RobertaSonninoMDFACS, FAAP, CPP

Pediatric (General) Surgery • Locust Hill, VA

Executive Coach, RES Coaching LLC [Ret] Professor of Pediatric Surgery [Ret] Wayne State University SOM Professor (Contributed Service) Creighton University Center for Health Policy and Ethics Past Chair, Group on Faculty Affairs, Association of American Medical Colleges

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Office
185 Brandon Point Rd
Locust Hill, VA 23092
Phone+1 804-286-9174

Summary

Pediatric surgeon (retired from clinical practice) with 12 years experience in medical school administration as a Faculty Affairs dean. Professor of Pediatric Surgery [Ret] at Wayne State University, Contributed Service Professor in the Center for Health Policy and Ethics at Creighton University.
Past Chair of the Group on Faculty Affairs of the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Former faculty in the ELAM fellowship for women leaders.

Executive and career coach at RES Coaching LLC, and Principal, Hi RES Photos, Retired in 2024.

Certified Assessment Facilitator, Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC

Certified Professional Photographer (CPP), Professional Photographers of America

Volunteer, Medical Reserve Corps

Education & Training

Montreal Children's Hospital, McGill UniversityPediatric Surgery, 1987 - 1989
Henry Ford Health/Henry Ford HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1982 - 1986
University of MinnesotaInternship, Surgery, 1980 - 1982
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical CenterInternship, Pediatrics, 1979 - 1980
University of Padua College of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

FL State Medical License 1992 - 2023
ABSGeneral Surgery
ABSPediatric Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FAAP) American Academy of Pediatrics
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

62 citations
Health care leadership development and training: progress and pitfalls.
Roberta E. Sonnino
Journal of Healthcare Leadership. 2016-02-12
85 citations
Keys to career satisfaction: insights from a survey of women pediatric surgeons.
Donna A. Caniano, Roberta E. Sonnino, Anthony M. Paolo
Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 2004-06-01
54 citations
Restoring Faculty Vitality in Academic Medicine When Burnout Threatens.
Darshana T. Shah, Valerie N. Williams, Luanne E. Thorndyke, E. Eugene Marsh, Roberta E. Sonnino
Academic Medicine. 2017-11-01

Journal Articles

Handedness and its Impact on a Career in Medicine
Roberta E. Sonnino, MD, FACS, FAAP, and Victor G. Sonnino, MD, MBA, FACS, Academic Medicine, 4/29/2024
The Definition of Faculty Must Evolve: A Call to Action
Lisa M. Bellini, MD, Brian Kaplan, MD, Janet E. Fischel, PhD, Carolyn Meltzer, MD, Pamela Peterson, MD, and Roberta E. Sonnino, MD, Academic Medicine, 10/14/2020
Health care leadership development and training: progress and pitfalls
Sonnino RE, Journal of Healthcare Leadership