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Education:

• B.S. 1989 Pharmacy Auburn University
• Pharm.D. 1992 University of Texas Health Science Center

Overview

Dr. Sacks earned a Doctorate of Pharmacy degree from the University of Texas (1994) after receiving his BS degree in Pharmacy from Auburn University (1989). He has completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at Huntsville Hospital and a 2-year Nutrition Support Fellowship at the University of Tennessee, Memphis. During his tenure at the University of Mississippi (1995-2001), he achieved the rank of Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and was Coordinator of the Nutrition Support Team at University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson. He has been a board-certified Nutrition Support Pharmacist since 1995. He is currently a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin - Madison and is Coordinator of the Nutrition Support Team at the UW Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Sacks is active in numerous scientific and professional societies. He is a member of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN) and has held offices in both the national and state organizations. He is also a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and Wisconsin Chapter for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. He has spoken on a variety of nutrition-related topics at national and state meetings over the last 10 years. Dr. Sacks' publications on nutrition support topics have appeared in scientific journals as well as medical textbooks.

Dr. Sacks' current position at the School of Pharmacy includes a variety of responsibilities including clinical and laboratory research, didactic teaching, and patient-care service. His lecture material is related to diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and the therapy used for treatment. He is the preceptor of Nutrition Support Clerkship offered to Doctorate of Pharmacy students and lectures to medical and surgical residents on gastrointestinal and nutrition-support related topics.

Work-Related Interests/Research:

Critical care and metabolic & nutrition support

Book Chapters

• Sacks GS, Crill CM. Prevalence and significance of malnutrition. In. DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, et al., eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 7th ed. NewYork: McGraw-Hill;2007 (submitted)
• Sacks GS, Mayhew S, Johnson D. Parenteral nutrition implementation and management. In: Merritt R, Guenter P, eds. A.S.P.E.N. Nutrition Support Practice Manual. 2nd ed. Dubuque, Iowa. Kendall/Hunt Publishing 2005(submitted)
• Kudsk KA, Sacks GS. Nutrition in the Care of the Patient with Surgery, Trauma, and Sepsis. In: Shils ME, Shike M, Ross AC, Cabellero B, Cousins RJ, eds. 10th ed. Baltimore, MD. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;2006:1414-1435.

• Sacks GS, Reiter PD. Prevalence and significance of malnutrition. In. DiPiro JT, Talbert RL, Yee GC, et al., eds. Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 6th ed. NewYork: McGraw-Hill;2005:2465-2474.
• Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Nutritional Support in the Critically Ill Patient. In: Cameron JL (ed) Current Surgical Therapy. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA. Elsevier Mosby Publishers; 2004:1179-1183.
• Sacks GS. Parenteral Nutrition. IN: Thompson JE. A Practical Guide to Contemporary Pharmacy Practice, 2nd ed. Baltimore: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2004:33.1-33.18.
• Sacks GS. Nutritional Assessment and Requirements. IN: Ginsburg DB, eds. ASHP's PharmPrep: Case-Based Board Review, 2nd ed. Bethesda: ASHP, Inc.; 2004:Cases 70-71.
• Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Amino acids to support gut function and morphology. IN: Cynober LA, eds. Metabolic and Therapeutic Aspects of Amino Acids in Clinical Nutrition, 2nd ed. Boca Raton: CRC Press; 2004:717-728.
• Kudsk KA, Sacks GS, Brown RO. Nutritional Support. IN: Moore EE, Mattox M, Feliciano G, eds. Trauma, 5th ed. NewYork: McGraw Hill; 2004:1351-1382.

Published Abstracts

• Curtis CS, Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Efficacy of pancreatic enzyme powder and sodium bicarbonate for clearance of occluded enteral feeding access devices [abstract]. Pharmacotherapy 2006;26:e79.
• Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Utilization of parenteral nutrition in patients receiving isolated kidney or simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation [abstract]. Pharmacotherapy 2005;25:1467.
• Seres DS, Sacks GS, Mirtallo J, et al. The 2003 survey of parenteral nutrition practices [abstract]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2005;29:S16.
• Sacks GS, Neudeck BL, Loeb JM, Kudsk KA. Intestinal and hepatic P-glycoprotein is preserved in mice receiving parenteral nutrition [abstract]. Pharmacotherapy 2004;24:105.
• Sacks GS, Rough S, Kudsk KA. Adverse events associated with parenteral nutrition systems [abstract]. Pharmacotherapy 2004;24:125.

Highlighted Publications:

• Sacks GS, Aguilar-Nascimento JE, Kudsk KA. Use of parenteral nutrition in patients receiving isolated kidney or simultaneous pancreas/kidney transplantation. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2007;31 (accepted for publication)
• Seres D, Sacks GS, Pedersen CA, et al. Parenteral nutrition safe practices: results of the 2003 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Survey. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2006;30:259-265.
• Sacks GS, Martin CM. Water, water everywhere: dehydration in the elderly. Consult Pharm 2006;20:928-34, 943-4.
• Kraft MD, Btaiche IF, Sacks GS. Review of refeeding syndrome. Nutr Clin Prac 2005;20:625-633.
• Kraft MD, Btaiche IF, Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Treatment of electrolyte disorders in adult patients in the intensive care unit. Am J Health Syst Pharm 2005;62 1663-1682.
• Sacks GS. The ABC's of acid-base balance. J Pediatr Pharmacol Ther 2004;9:235-42.
• Jacobs DG, Jacobs DO, Kudsk KA, Moore FA, Oswanski MF, Poole GV, Sacks GS, et al. Practice management guidelines for nutritional support of the trauma patient. J Trauma 2004;57:660-78.
• Mirtallo J, Canada TW, Johnson D, Kumpf V, Petersen, Sacks GS, et al. Safe practices for parenteral nutrition. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2004;28(suppl): S39-S70.
• Sacks GS. Drug-nutrient considerations in patients receiving parenteral and enteral nutrition. Prac Gastroenterology 2004;XXVIII(7):39-46.
• Sacks GS. Nutritional considerations in the elderly - Part II. JPSW 2004;May/June:19-24.
• Sacks GS. Enhancing the response to parenteral nutrition in critical care. Nutr Clin Prac 2004;226-234.
• Sacks GS. Nutritional considerations in the elderly. JPSW 2004;Jan/Feb:8-11.
• Sacks GS, Kudsk KA. Maintaining mucosal immunity during parenteral feeding with surrogates to enteral nutrition. Nutr Clin Prac 2003;18:483-488.
• Sacks GS. The data in support of glutamine supplementation. Nutr Clin Prac 2003;18:386-390.
• Sacks GS. Micronutrients: Too much or not enough [editorial]? Nutr Clin Prac 2003;18:352.
• Kudsk KA, Reddy SK, Sacks GS, Lai H-C. Joint commission for accreditation of health care organizations guidelines: too late to intervene for nutritionally at-risk surgical patients. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 2003;27:288-290.
• Sacks GS, Genton L, Kudsk KA. Controversy of immunonutrition for surgical critical-illness patients. Curr Opin Crit Care 2003;9:300-305.
• Rogers PD, Thornton J, Barker KS, McDaniel DO, Sacks GS, Swiatlo E, et al. Pneumolysin-dependent and -independent gene expression identified by cDNA microarray analysis of THP-1 human mononuclear cells stimulated by Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infection Immun 2003;71:2087-2094.