STUART B. SACKS, M.D.

* ********** **** • Rochester, NY 14618

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PHYSICAN MEDICAL-LEGAL ANALYST/CONSULTANT

Respected board-certified Anesthesiologist with a career record of exemplary clinical leadership and patient care. Seeking to contribute vast experience, knowledge, skills, acumen and accomplishments to advise, educate and impact attorneys, judges, and juries.

Career Profile

Solution-oriented and versatile health care professional with valuable board-certified physician experience that includes interdisciplinary team contribution, clinical leadership, detailed assessment, and plan of care development. Respected throughout career for exemplary clinical management, highly developed organizational skills, accountability for positive patient outcomes, and maintaining high productivity with heavy patient caseloads.

Trusted as a collaborative, resourceful, integrative thinker with extensive clinical decision making and operating room administration experience. Exceptionally skilled at interpreting mechanisms of disease and processes, extracting, assimilating, translating, and communicating complex medical and scientific data, trends, insights, and perspectives to clinical and non-clinical audiences. Anesthesiology career spans integrated health systems, private practice, ambulatory surgery center and dental care environments and comprehensive personal anesthesia care with general surgical and sub-specialty cases.

Medical Records Evaluation

Counsel/Witness Preparation

Medical Chronologies & Timelines

Claims Review Process

Report Writing

Case Development

Standard of Care

Clinical Administration

Risk Management

Plan of Care Development

Clinical Program Planning

Assessment & Documentation

Mechanisms of Disease

General & Regional Anesthesia

Quality Assurance

Disease Processes

Ultrasound-guided Nerve Blocks

Electronic Medical Records

Progression of Disease

Respiratory/Airway Management

Clinical Teaching/Training

Professional History

INDEPENDENT MEDICAL-LEGAL ANALYST/CONSULTANT (2020 - Present) Rochester, NY

Following nearly three decades in the OR participating in over 25,000 surgical procedures in hospital and outpatient surgery center environments backed with the experience and insight to evaluate complex medical scenarios, their disease processes, and interventions for the presence or absence of good clinical practice, I offer efficient, time-responsive evaluation as to whether a case has merit and communicate the salient points in lay terms to defense and plaintiff legal counsel.

Provide expert consultation, medical record, case review and report preparation services to enhance counsel’s ability to establish the standard of care, ascertain whether the applicable standard of care was met and determine negligence, causation, and injury.

ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF ROCHESTER, P.C. (AAR) (2017-2019) Rochester, NY

Partner (2019-2020) Anesthesiologist employee (2017-2019)

Joined a 43-member private physician group of specialty trained anesthesiologists reputed for providing high quality, evidence- based, patient-centered, compassionate services to the Rochester Regional Health network of Inpatient and Outpatient facilities at Rochester General Hospital, Newark-Wayne Community Hospital, Clifton Springs Hospital, Rochester Ambulatory Surgical Center and Linden Oaks Surgical Center.

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Mobile: 585-***-**** • Email: Email: adlj17@r.postjobfree.com • LinkedIn

Performed 900+ cases annually; provided comprehensive regional and/or general anesthesia care, airway management, line insertions and nerve blocks for diverse cases: general, non-invasive cardiac, thoracic, ENT, oncology, orthopedic, ophthalmology, pediatric, plastics, podiatry, vascular, neuro, urology, and OB. ACLS, PALS certified

Conducted anesthetic patients’ perioperative course of care, including consults with surgeons to formulate appropriate surgical and anesthetic plans; presided over post-operative care, maintained required EMR documentation.

Supervised medical students, respiratory therapists and students, nurses and students

PERIO HEALTH PARTNERS (2012-2017) Rochester, NY

COMPREHENSIVE PERIODONTICS & DENTAL IMPLANTS (2016-2017)

Anesthesiologist

Provided office based conscious IV sedation anesthesia care to dental and oral surgery patients inclusive of presurgical consultation and post-operative care. Per diem.

Developed service delivery protocols, processes, patient communications, and trained clinical staff.

Westside Anesthesia Associates of Rochester, LLP (WAAR) (1999-2017) Rochester, NY

Founding Partner

Left Park Medical Group to establish an independent private specialty practice with 15 other physicians with continued affiliation with the new Unity Hospital.

Park Ridge Hospital – Park Medical Group (1994-1999) Rochester, NY

Associate Chair, Department of Anesthesiology (1999-2017)

Chairman, Department of Anesthesiology (1998-1999)

Clinical Coordinator, Unity Hospital Operating Room (1997-2016)

Staff Anesthesiologist (1994-2017)

Joined Park Medical Group as a physician employee providing general and regional anesthesia for a variety of general and sub-specialties cases. Established and served in the role of Clinical Coordinator for Unity’s O.R. prior to being named as Chair of Dept. of Anesthesiology. The merger of St. Mary’s Hospital with Park Ridge (renamed Unity Hospital) in 1997 to form Unity Health Systems significantly increased surgical caseloads. I elected to assume the Associate Chair responsibilities to maintain patient care.

Performed 1,000+ cases annually; provided comprehensive regional and/or general anesthesia care, airway management, line insertions and nerve blocks for diverse cases: general, non-invasive cardiac, thoracic, ENT, oncology, orthopedic, ophthalmology, pediatric, plastics, podiatry, vascular, neuro, urology, and OB. ACLS, PALS certified

Established the role of Clinical Coordinator for the Unity O.R. as a result of the increased complexity of the daily surgical schedule to optimize quality, efficiency and profitability.

Supervised CRNA staff, medical students, and respiratory therapists, nurses and students.

Conducted presurgical patient evaluation and as necessary, collaborated with surgeons; Co-developed appropriate plans of care with patients and surgeons; Managed postoperative recovery.

Education & Training

Doctor of Medicine

State University of New York Upstate Medical University – Syracuse, NY [1990]

Bachelor of Science, Premedicine

Penn State University – State College, PA [1986]

Anesthesiology Residency

University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital – Rochester, NY

Chief Resident [1994] Resident [1991 - 1993]

Internship

St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center – Syracuse, NY [1991]

Board Affiliation

American Board of Anesthesiology Diplomat [1995]

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