Alexandra Sawyer, MD

Professional Titles

• Assistant Professor of Pediatric Endocrinology

Research Interests

Type 1 Diabetes, Diabetes Technology, Emerging therapies in Type 1 diabetes

Publications

• Sawyer A, Wilmot EG, Do D, Miller KM, Ly TT, Forlenza GP. Settings Associated with Optimal Glycemic Outcomes with the Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System: Evidence from Real-World Users with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics. 2026;0(0). doi:10.1177/15209156261456826
• Sawyer A, Towers L, Lange S, Stein A, Berget C, Forlenza GP. A Simple Meal Bolus Strategy is Effective in Adolescents and Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes on Multiple Automated Insulin Delivery Systems. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2026 Jul 15;:15209156261467128. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42458783
• Sawyer A, Wilmot EG, Do D, Miller KM, Ly TT, Forlenza GP. Settings Associated with Optimal Glycemic Outcomes with the Omnipod® 5 Automated Insulin Delivery System: Evidence from Real-World Users with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2026 Jun 24;:15209156261456826. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 42338327
• Platnick C, Choi YJ, Narongkiatikhun P, Bekelman N, Rountree-Jablin C, Birznieks C, Sell E, Tommerdahl KL, de Boer I, Shah VN, Nadeau KJ, Sawyer A, Pyle L, Bjornstad P. Relationships among biological sex, body composition, and bone mineral density in young persons with and without diabetes. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025 May 26;38(5):476-487. PubMed PMID: 40205712
• Sawyer A, Bothwell S, Swenson K, Travers S, Davis S. Infant gonadotropins predict spontaneous puberty in girls with Turner syndrome. J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab. 2025 Jun 26;38(6):607-614. PubMed PMID: 40294444
• Sobczak M, Pyle L, Sawyer A, Forlenza GP, Alonso GT. Correlation Between A1c and Continuous Glucose Monitor Time in Range in a Cohort of Pediatric Patients with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2025 Jul;27(7):567-571. PubMed PMID: 39937145
• Sawyer A, Forlenza GP, Wadwa RP. An overview of the t:slim X2 and Mobi insulin pumps with Control-IQ technology: patient safety and device efficacy. Expert Rev Med Devices. 2025 Dec;22(12):1309-1321. PubMed PMID: 41175172
• Sawyer A, Zeitler E, Trachtman H, Bjornstad P. Kidney Considerations in Pediatric Obesity. Curr Obes Rep. 2023 Sep;12(3):332-344. PubMed PMID: 37558892
• Sawyer A, Sobczak M, Forlenza GP, Alonso GT. Glycemic Control in Relation to Technology Use in a Single-Center Cohort of Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2022 Jun;24(6):409-415. PubMed PMID: 35099306
• Lock NE, Sawyer AA, Wise L, Bhatia J, Stansfield BK. Vitamin K and ECMO for neonatal hypoxic respiratory failure. Perfusion. 2022 Jul;37(5):484-492. PubMed PMID: 33761796
• Sawyer AA, Pollock NK, Gutin B, Weintraub NL, Stansfield BK. Proportionality at birth and left ventricular hypertrophy in healthy adolescents. Early Hum Dev. 2019 May;132:24-29. PubMed PMID: 30953878
• Masoumy EP, Sawyer AA, Sharma S, Patel JA, Gordon PMK, Regnault TRH, Matushewski B, Weintraub NL, Richardson B, Thompson JA, Stansfield BK. The lifelong impact of fetal growth restriction on cardiac development. Pediatr Res. 2018 Oct;84(4):537-544. PubMed PMID: 29967522
• Sawyer AA, Wise L, Ghosh S, Bhatia J, Stansfield BK. Response to "Evaluating reflex red blood cell transfusion thresholds in neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation". Transfusion. 2018 May;58(5):1327-1328. PubMed PMID: 29683512
• Sawyer AA, Wise L, Ghosh S, Bhatia J, Stansfield BK. Comparison of transfusion thresholds during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. Transfusion. 2017 Sep;57(9):2115-2120. PubMed PMID: 28500639

Professional Memberships

• The Endocrine Society, Member
• Pediatric Endocrine Society, Member
• American Diabetes Association, Member
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Member
• Alpha Omega Alpha, Member
• International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes, Member

Practice Locations

Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
13123 East 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-777-1234

CU Anschutz Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes Pediatric Clinic
1775 Aurora Ct
Suite A140
Aurora, CO 80045
303-724-2323

Center Affiliations

• Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes

Specialty Information

Specialties

• Pediatrics, Board Certification
• Pediatric Endocrinology