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 9/10/2025

    Myers S, Davis ES, Murillo A, Ng SC, Sachs T, Davids JS, Kenzik KM. Surgical Approach as a Mediator of Rural-Urban Disparity after Colon Cancer Resection. J Am Coll Surg. 2025 Sep 10. PMID: 40928080.

    Read at: PubMed

  • Published 8/5/2025

    Sawhney VS, Murillo A, Chugh PV, Ng SC, Sachs TE, Kenzik K, Tseng JF. The rise of gastrointestinal surgical fellowships. J Gastrointest Surg. 2025 Oct; 29(10):102161. PMID: 40768792.

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  • Published 7/28/2025

    Murillo A, Ng SC, Schroter SM, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. The Real Safety Net Hospitals: High-Medicaid Hospitals Confer Worse Survival for Patients Undergoing Pancreas and Biliary Cancer Surgery. Ann Surg Oncol. 2025 Jul 28. PMID: 40719800.

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  • Published 6/20/2025

    Rasic G, Beaulieu-Jone BR, Chung SH, Romatoski KS, Kenzik K, Ng SC, Tseng JF, Sachs TE. Evaluating the Impact of Multi-Institutional Care in Early-Stage Hepatocellular Carcinoma: A Nationwide Analysis. World J Surg. 2025 Jul; 49(7):1881-1890. PMID: 40542461.

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  • Published 6/3/2025

    Chung SH, Schroter SM, Romatoski KS, Kobzeva-Herzog AJ, Davids JS, Tseng JF, Kenzik K, Sachs TE. Nononcologic Resection and Survival in High-Risk Appendiceal Cancer: A National Cancer Database Study. J Surg Res. 2025 Jul; 311:296-305. PMID: 40466511.

    Read at: PubMed

Other Positions

  • Member, Evans Center for Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research
    Boston University

Education

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