Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston MA
Medical School: Cornell University, New York NY (1991)
Residency: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA (1994)
Post Residency: Fellowship in Cardiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston MA (1997)
Foreign Language: Spanish
Special Interests: Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity

Selected Publications:
Sawyer DB, Zuppinger C, Miller TA, Eppenberger HM, Suter TM. Modulation of anthracycline-induced myofibrillar disarray in rat ventricular myocytes by neuregulin/erbB signaling: potential mechanism for trastuzumab-induced cardiotoxicity. Circulation, 105: 1551-1554, 2002.

Givertz MM, Sawyer DB, Colucci WS. Antioxidants and myocardial contractility: illuminating the "Dark Side" of beta-adrenergic receptor activation? Circulation. 2001 Feb 13;103(6):782-3.

Colucci WS, Sawyer DB, Singh K, Communal C. Adrenergic overload and apoptosis in heart failure: implications for therapy. J Card Fail. 2000 Jun;6(2 Suppl 1):1-7.

Sawyer DB, Colucci WS.
Mitochondrial oxidative stress in heart failure: "oxygen wastage" revisited. Circ Res. 2000 Feb 4;86(2):119-20.

Sawyer DB, Colucci WS. Nitric oxide in the failing myocardium. Cardiol Clin. 1998 Nov;16(4):657-64, viii.