CURRICULUM VITAE
April 9, 2007
Name:Barry F. Sachs, MD
Date of Birth:March 30, 1935
College:HarvardDate: 1955Degree: AB
MedicalSchool:New YorkUniversity
School of MedicineGraduated 1959
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Other Degrees:
Internship:
7/59-60UniversityHospital of Cleveland (Rotating)
Surgical Residency:
1960-1961BostonCityHospital
1961-1965New EnglandCenterHospital
1965-1967Children’s Hospital Pittsburgh
(Pediatric Surgery)
Certification:
1966American Board of Surgery #14348
7/1976American Board of Pediatric Surgery #287
1984/1996(Recertification)
1969RoyalCollege of Surgeons #2645
1970American Specialty Board #2182 (Thoracic)
2005American Board of Pediatric Surgery (Recertification)
Fellowship:
AmericanCollege of Surgeons
AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics #113192
License:
Massachusetts #28059 (expires 3/30 every other year)
DEA #AS5425916
Curriculum Vitae
Barry F. Sachs, M.D.
Other Training:
1970Post Graduate Broncho-Esophagology
University of Illinois
1985Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati
(Laser Surgery)
4/1-4
1993Pediatric Endourology andHarvardMedicalSchool
Laparoscopy CourseBoston, MA
(27 Credits)
MedicalSchool Appointments:
Present:Clinical Professor Surgery, TuftsSchool of Medicine
Chief of Pediatric Surgery, BaystateMedicalCenter
Past:Assistant Professor Surgery
1/69-8/70McMasterUniversity
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Medical Societies:
1967-1969Pennsylvania Medical Society
1967-1969AlleghenyCounty Medical Society
1967-1969Pittsburgh Pediatric Society
1969-1970Ontario Medical Association
1969-1970HamiltonAcademy of Medicine
Sigma XI
Duval CountyMedical Society
Northeast Florida Pediatric Society
Florida Medical Association
Florida Thoracic Surgical Association
Florida Pediatric Association
1967-CurrentAmerican Medical Association
CurrentMassachusetts Medical Society
CurrentHampden District Medical Society
CurrentAmerican Pediatric Surgical Association
CurrentAmericanCollege of Surgeons
CurrentAmericanAcademy of Pediatrics
Curriculum Vitae
Barry F. Sachs, M.D.
CURRENT COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS:
Advisory Committee Children’s Center – General Surgery
Advisory Childbirth Education Association Greater Springfield
Publication Committee American Pediatric Surgical Association
Committee on Practice-American Pediatric Surgical Association – Chairman, 1992-1995
Rate Setting Commission (Mass) Advisory Group
Finance Committee for the Children’s Miracle Network
Executive Committee of Pediatrics – BaystateMedicalCenter
Bereavement Advisory Committee – BaystateMedicalCenter
Greater Springfield IPA Board of Directors 1988 – 1991; 1995 – Current
Joint Conference Committee, BaystateMedicalCenter
Physician’s Advisor for Health Pro Inc.
(Medicaid review and pre-admission screening for Commonwealth of Mass.)
Emergency Ward Committee (Quality Improvement)
Children’s Hospital Quality Improvement Team
Chairman, Practice Committee, APSA, 2003-2006
Curriculum Vitae
Barry F. Sachs, M.D.
SELECTED PREVIOUS COMMITTEES:
Accident Prevention Committee Chapter AAP
Emergency Medical Services Committee Massachusetts Medical Society
State Advisory Council on Emergency Medical Services
Area 3 Emergency Medical Services Committee and Transportation
Burn Advisory Committee National Foundation of March of Dimes
Advisory Committee for Mass. Dept. Public Health Childhood for Safety Restraints
The Statewide Childhood Injury Prevention Program Committee SCIPP
Surgical Audit Committee – BMC
Pediatric Surgical Advisory to the Western Mass PSRO
Childhood Safety and Accident Committee Springfield, MA
Physician Peer Review – BaystateMedicalCenter
Curriculum Vitae
Barry F. Sachs, M.D.
Lectures and Papers:
4/6/88Thanatological Paper – Published
March 1988 Pediatric Emergency Care
9/10/88Thanatological Issues in Pediatric TraumaBMC, Dept. of Surgery
“Does Medical Care End WhenSurgical Grand Rounds
Resuscitation Fails?”
10/25/88Management of Pediatric EmergenciesEMT’s-Gilbertville, MA
BMC – ER Nurses
11/8/88Pedi CEDNPEP (Critical Care Emergency
Dept. Nurse Education Program)
11/22/88Genitourinary EmergenciesBMC – ER Nurses
3/28/89Pediatric TraumaBMC
5/5/89Topics in Pediatric Surgery: IntussusceptionBMC
10/13/89The Compassionate Friends, Inc.AsnuntuckComm.College
4th N.E. Regional ConferenceEnfield, CT
10/14/89“Do Doctors Get Sad…..?(EnfieldHigh School)
4/25/90Pediatric Critical Care EssentialsBMC
Course – “Pediatric Trauma”
5/1/90Bereavement ConferenceSpringfield Marriott
“When Death Meets the Family:
Being There for the Dying and Ourselves”
12/10/91Pediatric Grand RoundsBMC
Laparoscopic Pediatric Surgical Procedures
ADEC – “Providing the Needs of SurvivorsBoston, MA
who Die – Development of a hospital based
Bereavement Counseling Program”.
10/29/92Pediatric TraumaPediatric ER Department
Nursing – BMC
8/24/93Pediatric Grand RoundsBMC
Case Presentations
1/6/94“Practical PediatricsSpringfield Marriott
Focus on the Foreskin”
12/94Pediatric Grand RoundsBMC
“Nibbles and Bites”
Dog Bite Presentation
1995-1996Instructor to PA ProgramBMC
11/22/96Circumcision PresentationBMC NICU Staff
12/17/96Pediatric Grand RoundsBMC
“Nibbles and Bites II”
Why dogs bite and strategies for prevention
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Barry F. Sachs, M.D.
Lectures and Papers (Cont’d):
5/20/97Pediatric Grand RoundsBMC
“Nibbles and Bites III”
11/5/97Sports Injuries in the SchoolLog Cabin, Holyoke, MA
Age Child: Blunt trauma to the
abdomen.
“Partnership in Caring for Children in Schools”
12/00“Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy”Boston, MA
MassachusettsChapterAmericanCollege of
Surgeons
2000 Tashjian D, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs, BF, Konefal SH:
Laparoscopic versus Open Appendectomy. Curr Surg, 57: 506, 2000.
2001 Tashjian D, Moriarty KP, Triabassi M, Courtney R, Sachs B, Konefal, S:
Perforated Appendicitis: Laparoscopic or Open Appendectomy. J Soc
Laparoendoscopic Surg, 5: 326, 2001.
11/23/02Presentation to Advance Oncology ClassBaystateMedicalCenter
Pediatric Surgical Oncology
12/17/02Pediatric Grand RoundsBaystateMedicalCenter
“Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease –
Current Concepts of Diagnosis and Management”
04/03/03Continuing Education SeminarBaystateMedicalCenter
“Practical Pediatrics”
2003Banever GT, Moriarty KP, Courtney RA, Sachs BF, Konefal SH, Barbeau, L: Pediatric Hand Treadmill Injuries. Journal of Craniofacial Surgery, 14:4, 2003.
05/12/04Presentation to Advance Oncology ClassBaystateMedicalCenter
“The Pediatric Surgeon and Cancer
Management”
2004 Tirabassi M, Tashjian DB, Moriarty KP, Konefal SH, Courtney RA,
Sachs BF: Perforated Appendicitis: Is Laparoscopy Safe?, JSLS, 8:147- 149, 2004.
2005 Tirabassi M, Wadie G, Moriarty KP, Garb J, Konefal SH, Courtney RA,
Sachs BF, Wait R: Geographic Information System (GIS) Localization of
Community Acquired MRSA Soft Tissue Abscesses, J Pediatr Surg,
40:962-966, 2005