Stuart M. Sacks, MD
Anesthesiology
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Anesthesiology and Critical Care HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology and Critical Care
My education and training
- Medical School: University of Miami
- Residency: Mass General Brigham Healthcare Center - Chestnut Hill
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Capital Blue Cross/Capital Advantage Insurance Company
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
Locations
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Anesthesiology, 2023
- Adult Cardiac Anesthesiology, 2023
- Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, National
- American Society of Anesthesiologists, National
- Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, National
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, National
- Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Amanda R. Tomlinson, M.D. & Stuart M. Sacks, M.D. Complex Sequelae of Circumflex Artery Myocardial Infarction: Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation and Left Ventricle Free Wall Rupture , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting : 2026
Julian Conn Busch, M.D., Brian O'Donnell, M.D., and Stuart M. Sacks, M.D. Perioperative Management of a Left Atrial Myxoid Sarcoma: A Case of Postoperative Pulmonary Venous Stenosis , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting : 2026
William Ryan, M.D., Toru Mihama, M.D., Chase Jennings, M.D., Alessandra Cardi, M.D., John G. Augoustides, M.D., and Stuart M. Sacks, M.D. Urgent Alcohol Septal Ablation for Refractory Shock and Hypoxemic Failure in the Setting of Combined Takotsubo and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2026
Scott Zheng, M.D. & Stuart M. Sacks, M.D. An Unusual Presentation of Aortic Dissection Causing Pulmonary Artery Obstruction: A Case Report , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting: 2026
Parthik D. Patel, M.D. & Stuart M. Sacks, M.D. Optimizing Anesthetic Care for Severe Right-Sided Carcinoid Heart Disease: A Case Report , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Annual Meeting : 2026
Himani V. Bhatt, DO, Ashley Virginia Fritz, DO, Jared W. Feinman, MD, FASE, Sudhakar Subramani, MD, Anita K. Malhotra, MD, Matthew M. Townsley, MD, Menachem M. Weiner, MD, Archit Sharma, MD, John Choi, DO, Jennifer Shmukler, MD, Anna Bovill Shapiro, MD, Andrea Rivero, MD, Jacob King, DO, Samuel Fallon, MD, Stuart M. Sacks, MD, Satoshi Hanada, MD, FASE, Archer Kilbourne Martin, MD, Harish Ramakrishna, MD The Year in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia: Selected Highlights From 2025 , Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anesthesia: 2025
Stuart M. Sacks, MD Evaluation of the Etiology and Severity of Mitral Regurgitation , Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Newsletter, Echo Corner, 50(33): 2025
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. Chapter 29: Transesophageal Echocardiography in Perioperative Monitoring , Modern Monitoring in Perioperative Medicine: 2025