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
Treasurer, 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@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
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.
Morgan RW, Reeder RW, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Fitzgerald JC, Graham K, Kilbaugh TJ, Meert KL, Nadkarni VM, Palmer CA, Sharron MP, Weiss SL, Wolfe HA, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Burns C, Diddle JW, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL, Maa T, McQuillen PS, Mourani PM, Naim MY, Pollack MM, Sapru A, Srivastava N, Yates AR, Berg RA, Sutton RM; for the ICU-Resuscitation Project (ICU-RESUS) Investigators and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigators: Outcomes, Characteristics, and Physiology of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Children With Sepsis. Crit Care Med 53(8): e1529-e1541, August 2025.
Siems A, Naim MY, Berg RA, Reeder RW, Ahmed T, Bell MJ, Bishop R, Bochkoris M, Burns C, Carcillo JA, Carpenter TC, Dean JM, Diddle JW, Federman M, Fernandez R, Fink EL, Franzon D, Frazier AH, Friess SH, Graham K, Hall M, Harding ML, Hehir DA, Horvat CM, Huard LL MD, Kilbaugh TJ, Maa T, Manga A, McQuillen PS, Meert KL, Mourani PM, Nadkarni VM, Notterman D, Pollack MM, Qunibi DW, Sapru A, Schneiter C, Sharron MP, Srivastava N, Tabbutt S, Tilford B, Viteri S, Wessel D, Wolfe HA, Yates AR, Zuppa AF, Morgan RW, Sutton RM. Association of Early Epinephrine with Hemodynamics and Outcome in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of a Multi-center, Cluster-randomized Clinical Trial (ICU-RESUS): Association of Early Epinephrine with Hemodynamics and Outcome in Pediatric In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Secondary Analysis of a Multi-center, Cluster-randomized Clinical Trial (ICU-RESUS). Annals of the American Thoracic Society June 2025.
Gathers CL, Morgan RW, Alvey JS, Reeder R, Goldberger ZD, Fowler J, Naim MY, O'Halloran A, Merchant RM, Kienzle M, Nadkarni V, Berg RA, Sutton RM; American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators: Race is not associated with medical emergency team evaluation prior to in-hospital cardiac arrest. Resuscitation 211(110609), June 2025.
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.
Yates AR, Hehir DA, Reeder RW, Berger JT, Fernandez R, Frazier AH, Graham K, McQuillen PS, Morgan RW, Nadkarni VM, Naim MY, Palmer CA, Wolfe HA, Berg RA, Sutton RM; ICU-RESUS; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Collaborative Pediatric Critical Care Research Network Investigator Groups: Resuscitation arterial waveform quantification and outcomes in pediatric bidirectional Glenn and Fontan patients. Pediatric Research 97(6): 1989-1996, 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.
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.