Cardiothoracic Surgery Physicians
Edward Y. Sako, MD, PhD
Professor and Vice Chairman
Chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery, South Texas Veterans Health Care System
Email: sako@uthscsa.edu
Board Certifications:
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
American Board of Surgery
Education:
PhD, University of Minnesota Graduate School (Surgery), 1991
MD, University of Minnesota School of Medicine, 1978 - 1982
Postgraduate training:
Fellowship - Thoracic Surgery, University of Michigan, 1990 - 1992
Surgical Resident, University of Minnesota Hospitals, 1982 - 1990
Research interests: A growing interest in outcomes oriented research has led to participation at the investigator level in a number of national, multi-center cooperative trials mostly through the Veterans Administration. This includes being a site investigator for the VA cooperative trial of on vs. off pump coronary artery bypass surgery and a role as the chairman of the surgery working group in the BARI 2D trial, a 51-center international study of optimal treatment for diabetics with coronary artery disease. Local studies include examination of the outcomes of patients with dilated cardiomyopathies and secondary mitral regurgitation who undergo mitral valve repair and a study of outcomes of surgical therapy for atrial fibrillation.
Clinical interests: Dr. Sako's major clinical focus has been in adult cardiac surgery with particular emphasis on mitral valve repair, treatment of mitral disease in the setting of cardiomyopathy and surgical therapy for atrial fibrillation. He also continues to maintain an active role in the lung transplant program.
Publications:
Angel LF, Levine DJ, Restrepo MI, Johnson S, Sako E, Carpenter AJ, Calhoon J, Cornell JE,
Adams SG, Chisholm GB, Nespral J, Roberson A, Levine SM.
Impact of a lung transplantation donor-management
protocol on lung donation and recipient outcomes.
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol.174, 2006.
Johnson SB, Allred AM, Cline AM, Angel LF, Sako EY, Baisden CE, Calhoon JH.
Cardiac procedures in lung transplant
recipients do not increase mortality in selected patients.
Ann Thoracic Surg, 2006; 82:460-4. Presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the
Southern Surgical Assn, Orlando, FL, Nov 10-12, 2005.
Sako EY.
Newer Concepts in the Surgical Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease. Curr Cardiol Rep 2004 Mar;6(2):100-5
Shaw Lian R, Sako EY, O'Rourke RA:
Is the Enthusiasm Regarding Early Mitral Valve Repair in Asymptomatic Patients with Severe Regurgitation Justified? In: Mitral Valve Disease, Chapter 57, May 2003.
Sako EY, Petrusa Jr ER, Paukert JL.
Factors influencing outcome of the American Board of Surgery certifying examination: An observational study. JSRE 105:75-80, 2002.
Boyd SY, Sako EY, Trinkle JK, OíRourke RA, Zabalgoitia M.
Calculation of Lung Flow Differential After Single-Lung Transplantation: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study. TheAmer J Cardio, 87, May 15, 2001.
Homma A, Anzueto A, Peters JI, Susanto I, Sako EY, Zabalgoitia M, Bryan CL, Levine SM.
Pulmonary Artery Systolic Pressures Estimated by Echocardiogram vs Cardiac Catheterization in Patients Awaiting Lung Transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant 2001;20: 833-839.
Patterson JE, Peters JI, Calhoon JH, Levine SM, Anzueto A, Al-Abdely H,
Sanchez R, Patterson TF, Rech M, Jorgensen JH, Rinaldi MG, Sako EY, Johnson SB, Vincent Speeg V,
Glenn A. Halff GA, Trinkle JK:
Investigation and Control of Aspergillosis and Other Filamentous Fungal Infections in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients. Transplant Inf Disease 2:22-28, 2000.
Angel L, Cai T, Sako EY, Levine SM.
Post-transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders in Lung Transplant Recipients: Clinical Experience at a Single Center. Annals of Transplantation 5(3), 27-31, 2000.
Levine SM, Angel LF, Anzueto A, Peters J, Susanto I, Sako EY, Bryan C.
A Low Incidence of Post-transplant Lymphoprolferative Disorder in 109 Lung Transplant Recipients. Chest, 116(5):1273-1277. November 1999.
Biosketch:
Dr. Sako obtained his medical degree from the University of Minnesota
School of Medicine, Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1982 and obtained his PhD
in 1991. He is Board Certified in Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. He
joined us in 1992. Dr. Sako is Professor and Chief of Surgery at the
Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital. He recently was named to the
J. Kent Trinkle Chair of Thoracic Surgery. His current interests include
valve surgery (complicated mitral, aortic and tricuspid valve surgeries); resident and medical student education; thoracic transplantation;
and adult cardiac and thoracic surgery.
Awards:
Professional societies:
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Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" by Woodward White, Inc., 2005-2006
Appointment to the Trinkle Chair, Department of Surgery, November 2004
Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" by Woodward/White, Inc., 2003-2004
Nominated candidate for the "2000 Presidential Award for Excellence" in teaching, May 2000
Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" by Woodward/White, Inc., September 1998
Surgical Education Research Fellowship, The Association for Surgical Education, 1998-1999
"Outstanding Faculty" Award, UTHSCSA School of Medicine, Officers and Members of the Class of 1998
"Center of Excellence "designation, Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, 1997
Outstanding Young Men of America 13th Anniversary Edition 1996
Listed in "The Best Doctors in America: Central Region, 1996-1997
Institute for Basic and Applied Research in Surgery Research Award, 1987
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Honor Society, 1986
Society of Thoracic Surgeon
American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Southern Thoracic Surgical Association
International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
American College of Surgeons
John Alexander Society, University of Michigan
American College of Chest Physicians
Association of Veterans Administration Surgeons
Association of Academic Surgeons
Texas Surgical Society
Texas Transplant Society
Texas Medical Association
C. Walton and Richard C. Lillehei Surgical Society
Aust Surgical Society, Associate-Faculty Member
Bexar County Medical Society
San Antonio Cardiology Society
