Dr. Saneto

Background on Dr. Russell Saneto, D.O., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Families that are dealing with mitochondrial disease are very fortunate to have one of the leading mitochondrial specialists in the country right here in Seattle .  Dr. Russell Saneto is part of the University of Washington 's School of Medicine ; Pediatrics Department and is part of the Division of Neurology that is based at Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center .  Dr. Saneto's clinical interests are in the areas of epilepsy, EEG-video telemetry and mitochondrial disorders.  His area of focus for research is the detection and treatment of pediatric epilepsies caused by mitochondrial disease. Dr. Saneto is boarded in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics and in Neurology, with special emphasis in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. 

Prior to coming to Seattle , Dr. Saneto did his pediatric residency, pediatric neurology fellowship and pediatric epilepsy fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic after completing medical school in three years and graduating from Des Moines University, School of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences in 1994.

Prior to going to medical school Dr. Saneto received his PhD in human biochemical genetics at the University of Texas and did a postdoctoral fellowship in developmental neurobiology at UCLA.  He also spent time as an assistant professor in Cell Biology and Anatomy at Oregon Health Sciences University.

Dr. Saneto joined Children's Hospital and the University Of Washington School Of Medicine in the fall of 2001 and he is one of less than 50 doctors around the country that is focusing on mitochondrial disease and is the only doctor focusing on pediatric epilepsy associated with mitochondrial disease .  Dr. Saneto became interested in mitochondrial disease while a pediatric neurology fellow at the Cleveland Clinic as his mentor (Dr. Bruce Cohen) was interested in this disorder.

Dr. Saneto has a long-term vision "of Seattle and Children's Hospital becoming a Center of Excellence for the Northwest in regards to mitochondrial patient care and research." Please help make that vision a reality!

For additional information on The University of Washington School of Medicine Neurology program please go to www.peds.washington.edu/divisions/neuro/neuro.asp.

For additional information on Children's Hospital neurology program please go to Neurology | Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center. 

To contact Dr. Saneto directly please email him at russ.saneto@seattlechildrens.org

For additional information on how you can help please contact Jill Herczog at j.herczog@verizon.net or Ashley Farrington at a.farrington2@verizon.net.