Robert G. Sawyer

Robert G. Sawyer is a surgeon and medical academic who graduated from the University of Michigan with a BS in Biomedical Sciences in 1984 and an MD in 1986. He completed residencies and fellowships in general surgery, transplant surgery, and surgical critical care at the University of Virginia and University of Michigan, becoming Professor of Surgery at UVA in 2008 and later Professor and Chair of Surgery at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker School of Medicine in 2017. His research focuses on infectious diseases, surgery, critical care, and nutrition; he was named Senior Associate Dean for Research in 2023 and Hal B. Jenson MD Dean in 2024.[1][2]