Robert Sawyer, PhD

Dr. Robert Sawyer, PhD, is a board-certified neuropsychologist, serving a dual role at Ochsner Health. As medical director of provider experience in the Ochsner Office of Wellbeing, Dr. Sawyer leads efforts aimed at bolstering the resilience and effectiveness of medical teams amid the pressures of contemporary medicine. He can speak on topics such as workforce wellness and preventing physician burnout.
In addition, Dr. Sawyer serves as medical director of neuroscience value with the Ochsner Neuroscience Institute. He is particularly dedicated to redefining the economic aspects of dementia care, helping health care systems understand the underlying financial needs for establishing and maintaining dementia care programs. He is a co-investigator in a National Institute on Aging/National Institutes of Health study of dementia care management led by the University of California San Francisco. He also chairs the Alzheimer’s Association's recently created workgroup focused on the business case for care navigation. 
Dr. Sawyer earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from the University of Memphis in Tennessee. He completed an internship in neuropsychology with Memphis VA Medical Center in Tennessee, and a fellowship in neuropsychology with VA Maryland Health Care System in Baltimore.