Roberta E. Sonnino, M.D., F.A.C.S., F.A.A.P.
Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs
1206 Scott Hall
Phone: (313) 577-9877
Fax: (313) 577-1539
Assistant's Name: Judy Roberts
Roberta E. Sonnino, M.D., comes to the School of Medicine from the University of Minnesota Medical School, where she has served as associate dean of Faculty Affairs since 2008.
A board-certified pediatric surgeon, Dr. Sonnino grew up in Italy. She completed her undergraduate degree in pre-medicine at the University of Michigan and graduated from the University of Padova (Italy) Medical School with a Laurea in Medicine and Surgery. After a pediatric internship at Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati, she served as an intern and resident for the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery. In the mid-1980s, Dr. Sonnino served a residency and was named chief resident in the Department of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. She served as president of the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine from 2006 to 2007.
As associate provost for Medical Affairs, Dr. Sonnino will assist the office of Provost Ronald T. Brown with issues related to the School of Medicine.
While at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Sonnino established faculty development and recognition programs, and built a number of programs and curricula surrounding women faculty development, leadership and creating high performance work groups for the Association of American Medical Colleges. She won the AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award in 2010 and in 2008 received the Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award from Creighton University.
She is a member of the American Association of University Women, the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association of Women Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the Academy of Surgical Research, of which she is a past president. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Sonnino, who loves sports, classical music and opera, said she looks forward to re-establishing ties in Michigan, and to again subscribing to the Michigan Opera Theater. Her first love after medicine and medical education is photography. A certified professional photographer, she took all the photographs for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 2005 monograph, "Journey to Authenticity: Voices of Chief Residents." She also has volunteered to shoot photos for the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation, an organization that provides for families portraits of newborns who are not expected to survive. She said she hopes to continue that volunteer service in the Detroit area.
A board-certified pediatric surgeon, Dr. Sonnino grew up in Italy. She completed her undergraduate degree in pre-medicine at the University of Michigan and graduated from the University of Padova (Italy) Medical School with a Laurea in Medicine and Surgery. After a pediatric internship at Children’s Hospital of Cincinnati, she served as an intern and resident for the University of Minnesota Department of Surgery. In the mid-1980s, Dr. Sonnino served a residency and was named chief resident in the Department of Surgery at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. She served as president of the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine from 2006 to 2007.
As associate provost for Medical Affairs, Dr. Sonnino will assist the office of Provost Ronald T. Brown with issues related to the School of Medicine.
While at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Dr. Sonnino established faculty development and recognition programs, and built a number of programs and curricula surrounding women faculty development, leadership and creating high performance work groups for the Association of American Medical Colleges. She won the AAMC’s Group on Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award in 2010 and in 2008 received the Women in Medicine and Science Leadership Award from Creighton University.
She is a member of the American Association of University Women, the Society for Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Association of Women Surgeons, the American College of Surgeons and the Academy of Surgical Research, of which she is a past president. She is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Sonnino, who loves sports, classical music and opera, said she looks forward to re-establishing ties in Michigan, and to again subscribing to the Michigan Opera Theater. Her first love after medicine and medical education is photography. A certified professional photographer, she took all the photographs for the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education 2005 monograph, "Journey to Authenticity: Voices of Chief Residents." She also has volunteered to shoot photos for the Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation, an organization that provides for families portraits of newborns who are not expected to survive. She said she hopes to continue that volunteer service in the Detroit area.