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

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

Insurance accepted

My 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.
Dr. Sacks is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

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


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