Dr. Darien Sutton

Dr. Darien Sutton is a medical correspondent for ABC News and a board-certified emergency medicine physician.

While still a resident, Dr. Sutton interned at ABC News and was welcomed back as a contributor during the height of the pandemic. Since then, he has covered a wide range of medical stories for ABC News, including a medication used in weight loss drugs that may help heart failure, the FDA approving the first-ever postpartum drug, and a shot recommended by the CDC to help mitigate the risk of RSV in infants.

Dr. Sutton started his clinical career as a resident at Bellevue Hospital in New York, where he developed his passion for addressing the systemic inequities of the American healthcare system, especially as they pertain to race, gender identity, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status. During his bus rides to the hospital, he posted on social media about the health issues he cared about, amassing a dedicated following.

Aside from his medical accomplishments, Dr. Sutton is the proud son of a lifelong ICU nurse and mental health advocate Sheila Sutton and criminal defense attorney Harold Ramsey, to whom he dedicated his white coat at his medical school graduation. He is a dual graduate of New York University, where he completed his MD at the school of medicine, and the Stern School of Business, where he completed his Master of Business Administration. He lives between New York City and Los Angeles with his partner, Phillip Picardi, and two cats, Freddy and Juniper.