Robert G Sawyer, MD

Robert Sawyer, MD
  • Senior Associate Dean for Research
  • The Hal B. Jenson MD Dean
  • Professor, Department of Surgical Sciences
    • Primary Address
    • Office
    • Office of the Dean
    • Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
    • 1000 Oakland Drive
    • Kalamazoo, MI, United States 49008

Biography

Biography

Robert Sawyer graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Biomedical Sciences in 1984 and an MD in 1986. He finished a general surgery residency at the University of Virginia in 1994 and a transplant surgery fellowship at the University of Michigan in 1996. He finished a surgical critical care fellowship at the University of Virginia in 2003. He became professor of Surgery at the University of Virginia in 2008. He became Professor and Chair of Surgery at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine in 2017. After years of research dedicated to infectious diseases, surgery, critical care and nutrition he was named Senior Associate Dean for Research in 2023.  In 2024 he was named the Hal B. Jenson MD Dean at Western Michigan University School of Medicine.

Education

  • Residency 2003, Surgical Critical Care, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
  • Fellowship 1996, Transplant, School of Medicine, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • Residency 1994, Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
  • Fellowship 1991, Surgical Infectious Disease Fellowship, School of Medicine, University of Virginia
  • MD 1986, Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • MD 1986, Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • BS 1984, Biomedical Sciences, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
  • BS 1984, Biomedical Sciences, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Board/Specialty

  • American Board of Surgery (Surgery)
  • American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care)