Robert S Sawin

Robert Sawin, MD is surgeon-in-chief at Seattle Children’s Hospital and vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is an attending surgeon in both pediatric general and thoracic surgery and in pediatric transplant.

He completed his residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and completed a fellowship at Seattle Children’s. Sawin helped establish Seattle Children’s liver transplant program and ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) program. In addition to clinical interests in pediatric liver, tumor surgery, congenital anomalies and the correction of chest wall deformities, Dr. Sawin leads the department of surgery’s efforts in developing health care systems that ensure high quality, safe and cost effective care.


Clinical Interests:

Pediatric tumors, Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, inflammatory bowel disease and chest wall defects

Research Focus: 
Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Genetics and Developmental Bilogy

Research Interests
Research Center: Center for Child Health, Behavior and Development
Health Promotion & Disease Prevention
Genetics and Developmental Biology


Languages
English