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
Secretary, Children's Anesthesia Associates (CAA) Board, CHOP
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@chop.edu
suttonr@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
Mehta SD, Galligan M, Race J, Haines GR, Lutts MK, Bonafide CP, Sutton RM: Emergency Transfers Are Associated With Increased Financial Charges. Hosp Pediatr Page: Online ahead of print, Dec 2025.Shepard LN, Reeder RW, Hsu J, Keim G, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Topjian AA, Yehya N, Morgan RW, American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Resuscitation Investigators: Intubation Trends and Survival in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. JAMA Netw Open 8(11): e2544365, Nov 2025.
Mehta SD, Gathers CA, Shepard LN, Putt M, Yehya N, Graham K, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators: Prearrest vital sign abnormalities are associated with adverse outcomes in pediatric ICU cardiac arrest: a get with the guidelines-resuscitation analysis. Resuscitation Page: Epub 2025 Sep 24, Nov 2025.
Ullman NL, Reeder RW, Topjian A, Morgan RW, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Palmer CA, Sutton RM, Press CA, Kirschen MP, ICU-RESUS and CPCCRN Investigators: Severe intracranial hemorrhage or ischemia associated with unfavorable outcomes after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation Page: Online ahead of print, Nov 2025.
McSherry ML, Graham K, Woods-Hill CZ, Herrmann JR, Kirschen MP, Fowler JC, Gardner MM, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Topjian A: Timing and mode of death after pediatric in- and out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a single center retrospective study. Resuscitation Page: Online ahead of print, Nov 2025.
Loaec M, Keim G, Graham K, Kienzle MF, O'Halloran A, Shepard LN, Mehta S, Sawhney S, Donoghue M, Cooper K, Kilbaugh TJ, Nadkarni V, Topjian AA, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Morgan RW: Comparison of vasopressin to epinephrine during pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest: survival and physiologic responsiveness. Pediatr Res Page: Online ahead of print, Oct 2025.
Swanson MB, Lasa JJ, Chan PS, Morgan RW, Sutton RM, Topjian AA, Atkins DL, Haskell SE, Raymond TT, Girotra S, American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines—Resuscitation Investigators: Epinephrine Before Defibrillation in Children With Initially Shockable In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest. Crit Care Med 53(10): e2005-e2015, Oct 2025.
O'Halloran AJ, Keim G, Gathers CA, Fowler J, Naim MY, Rossano JW, Berg RA, Sutton RM, Yehya N, Morgan RW : Race, Ethnicity, Insurance Payer, and Pediatric Cardiac Arrest Survival. JAMA Netw Open 8(9): e2531213, Sept 2025.
Ullman N, Reeder R, Topjian AA, Morgan R, Berg R, Nadkarni VM, Palmer C, Sutton R, Press C, Kirschen MP: Severe hemorrhage or ischemia associated with unfavorable outcomes after pediatric in-hospital cardiac arrest. Neurocritical Care Society September 2025 Notes: Poster Presentation at the 2025 Neurocritical Care Society Annual meeting in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
O'Halloran A, Sannino J, Dominick C, Bailey C, Boyle L, Shepard LN, Nadkarni V, Wolfe H, Morgan RW, Nishisaki A, Lane-Fall M, Sutton R: Development of a Novel Cardiac Arrest Ventilation Rate Metronome: A Human Factors and Implementation Science Mixed-Methods Approach. Pediatr Crit Care Med Epub ahead of print, August 2025.