Teviah E. Sachs, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Teviah Sachs, MD, MPH, is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine and he is the Chief of the Section of Surgical Oncology at Boston Medical Center.

He received his medical degree from New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY. He completed his residency in General Surgery at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School and a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He is board certified in both general surgery and complex general surgical oncology by the American Board of Surgery.

His clinical interests include hepatic, biliary, pancreatic and gastric disease, as well as soft tissue malignancies and skin cancers. He completed a Masters of Public Health in clinical effectiveness and his research interests pertain to surgical outcomes, disparities and surgical education.

Publications

  • Published 4/29/2025

    Murillo A, Romatoski KS, Sachs TE. ASO Author Reflections: Leveraging the National Cancer Database's Representation of Cancer Cases in the United States. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr 29. PMID: 40299148.

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  • Published 4/18/2025

    Murillo A, Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Davis ES, Sawhney VS, Kenzik K, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Adjusting for Population Differences in the National Cancer Database to Better Represent United States Cancer Cases: A Reference Tool for Researchers. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Apr 18. PMID: 40251365.

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  • Published 3/15/2025

    Chung SH, Leung JL, Romatoski KS, Rasic G, Kobzeva-Herzog AJ, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Delays in Melanoma Treatment: A National Cancer Database Study. J Surg Res. 2025 Apr; 308:141-152. PMID: 40090050.

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  • Published 10/31/2024

    Romatoski KS, Chung SH, Sawhney V, Papageorge MV, de Geus SWL, Ng SC, Kenzik K, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Factors Associated With Surgical Management in Gallbladder Cancer-A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Medicare-Based Study. J Surg Res. 2024 Dec; 304:9-18. PMID: 39481161.

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  • Published 10/16/2024

    Torres CM, Myers S, Janeway MG, Sanchez SE, Scantling DR, Davis ES, Ng SC, Dechert T, Sachs TE, Kenzik KM. Exploring rural-urban differences in the receipt of nonelective cancer-specific gastrointestinal surgery using a multilevel mixed-effects approach. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Jan; 29(1):101858. PMID: 39419275.

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Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Websites

Education

  • New York Medical College, MD
  • Harvard School of Public Health, MPH
  • Colgate University, BA

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