MarcPSakwaMD

Thoracic Surgery • Long Beach, CA

Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Chief of Cardiac Surgery and Professor, Surgery, Oakland University Wm Beaumont SOM

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Office
3828 Schaufele
#340
Long Beach, CA 90808
Phone+1 657-241-9052

Fax+1 714-665-4663
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Education & Training

NYU Grossman School of MedicineResidency, Thoracic Surgery - Integrated, 1985 - 1986
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 1980 - 1985
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1980

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2019 - 2025
MI State Medical License 1987 - 2024
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Regional Top Doctor Castle Connolly, 2014
Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Top MD Consumers Checkbook
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Attempted Cardiopulmonary Bypass Venous Cannula Extraction Catheter Extraction of a Rare Intracardiac Myoepithelioma.
Travis J Cohoon, Matthew R King, Fariba Gharai, Amir Abolhoda, Marc Sakwa, David M Shavelle> ;JACC. Case Reports. 2023 Feb 1
7 citations
Intercostal Cryo Nerve Block in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: The Prospective Randomized FROST Trial.
Wei C. Lau, Francis Shannon, Steven F. Bolling, Matthew A. Romano, Marc P. Sakwa, Andrea Trescot, Luoxi Shi, Robert L. Johnson, Vaughn A. Starnes, John F. Grehan> ;Pain and Therapy. 2021 Sep 20
18 citations
Single-dose cardioplegia protects myocardium as well as traditional repetitive dosing: A noninferiority randomized study.
Alessandro Vivacqua, John Robinson, Amr E. Abbas, Jeffrey Altshuler, Francis Shannon, Robert H. Podolsky, Marc Sakwa> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2020 May 1
6 citations
Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Using Fascia Iliaca Block as an Alternative Approach to Conscious Sedation as Compared to General Anesthesia.
Wei C. Lau, Francis Shannon, George Hanzel, Robert D. Safian, Amr E. Abbas, Marc Sakwa, Nai Wei Chen, Steven Almany, Ivan Hanson, Randy J. Fayne> ;Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine. 2020 May 1
26 citations
Invasive Versus Echocardiographic Evaluation of Transvalvular Gradients Immediately Post-Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.
Amr E. Abbas, Ramy Mando, George Hanzel, Michael Gallagher, Robert D. Safian, Ivan Hanson, Steven L. Almany, Philippe Pibarot, Pratik K. Dalal, Alessandro Vivacqua, Ma...> ;Circulation. Cardiovascular Interventions. 2019 Jul 1
Aneurysmal Degeneration in Patients with Type B Aortic Dissection
Mohsen Bannazadeh, Adewunmi Adeyemo, Yolanda Munoz, Christina S. Jenkins, Jeffrey Altshuler, Marc Sakwa, O. William Brown> ;Annals of Vascular Surgery. 2016 Oct 1
26 citations
Effect of cardiorespiratory fitness on short-term morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting.
James L. Smith, Thomas A. Verrill, Judy A. Boura, Marc P. Sakwa, Francis Shannon, Barry A. Franklin> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 2013 Oct 15
47 citations
St Jude Medical Epic porcine bioprosthesis: results of the regulatory evaluation.
W.R. Eric Jamieson, Clifton T.P. Lewis, Marc Sakwa, Denton A. Cooley, Vibhu R. Kshettry, Kent W. Jones, Tirone E. David, John A. Sullivan, Guy Fradet, David S. Bach> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2011 Jun 1
2 citations
Left ventricular myxoma resection with minimally invasive mitral valve reconstruction.
Christopher W. Seder, Marc Sakwa, Francis Shannon> ;The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2010 Jul 1
30 citations
Coronary artery bypass grafting with a minimized cardiopulmonary bypass circuit: a prospective, randomized trial.
Marc Sakwa, Robert W. Emery, Francis Shannon, Jeffrey Altshuler, Dawn Mitchell, Dan Zwada, Arlen R Holter> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2009 Feb 1
18 citations
The role of temporary biventricular pacing in the cardiac surgical patient with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function.
Rudolph F. Evonich, John C. Stephens, William M. Merhi, Srinivas Dukkipati, Nicholas A. Tepe, Francis Shannon, Jeffrey Altshuler, Marc Sakwa, Joseph Bassett, Eric C. H...> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2008 Oct 1
36 citations
Hemodynamics and early clinical performance of the St. Jude Medical Regent mechanical aortic valve
David S. Bach, Marc Sakwa, Martin Goldbach, Michael R Petracek, Robert W. Emery, Friedrich W. Mohr> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2002 Dec 1
22 citations
Intraoperative angiography to assess graft patency after minimally invasive coronary bypass
James A. Goldstein, Robert D. Safian, Darius Aliabadi, William W. O'Neill, Francis Shannon, Joseph Bassett, Marc Sakwa> ;The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 1998 Dec 1
6 citations
Acute occlusion of a left internal mammary artery graft immediately after redo coronary artery bypass surgery: successful rescue PTCA.
Sandeep Khurana, William W. O'Neill, Marc Sakwa, Robert D. Safian> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1997 Jun 1
26 citations
Repair of a coronary pseudoaneurysm with percutaneous placement of a saphenous vein allograft attached to a biliary stent
Barry M. Kaplan, Richard E. Stewart, Marc Sakwa, William W. O'Neill> ;Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis. 1996 Feb 1
3 citations
Valve replacement for tricuspid regurgitation appearing late after healing of left ventricular posterior wall and right ventricular acute myocardial infarction
Arthur M. Szyniszewski, Peter E. Carson, Marc Sakwa, Tammy Lundstrom, William E. Boden> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1994 Mar 15
41 citations
Surgical therapy for the patient with internal carotid artery occlusion and contralateral stenosis.
Steven G. Friedman, Thomas S. Riles, Patrick J. Lamparello, Anthony M. Imparato, Marc P. Sakwa> ;Journal of Vascular Surgery. 1987 Jun 1
Surgical management of the patient with bilateral internal carotid artery occlusion.
Friedman, S. G., Lamparello, P. J., Riles, T. S., Imparato, A. M., Sakwa, M. P.> ;J Vasc Surg. 1987 May
Coronary artery bypass and valve replacement in octogenarians.
Ranger, W. R., Glover, J. L., Shannon, F. L., Sakwa, M. P., Bassett, J. S.> ;Am Surg. 1996 Nov
24 citations
Hemodynamics and early performance of the St. Jude Medical Regent aortic valve prosthesis.
David S. Bach, M Goldbach, M P Sakwa, Michael Petracek, L Errett, F Mohr> ;The Journal of Heart Valve Disease. 2001 Jul 1
Aorto-right ventricular fistula: a late complication of aortic valve replacement.
Roy, D., Saba, S., Grinberg, I., Zughaib, M., Sakwa, M., Clancy, P., McKendrick, G.> ;Tex Heart Inst J. 1999
Seroepidemiology of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Borno State of Nigeria by sentinel surveillance.
Harry, T. O., Ekenna, O., Chikwem, J. O., Mohammed, I., Sakwa, M., Adeyera, S. A., Zacchariah, R., Moses, A. E., Ola, T. O., Williams, E. E.> ;J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 1993 Jan
Colorectal carcinoma in patients under age 40.
Behbehani, A., Sakwa, M., Ehrlichman, R., Maguire, P., Friedman, S., Steele, G. D., Wilson, R. E.> ;Ann Surg. 1985 Nov 01
Hemodynamic and metabolic effects of venoarterial cardiopulmonary support in coronary artery disease.
Stack, R. K., Pavlides, G. S., Miller, R., Bassett, J., Cieszkowski, J., Gangadharan, V., Sakwa, M., Clancy, P., O'Neill, W. W.> ;Am J Cardiol. 1991 Jun 15
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Press Mentions

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Starkman: Beaumont Health Terminates More Than 70 Heroic Covid DocsJuly 3rd, 2020
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