Dr. Rene’ Settle-Robinson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a board certified Podiatrist who is highly skilled in Podiatric Surgery. She is the first Black Female to be residency trained in foot surgery in the State of Illinois and is among the first 5 Black females in the United States. She graduated from Loyola Marymount University with a BS in Biology and received her Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine from the California College of Podiatric Medicine. It was her RN license that she received when she was 20 years old that afforded the financing for her academic endeavors.
Dr. Settle-Robinson practiced in Chicago initially, prior to teaching at the Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine for 4 years. She moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1994 and settled there. She became active in her community and has received a number of awards in recognition of her service and achievements. She served as President of Cream City Medical Society for 7 years, Region IV Secretary for 4 years, Vice-President of Region IV currently, and now serves on the Board of Trustees of the National Medical Association as Trustee from Region IV. She is now serving as Chair of the Membership Committee of the NMA, but also serves on the Social Media and Branding Committee, the Governance Council, and the Committee on International Affairs. She has previously served on the Nominations Committee and the Council on Administrative and Financial Affairs.
Dr. Settle-Robinson is working currently full time in a Federally Qualified Healthcare Center, Outreach Community Health Center on Milwaukee’s Northside.
She is active in her Sorority, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., in the Sigma Alpha Zeta Chapter. She is a life member of the NAACP. She is a Paul Harris recipient in the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. She served as Chief of Podiatric Surgery at Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has served as Secretary of the Podiatry Licensing Board of the State of Wisconsin Department of Regulation and Licensing. She ran for Wisconsin State Assembly in 2004 achieving 45% of the popular vote. She ran again in 2008 achieving 42% of the popular vote. Her claim to fame is being on the same ballot with Barack Obama.
Her favorite quote: “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off the goal.”
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