Stuart Sweet

MD, PhD
Professor, Pediatric Lung Transplant
St. Louis Children’s Hospital

Brief Bio

Stuart C. Sweet, MD, PhD, is the W. McKim Marriott Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St. Louis, MO. He received his medical degree and a PhD in cellular and molecular biology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Dr. Sweet’s clinical focus is on pediatric lung transplantation. He served as the medical director of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital pediatric lung transplant program from 1999-2022. Dr. Sweet’s professional interests include organ allocation, clinical outcomes in lung transplantation, health policy and the role of information technology in medicine. He served as PI of two multicenter trials operated under the auspices of the NIH Clinical Trials in Organ Transplantation for Children Program (CTOT-C), one evaluating the impact of respiratory viral infections on pediatric lung transplant outcomes and the other evaluating the impact of rituximab induction on pediatric lung transplant outcomes. Dr. Sweet has held multiple national and international leadership roles including chair/co-chair of the CTOT-C/CTOT steering committees, Board President of the Missouri Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Board President of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, and OPTN Board President in 2016-17.

Primary Patient Group Pediatric & Neonatal

Primary Areas of Expertise Post-transplant

Primary Organs of Expertise Thoracic Organs (Heart and Lung)

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