alternate delegate for the American Society of Anesthesiologists, where major decisions such as standards of care and medical protocols for the country are decided.

Dr. Goldsmith co-founded the St. Gianna Molla Clinic in 2014. The clinic was given a formal decree as the first “Catholic teaching clinic” in the country by Bishop David Ricken. The clinic continues to grow and serves as a sustainable, replicable model for the entire country, providing excellent, faithful medical care for all people, while evangelizing to patients and families throughout the diocese and beyond.

The Diocese of Green Bay awarded Dr. Goldsmith the Faith That Works Award in 2015 for influencing the workplace through business practices that reflect the teachings of the Church, and for sharing herself with parishes and the community.

Dr. Goldsmith has been honored for her dedication to conveying through her work that the Church’s teachings regarding life, love, and family are for the health and happiness of all. Most recently, she was awarded the National Catholic Medical Association’s Distinguished Guardian of Excellence Award.

St. Gianna Clinic has also been honored for three consecutive years with the prestigious Press Ganey “Guardian of Excellence Award” recognizing outstanding patient care. 

Robin played singles and doubles for the Notre Dame women’s tennis team and maintained her USTA status for several years afterward, until slowed by a wrist injury. She spent a season helping to coach the boys tennis team at Appleton Xavier High School.

Dr. Goldsmith and her husband, Dr. Paul Utrie, have four sons and are active members of St. Pius X Parish in Appleton.  She has served as president of St. Paul’s Parish Total Board of Education and was a member of the Green Bay Diocese Total Faith Formation Committee. She has served as spiritual director for St. Pius X Christ Renews His Parish program, and as an extraordinary minister of the Holy Eucharist.

Dr. Goldsmith also served as co-founder and president of the St. Gianna Molla Guild NEW, State Director of the Wisconsin Catholic Medical Guilds after piloting the State Director program for CMA throughout the country, and Regional Director of the Catholic Medical Association. She serves on the national board of the Catholic Medical Association as a Regional Director of the Midwest, as well as on multiple committees, including Co-Chairman of the Catholic Clinics Committee. In addition, she has served on other boards like Catholic Youth Expeditions.

“Pray as if everything depends upon God and act as if everything depends on you,” is Dr. Goldsmith’s favorite spiritual quote written by St. Augustine, which also serves as an apt description of this dynamic leader’s philosophy.