Robert M. Sutton, MD, MSCE
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Attending Physician, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Faculty Member, Department of Emergency Medicine, Center for Resuscitation Science, University of Pennsylvania
Director, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Research Institute Resuscitation Science Center of Emphasis
Division Chief, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Vice President, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Children's Anesthesia Associates
Department: Anesthesiology and Critical Care
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 267-426-7802
Fax: 215-590-4327
Fax: 215-590-4327
Email:
suttonr@email.chop.edu
suttonr@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Biology, Integrated Honors Program)
Duquesne University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2002.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Permanent linkBS (Biology, Integrated Honors Program)
Duquesne University, 1998.
MD (Medicine)
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2002.
MSCE (Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2010.
Description of Research Expertise
Pediatric CPR quality research with a focus on evaluating novel interventions, both educational and technological, with the overall goal to improve care delivered to children during resuscitation attempts.Selected Publications
Zuckerberg JC, Ko T, Weeks MK, Widmann NJ, Kienzle MF, Gaudio HA, Silva LE, Reeder RW, Sutton RM, Berg RA, Kilbaugh TJ, Morgan RW: Evaluation of coronary perfusion pressure and diastolic blood pressure calculation methods in a swine model of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Resuscitation Plus 23: 100928, May 2025.Mehta S, Tweedy E, Shi H, Ruiz-Herrera VM, Nishisaki A, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Tsui R: Development and Validation of a Pediatric ICU Deterioration Prediction Model using Machine Learning. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Abstract presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Seliktar NH, Graham K, Kienzle M, Papili KE, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Nadkarni VM, O'Halloran A: Termination of Resuscitation: CPR Duration for Nonresponders in a Pediatric Resuscitation Network. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Mehta, SD, Gathers CL, Putt ME, Harhay M, Sutton RM, Morgan RW: Pre-Arrest Vital Sign Abnormalities Associated with Lower Survival in Pediatric IHCA. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
O'Halloran A, Sannino J, Dominick C, Bailey C, Boyle L, Shepard LN, Nadkarni VM, Wolfe H, Morgan RW, Nishisaki A, Lane-Fall M, Sutton RM: Development of a Novel Cardiac Arrest Ventilation Rate Metronome: A Human Factors Approach. Critical Care Congress February 2025 Notes: Star Research presented at SCCM 2025, Orlando, Florida.
Kirschen MP, Ullman NL, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Berg RA, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Diddle J, Federman M, Fink EL, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Morgan RW, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Notterman D, Palmer CA, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Topjian A, Sutton RM, Press CA: Practice patterns for acquiring neuroimaging after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 207: 110506, January 2025.
Fernandez RP, McConnell PI, Reeder RW, Alvey JS, Berg RA, Meert KL, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Wolfe HA, Sutton RM, Yates AR, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network and ICU-RESUScitation Project Investigators: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation employing only abdominal compressions in infants after cardiac surgery: A secondary sub-analysis of the ICU-RESUS study. Resuscitation Plus 20, December 2024.
Gardner MM, Morgan RW, Reeder R, Ghaffari K, Ortmann L, Raymond T, Lasa JJ, Fowler J, Dewan M, Nadkarni VM, Berg R, Sutton R, Topjian AA, for the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines, ®-Resuscitation Investigators: Trends in cardiac arrest outcomes & management in children with cardiac illness category compared to non-cardiac illness category: An analysis from the AHA Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Registry. Resuscitation December 2024.
Sueishi T, Gaudio H, Silva L, Ko T, Slovis J, Mavroudis C, Hwang M, Zuckerberg J, Senthil K, Berg R, Sutton RM, Morgan RW: Physiological response to vasopressor administration during hemodynamic-directed CPR. Ciruclation 150(1), November 2024 Notes: Abstract presented at AHA's 2024 Resuscitation Science Conference.
McSherry ML, Graham K, Herrmann JR, Kirschen MP, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Topjian AA: Timing and Mode of Death after Pediatric In- and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Circulation 150(1), November 2024 Notes: Abstract presented at AHA's Resuscitation Science Conference.