Penn Medicine Provider
Anesthesiology
Stuart M. Sacks, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Miami
  • Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation

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My Locations

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Sacks is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

My research

Saumil J. Patel, MD, Andrew P. Notarianni, MD, Nathan H. Waldron, MD, Albert Tsai, MD, Monique L. Roberts, MD, Stuart M. Sacks, MD, Joseph A. Colao, MD, Daniel A. Kinney, MD, Mario Montealegre-Gallegos, MD, Hong Liang, DO, MS, Asheen Rama, MD, Vanja Ristovic, MBBS, FRCPC, Danielle A. Pulton, MD, Jared W. Feinman, MD, FASE The Year in Graduate Medical Education: Selected Highlights from 2024 , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: 2025

Stuart Sacks, M.D. & Jared Feinman, M.D. A 2024 Update from the American Society of Echocardiography: Multimodality Imaging for Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Temporary Mechanical Circulatory support , Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: 2025

Makhoul, A, Zhu, Y, & Sacks, S.M. Intraoperative Transesophageal Echocardiography , Modern Monitoring in Perioperative Medicine: 2025

John McKeon, DO & Stuart Sacks, MD Paravalvular Leak or Pseudoaneurysm? Contextualizing Echo Findings in a Patient for Redo Surgery and Prior Endocarditis , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2024

Kumpf, D., Sacks, S., & Mehta, A. Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery and Monitoring Challenges During Aneurysmal Arch Repair , American Society of Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2023

Sacks, S., & Wakefield, B. Atrial Fibrillation in Radiation Heart Disease: A Barrier in Weaning from VA ECMO , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2023

Mandavawala, K., Sacks, S.M., and Chan, K Acute Cardiac Related Pain and Differential Diagnosis , Acute Pain Management Essentials: An Interdisciplinary Approach: 2022

Sacks, S.M., Wollborn, J, & Shook, D. Moyamoya Syndrome and Cardiac Surgery: A Rare Combination. , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2021

Sacks, S.M., Sedghi, K.S., Varelmann, D., Rinewalt, D., Kaneko, T., Shook, D., Vlassakov, K., & Thaemert, N. Parasternal Subpectoral Nerve Blocks After Cardiac Surgery: Opioid Sparing Analgesia After Sternal Fracture And Rib Disarticulation , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2020

Stein, A.L., Sacks, S.M., Roth, J.R., Habis, M., Saltz, S.B., & Chen, C. Anesthetic Management During Electroconvulsive Therapy in Children: A Systematic Review of the Available Literature , Anesthesia & Analgesia, 130(1): 2020,126-140