Central Line episode 144: Inside the Monitor - Palliative Care

Dr. Zach Deutch discusses palliative care with Dr. Sandra Sacks, guest editor of November’s ASA Monitor. Learn how palliative care differs from hospice; understand the aims of palliative care and its role outside of the ICU; get practical tips for prognosis, planning, and end of life discussions; and more. Recorded October 2024.

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Sandra Sacks, MD, MEd

Sandra Sacks, MD, MEd, is an assistant clinical professor at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and the Chair of the ASA Committee of Palliative Care. Dr. Sacks works as a cancer pain specialist. She strives to treat the whole person and advocates for an interdisciplinary team approach to minimize symptom burden and improve the quality of lives of cancer patients and their families. She seeks to broaden the exposure of palliative care within anesthesiology and engage in avenues to support further collaboration between the two specialties.

Dr. Sacks received her medical degree from Boston University. After completing her residency in anesthesiology at Stanford University, she went on to pursue further sub-specialization training in Palliative Care at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and interventional pain medicine at UCLA, where she has stayed on as faculty. Dr. Sacks has written and lectured broadly on cancer pain medicine as well as the intersection of palliative care and anesthesiology.

Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA

Zachary Deutch, MD, FASA, is an attending anesthesiologist with US Anesthesia Partners in Palm Coast, FL and is a guest editor for The Central Line Podcast. Dr. Deutch serves on the editorial board for the ASA Monitor, and is the author of the bimonthly column "Ask The Expert." Dr. Deutch is also the physician review editor of the ASA Monitor Today, is a member of several ASA Committees, and is an at-large member of the ASA House of Delegates from Florida.

Dr. Deutch is a graduate of Princeton University and The George Washington University School of Medicine. His residency training was done at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, followed by a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital.