Interventional Radiologist
Dr. David Sacks received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been an interventional radiologist at Reading Hospital since 1985. He has served at the local level as president of the Philadelphia Angiography and Interventional Radiology Society and at the national level as chair of the Technology Assessment Committee, Councilor for the Standards Division, and President of the Society of Interventional Radiology. Dr. Sacks has authored/coauthored over 130 scientific publications and book chapters. He has been the site principal investigator for multi-institutional trials of treatment of deep vein thrombosis, vertebral compression fractures, and peripheral arterial angioplasty. He has had an interest in the interventional treatment of stroke for nearly 20 years. He created an interventional stroke treatment program at Reading Hospital in 2001. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers on physician training and performance standards for carotid stenting and stroke interventions, and chaired an international writing group to create outcome benchmarks for intra-arterial stroke therapy. He is currently president of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Carotid Stenting Facilities and chair of the board of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. He also serves on the board of the interventional stroke registry, INSTOR and the board of the Journal of Radiology Nursing. He was co-chair of the Society of Interventional Radiology CLOTS interventional stroke training course, created a stroke training course for the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia in July 2017, and lectured on stroke interventions at the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Radiologists annual meeting in New Zealand in 2019.
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About David Sacks, MD
Dr. David Sacks received his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Princeton University, his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and completed his residency in diagnostic radiology and fellowship in interventional radiology at the University of Pennsylvania. He has been an interventional radiologist at Reading Hospital since 1985. He has served at the local level as president of the Philadelphia Angiography and Interventional Radiology Society and at the national level as chair of the Technology Assessment Committee, Councilor for the Standards Division, and President of the Society of Interventional Radiology. Dr. Sacks has authored/coauthored over 130 scientific publications and book chapters. He has been the site principal investigator for multi-institutional trials of treatment of deep vein thrombosis, vertebral compression fractures, and peripheral arterial angioplasty. He has had an interest in the interventional treatment of stroke for nearly 20 years. He created an interventional stroke treatment program at Reading Hospital in 2001. He has authored or co-authored numerous papers on physician training and performance standards for carotid stenting and stroke interventions, and chaired an international writing group to create outcome benchmarks for intra-arterial stroke therapy. He is currently president of the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Carotid Stenting Facilities and chair of the board of the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission. He also serves on the board of the interventional stroke registry, INSTOR and the board of the Journal of Radiology Nursing. He was co-chair of the Society of Interventional Radiology CLOTS interventional stroke training course, created a stroke training course for the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia in July 2017, and lectured on stroke interventions at the Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Radiologists annual meeting in New Zealand in 2019.