BartonLewisSachsMDMBA

Orthopaedic Surgery • Mount Pleasant, SC

Orthopedic Spine Surgery

Medical Officer -- FDA; Professor Emeritis, Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina College of Medicine

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Office
837 Bridgetown Pass
Mount Pleasant, SC 29464
Phone+1 843-388-5233
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Education & Training

Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteMBA, 1996 - 1998
Twin Cities Spine CenterFellowship, Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine, 1983 - 1984
Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical CenterResidency, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1977 - 1983
SUNY Upstate Medical UniversityClass of 1977
Harvard CollegeB.A., biology, Cum Laude with Honors, 1969 - 1973

Certifications & Licensure

TX State Medical License 1985 - 2025
SC State Medical License 2009 - 2025
NY State Medical License 1978 - 2025
AZ State Medical License 1994 - 2025
MN State Medical License 2000 - 2023
NH State Medical License 1986 - 2010
OH State Medical License 1978 - 1982
American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery Orthopaedic Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons

Clinical Trials

A Pivotal Study of a Facet Replacement System to Treat Spinal Stenosis Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 01
Completed
Not Applicable

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

68 citations
The Cost of Joint Replacement: Comparing Two Approaches to Evaluating Costs of Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.
John A Palsis, Thomas S. Brehmer, Vincent D. Pellegrini, Jacob M. Drew, Barton L. Sachs> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2018 Feb 21
14 citations
Comparison of Oxygen Consumption Rates of Nondegenerate and Degenerate Human Intervertebral Disc Cells.
Sarah E. Cisewski, Yongren Wu, Brooke J. Damon, Barton L. Sachs, Michael J. Kern, Hai Yao> ;Spine. 2018 Jan 15
8 citations
Quantifying Baseline Fixed Charge Density in Healthy Human Cartilage Endplate: A Two-point Electrical Conductivity Method.
Yongren Wu, Sarah E. Cisewski, Yi Sun, Brooke J. Damon, Barton L. Sachs, Vincent D. Pellegrini, Elizabeth H. Slate, Hai Yao> ;Spine. 2017 Sep 1
11 citations
The region-dependent biomechanical and biochemical properties of bovine cartilaginous endplate.
Yongren Wu, Sarah E. Cisewski, Barton L. Sachs, Vincent D. Pellegrini, Michael J. Kern, Elizabeth H. Slate, Hai Yao> ;Journal of Biomechanics. 2015 Sep 18
31 citations
The use of novel oral anticoagulants for thromboprophylaxis after elective major orthopedic surgery.
Saleh Rachidi, Ehab Saad Aldin, Charles S. Greenberg, Barton L. Sachs, Michael B. Streiff, Amer M. Zeidan> ;Expert Review of Hematology. 2013 Dec 1
18 citations
Effect of Cartilage Endplate on Cell Based Disc Regeneration: A Finite Element Analysis
Yongren Wu, Sarah E. Cisewski, Barton L. Sachs, Hai Yao> ;Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics. 2013 Jun 1
Re:imagine: A Report on the UHC Annual Conference 2012
Cindy White, Jacob J. Groenewold, Richard P. Lofgren, Steven J. Meurer, Steven Johnson, Max Rogers, Charles Campbell, Haley Barbour, Donna Brazile, John Ondrasik, Ann ...> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2013 Mar 1
LEAP: Lead, Excel, Achieve, Perform: A Report on the UHC Annual Conference 2011
Cindy White, Julie Cerese, Jake Groenewold, James Collins, Susan Dentzer, Timothy H. Dellit, Elizabeth McNamara, John B. Lynch, Cathy Rodgers Ward, Edith Matesic, J. T...> ;American Journal of Medical Quality. 2012 Mar 1
8 citations
Relationship between the length of time off work preoperatively and clinical outcome at 24-month follow-up in patients undergoing total disc replacement or fusion
Michael X. Rohan, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, Richard D. Guyer, Jack E. Zigler, Scott L. Blumenthal, Stephen H. Hochschuler, Barton Sachs, Ralph F. Rashbaum> ;The Spine Journal. 2009 May 1
20 citations
Lumbar spinal arthroplasty: analysis of one center's twenty best and twenty worst clinical outcomes.
Richard D. Guyer, Siqib Siddiqui, Jack E. Zigler, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, Scott L. Blumenthal, Barton Sachs, Stephen H. Hochschuler, Ralph F. Rashbaum> ;Spine. 2008 Nov 1
12 citations
Comparison of Results of Total Disc Replacement in Postdiscectomy Patients versus Patients With No Previous Lumbar Surgery
Michael Leahy, Jack E. Zigler, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, Ralph F. Rashbaum, Barton Sachs> ;Spine. 2008 Jul 1
39 citations
Recombinant activated factor VII in spinal surgery: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-escalation trial.
Barton Sachs, Dawn Delacy, Jeffrey Green, R. Scott Graham, James Ramsay, Nevin Kreisler, Peter Kruse, Naum Khutoryansky, Serena S. Hu> ;Spine. 2007 Oct 1
11 citations
Two- to 3-Year Follow-Up of ProDisc-L: Results From a Prospective Randomized Trial of Arthroplasty Versus Fusion.
Jack E. Zigler, Barton Sachs, Ralph F. Rashbaum, Donna D. Ohnmeiss> ;SAS Journal. 2007 Jan 1
237 citations
Results of the prospective, randomized, multicenter Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption study of the ProDisc-L total disc replacement versus ...
Jack Zigler, Rick Delamarter, Jeffrey M Spivak, Raymond J Linovitz, Guy O Danielson 3rd, Thomas T Haider, Frank Cammisa, Jim Zuchermann, Richard Balderston, Scott Kitc...> ;Spine. 2007 May 15
99 citations
Lumbar spine arthroplasty: early results using the ProDisc II: a prospective randomized trial of arthroplasty versus fusion
Jack E. Zigler, Timothy A. Burd, Emiliano Neves Vialle, Barton Sachs, Ralph F. Rashbaum, Donna D. Ohnmeiss> ;Journal of Spinal Disorders & Techniques. 2003 Aug 1
19 citations
Real-Time In Vivo Loading in the Lumbar Spine : Part 1. Interbody Implant : Load Cell Design and Preliminary Results
Eric H. Ledet, Barton Sachs, John B. Brunski, Charles E. Gatto, Peter S. Donzelli> ;Spine. 2000 Oct 15
54 citations
In vitro simulation. Early results of stereotaxy for pedicle screw placement.
Allen L. Carl, Harpal S. Khanuja, Barton Sachs, Charles A. Gatto, John Christian Vomlehn, Kirby G. Vosburgh, John F. Schenck, William E. Lorensen, Kenneth William Rohl...> ;Spine. 1997 May 15
41 citations
Anterolateral dynamized instrumentation and fusion for unstable thoracolumbar and lumbar burst fractures
Allen L. Carl, Bruce I. Tranmer, Barton Sachs> ;Spine. 1997 Mar 15
48 citations
Patient outcomes after reoperation on the lumbar spine.
Geoffrey Stewart, Barton L. Sachs> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 1996 May 1
14 citations
Objective assessment for exercise treatment on the B-200 isostation as part of work tolerance rehabilitation. A random prospective blind evaluation with comparison con...
Barton L. Sachs, Sohail S. Ahmad, Marc Lacroix, Diane Olimpio, Rachel Heath, Jo-Ann David, Andrew D. Scala> ;Spine. 1994 Jan 1
479 citations
Complications associated with the technique of pedicle screw fixation. A selected survey of ABS members.
Stephen I. Esses, Barton Sachs, Vadim Dreyzin> ;Spine. 1993 Nov 1
36 citations
Burst fractures of the fifth lumbar vertebra.
Charles A. Mick, Alan Carl, Barton Sachs, Michael T. Hresko, Bernard A. Pfeifer> ;Spine. 1993 Oct 1
18 citations
Primary neoplasms of the thoracic and lumbar spine. An analysis of 29 consecutive cases.
Rick B. Delamarter, Barton Sachs, George H. Thompson, Henry H. Bohlman, John T. Makley, John R. Carter> ;Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research. 1990 Jul 1
48 citations
Pain provocation and disc deterioration by age. A CT/discography study in a low-back pain population.
Heikki Vanharanta, Barton Sachs, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, Charles Aprill, Mark A. Spivey, Richard D. Guyer, Ralph F. Rashbaum, Stephen H. Hochschuler, Arthur Terry, David Se...> ;Spine. 1989 Apr 1
57 citations
Disc deterioration in low-back syndromes. A prospective, multi-center CT/discography study.
Heikki Vanharanta, Richard D. Guyer, Donna D. Ohnmeiss, William J. Stith, Barton L. Sachs, Charles Aprill, Mark A. Spivey, Ralph F. Rashbaum, Stephen H. Hochschuler, T...> ;Spine. 1988 Dec 1
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Press Mentions

Barton L. Sachs, MD, MBA, an Orthopedic Surgeon at the Medical University of South CarolinaJuly 6th, 2019

Professional Memberships

American College of Surgeons - ACS
Member

Hospital Affiliations

MUSC Health University Medical CenterCharleston, South Carolina