Dr. Douglas Sawyer works at Maine Medical Center and MaineHealth where he currently serves as Chief Academic Officer.  He received his MD and PhD in Physiology and Biophysicis from Cornell University, and trained in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Brigham and Women's Hospital. 

He has been an active clinical cardiologist and physician-scientist throughout his career, maintaining an NIH funded laboratory with a focus on understanding myocardial biology and developing translational studies elucidating how the adult heart maintains and repairs itself, as well as developing therapeutic strategies to enhance myocardial repair after injury. 

As Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Sawyer oversees all aspects of the academic and research missions of Maine Medical Center and MaineHealth, and serves as Academic Dean for the Maine Track program partnership with Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Sawyer is the Co-Director of the Myocardial Biology & Heart Failure Research Lab and the Director of the Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Acute Care and Rural Health Disparities at Maine Medical Center Research Institute.