Dr Anthony Sandler, MBBCh, FACS, FAAP

Dr Anthony Sandler MBBCh, FACS, FAAP, is the Senior Vice President & Surgeon-in-Chief of the Joseph E. Robert Jr. Center for Surgical Care at Children’s National Hospital in Washington D.C and is the Director of the Sheik Zayed Institute for Surgical Innovation. He is the Diane and Norman Bernstein Chair in Pediatric Surgery and a Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at George Washington University. Dr. Sandler is a thoracic and general pediatric surgeon with special interest in childhood solid tumors and operative repair of congenital anomalies.

Dr. Sandler's research interests include tumor immunology and tumor vaccine therapy, as well as the design and application of novel devices and technologies for surgical practice. Dr. Sandler has served and chaired multiple committees for the American Pediatric Surgical Association and is currently on the Board of Examiners for the Pediatric Surgery Qualifying examination. Dr. Sandler has over 160 peer reviewed publications in clinical and scientific medical journals and is an NIH funded investigator.