Taylor Lee Sawyer, DO, MBA, MEd

Neonatology, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Program

On staff since July 2012

Children's Title: Division Head, Neonatology

Academic Title: Professor, Pediatrics

"It's an honor to work in the newborn intensive care unit. To see a baby who was once critically ill go home with their parents, happy and healthy, is an amazing and humbling experience."

Biography
Taylor Sawyer DO, MEd is an attending neonatologist at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center. He is the Director of Medical Simulation at Seattle Children's Hospital, and is also the Director of the Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Program at the University Of Washington School Of Medicine. His academic interests are in medical education and the use of simulation to improve clinical skills and patient outcomes. His research involves the use of simulation for neonatal resuscitation and procedural skill training.

Dr. Sawyer has received Advanced Certification as a Healthcare Simulation Educator (CHSE-A) from the Society for Simulation in Healthcare. He currently serves as the Chair of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Section on Simulation and Innovative Learning. He is a member of the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Steering Committee, and he is on the Neonatal Delegation to the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.
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Awards and Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Award Date
2nd Place, Pediatric Research Abstract	International Meeting for Simulation in Healthcare	2016
1st Place, Research Award	International Pediatric Simulation Symposium and Workshops	2013
Medical Simulation Research Award	U.S. Army Central Simulation Committee	2012
3rd Place, Leo Geppert Research Award Competition	American Academy of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar	2011
2nd Place, Human Factors Award Competition	11th International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare	2011
Best Quality Improvement Abstract	American Academy of Pediatrics, District VIII Section on Perinatal Pediatrics 34th Annual Conference	2010
Commanders Award for Faculty Excellence	Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI	2009
1st prize, Section on Bioethics Essay Contest	American Academy of Pediatrics	2008
3rd place, Howard Johnson Award Competition	American Academy of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services Pediatric Seminar	2005

Publications
Manuscripts in Refereed Journals
- Sawyer TL, Deering S
  Adaptation of the US Army's After-Action Review for Simulation Debriefing in Healthcare.
  24096913 Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2013 : 8(6)388-97
- Deering S, Sawyer T, Mikita J, Maurer D, Roth BJ
  The Central Simulation Committee (CSC): a model for centralization and standardization of simulation-based medical education in the U.S. Army healthcare system.
  22808890 Military medicine, 2012 July : 177(7)829-35
- Sawyer T, Sierocka-Castaneda A, Chan D, Berg B, Lustik M, Thompson M
  The Effectiveness of Video-Assisted Debriefing Versus Oral Debriefing Alone at Improving Neonatal Resuscitation Performance: A Randomized Trial.
  22673159 Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2012 June
- Sawyer T, Hara K, Thompson MW, Chan DS, Berg B
  Modification of the Laerdal SimBaby to include an integrated umbilical cannulation task trainer.
  19680085 Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2009 : 4(3)174-8
- Sawyer T, Laubach VA, Hudak J, Yamamura K, Pocrnich A.
  Improvements in Teamwork During Neonatal Resuscitation After Interprofessional TeamSTEPPS Training
  23318204 Neonatal Network, 32(1)26-33
Other Publications
- Sawyer T, Umoren RA, Gray MM
  Neonatal resuscitation: advances in training and practice.
  28096704 Advances in medical education and practice, 2016 Dec 23 : 811-19 PMCID:PMC5214887
- Sawyer T, Gray MM
  Procedural training and assessment of competency utilizing simulation.
  27692475 Seminars in perinatology, 2016 Sep 27
- Sawyer T, Eppich W, Brett-Fleegler M, Grant V, Cheng A
  More Than One Way to Debrief: A Critical Review of Healthcare Simulation Debriefing Methods.
  27254527 Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2016 June : 11(3)209-17
- Ishizuka M, Rangarajan V, Sawyer TL, Napolitano N, Boyer DL, Morrison WE, Lockman JL, Berg RA, Nadkarni VM, Nishisaki A, National Emergency Airway Registry for Children Investigators and Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators Network
  The Development of Tracheal Intubation Proficiency Outside the Operating Suite During Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Training: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Cumulative Sum Analysis.
  27214591 Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2016 May 20
- Roberts J, Sawyer T, Foubare D, Reid J, Stone K, Stephanian D, Thompson D
  Simulation to Assist in the Selection Process of New Airway Equipment in a Children's Hospital.
  26543689 Cureus, 2015 Sep 24 : 7(9)e331 PMCID:PMC4627836
- Lopreiato JO, Sawyer T
  Simulation-Based Medical Education in Pediatrics.
  25748973 Academic pediatrics, 2015 March : 15(2)134-142
- Braun L, Sawyer T, Smith K, Hsu A, Behrens M, Chan D, Hutchinson J, Lu D, Singh R, Reyes J, Lopreiato J
  Retention of pediatric resuscitation performance after a simulation-based mastery learning session: a multicenter randomized trial.
  25647122 Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies, 2015 Feb. : 16(2)131-8
- Braun L, Sawyer T, Kavanagh L, Deering S
  Facilitating physician reentry to practice: perceived effects of deployments on US army pediatricians' clinical and procedural skills.
  25530295 The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 2014 : 34(4)252-9
- Braun L, Sawyer T, Kavanagh L, Deering S
  Facilitating physician reentry to practice: perceived effects of deployments on US army pediatricians' clinical and procedural skills.
  25530295 The Journal of continuing education in the health professions, 2014 : 34(4)252-9
- Sawyer T, Laubach VA, Hudak J, Yamamura K, Pocrnich A
  Improvements in teamwork during neonatal resuscitation after interprofessional TeamSTEPPS training.
  23318204 Neonatal network : NN, 2013 Jan. : 32(1)26-33
- Johnson L, Mu T, Sawyer T
  . Use of Medical Simulation in Neonatal-Perinatal Fellowship Training Programs
  Journal of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 2012 : 5(4)339-345
- Delaney H, Rooks VJ, Wolfe S, Sawyer T
  Term Neonate with Intracranial Hemorrhage and Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
  Journal of Perinatology, 2012 : August(32)642-644

Research Funding

Grant Title	Grantor	Award Date
Development of an intubating laryngeal mask airway for neonates	CoMotion Innovation Fund	2016
Interprofessional Education Collaborative collection in AAMCs MedEdPORTAL	Association of American Medical Colleges	2013
Video-Laryngoscopy versus Direct Laryngoscopy for Neonatal Intubation: A Randomized	UW Neonatal Bioresearch Fund	2013

Overview

Board Certification(s): Pediatrics
Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Medical/Professional School: Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Des Moines, IA
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA
Residency: Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI
Fellowship: Tripler Army Medical Center, Tripler AMC, HI
Clinical Interests: Medical care of extremely preterm neonates
Research Description: Dr. Sawyer is the Director of Medical Simulation at Seattle Children's Hospital. His research interests are in medical education and the use of medical simulation to improve medical care.