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Robert Sawyer Jr., MD, Neurology, Charlottesville, VA

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Neurology • Charlottesville, VA

Hospital/Neurohospitalist, Vascular Neurology

Professor of Clinical Neurology

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  • Office

    Department of Neurology
    1415 Jefferson Park Avenue
    Charlottesville, VA 22908
    Phone+1 434-924-2783

Summary

  • Robert N. Sawyer, Jr. M.D., FAHA

    Co-Director, Gates Stroke Center at Kaleida Health
    Kaleida Hospitals

    Associate Clinical Professor
    Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs
    Department of Neurology/ UBMD Neurology
    University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

    Robert N. Sawyer, Jr. M.D., FAHA is an Associate Professor of Neurology at the University at Buffalo, SUNY. He is the Co-Director of the Stroke Program at the Gates Vascular Institute.

    Dr. Sawyer’s research interests are in stroke research. He has a keen interest in neurological applications for cardiac systems of care, stroke systems of care, and atrial pathology as a source for stroke.

    Dr. Sawyer graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his medical internship at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland and his neurology residency at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He completed a fellowship in eye movement at University Hospitals of Cleveland. He then completed a fellowship in Undersea Medicine at the U. S. Navy Undersea Medical Institute. He returned to Buffalo in 2009, after a career as an Undersea Medical Officer in the U. S. Navy.

Education & Training

  • Royal Hospital Haslar
    Royal Hospital HaslarStaff, 1998 - 2001
  • Institute of Naval Medicine
    Institute of Naval MedicineSenior Medical Officer, Hyperbaric Medicine, 1998 - 2001
  • Naval Undersea Medical Institute
    Naval Undersea Medical Institute1993
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Neurology, 1989 - 1992
  • Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
    Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterFellowship, Vascular Surgery - Independent, 1992
  • New York Medical College (Metropolitan)
    New York Medical College (Metropolitan)Internship, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1989
  • Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
    Case Western Reserve University School of MedicineClass of 1988
  • Columbia University
    Columbia UniversityNone, Physical Chemistry, 1980 - 1982

Certifications & Licensure

  • VA State Medical License
    VA State Medical License 2022 - 2026
  • NY State Medical License
    NY State Medical License 2008 - 2024
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Meritorious Service Medal 1998, 2001, 2008, 2008
  • Navy Commendation Medal 2004
  • Army Commendation Medal 2004
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Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • High Frequency Vestibuloocular Reflex as a Diagnostic Tool.  
    Leigh, R. J., Sawyer, R. N., Grant, M.P., and Seidman, S. H, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, 656: 305-314
  • Asymmetry of Forearm Rolling as a Sign of Unilateral Cerebral Dysfunction.  
    Sawyer, R. N., Hanna, J. P., Ruff, R.L., and Leigh, R. J, Neurology, 43: 1596-1598
  • Deceptively Normal MR in early infantile Krabbe Disease.  
    Finelli, D.A., Tarr, R.W., Sawyer, R.N. and Horwitz, S.J, American Journal of Radiology, 15(1): 167-171
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Books/Book Chapters

  • Disorders of Consciousness and Equilibrium: The Unconscious Patient; in Current Therapy in Neurologic Disease. 
    Leigh, R. J. and Sawyer, R. NEditors: Johnson, R. T. And Griffin, J. W.C.V. Mosby Co, St. LouisEdition Four,
  • Handbook of Neurovirology. 
    Chapter: Viral Myositis 
    Ruff, R. L., Sawyer, R. N., and Al-Hakim, MEditors: McKendall and Stroop.Marcel Dekker, Inc, New York

Abstracts/Posters

  • Correlations Between Stroke Severity and Different Types of Antihyperglycemic Medications.
    Darkhabani Z, Mehta BK, Kass-Hout T, Kass-Hout O, Mokin M, Radovic V, Sawyer, R and Ching M, American Academy of Neurology Annual Meeting
  • 11ß-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11ß-OHSD) activity in vascular smooth muscle.
    Bina, R.B., Abernethy, D.R., Brem, A.S, Rhode Island Hospital Annual Research Day, Providence, RI

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