Tori Nicole Sutherland, MD, MPH

Tori Sutherland, MD, MPH, is a core faculty member at the Clinical Futures, a CHOP Research Institute Center of Emphasis, an attending anesthesiologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and an assistant professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sutherland received her medical degree from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. She completed her internship in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, residency in anesthesiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center also in Boston, and fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at Boston Children's Hospital. She also holds a Master of Public Health degree from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.

Dr. Sutherland's previous research experience includes maternal mortality reduction trials in Egypt, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe; as well as a clinical trial to characterize antimicrobial resistance in Rwanda. Currently, her research focuses on opioid-sparing pain management for children and risk factors for adverse outcomes after surgery among adolescents.

  • Thomas J. Watson Fellowship recipient
  • Capstone award (Best Thesis), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
  • Senior Fellow, Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania
  • Senior Scholar, Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation (CPORT), University of Pennsylvania