Kent Sasse MD, MPH, FACRS, FACS

• Fellowship: Lahey Clinic, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, 1999-2000
• Residency: University of California, San Francisco, Department of Surgery, 1994-1999
• Medical School: University of California, San Francisco, MD, 1994 and UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical Program, MS in Health and Medical Sciences, 1992 and UC Berkeley School of Public Health, MPH in Epidemiology, 1992
• College: University of California, San Diego, BA in Chemistry/Biochemistry, 1988, Cum Laude and University of Madrid, Spain, 1986-87

Certifications, Honors, & Awards

• American Board of Surgery Certification
• Research Prize New England Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery
• Chesson-UCSF Department of Surgery Award
• UCSF House Staff Teaching Award
• Alpha Omega Alpha
• Nusc-Galante Outstanding Student Award
• Clinical Honors in eight clerkships
• International Bioethics Research Award
• Phi Beta Kappa

Professional Memberships & Affiliations

• American College of Surgeons, Associate Fellow
• Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
• American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Candidate

Current Position

• University of Nevada, Reno, Volunteer Clinical Faculty, School of Medicine
• Western Surgical Group, Attending Surgeon
• Renown Regional Medical Center, Attending Surgeon
• Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center, Attending Surgeon
• Northern Nevada Medical Center, Attending Surgeon

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant in Medical Physiology, 1991-1992
• Teaching Assistant in Molecular and Cell Biology, 1991-1992
• UCSD Teaching Assistant in Inorganic Chemistry, 1985-1986

Publications

• Sasse KC and Ross HM. Colouterine Fistula: A Rare Complication of Diverticular Disease. Tutorial in Colon and Rectal Surgery, July 2000.
• Sasse KC, Khan JH, Wilson MW, et.al. Transarterial Embolization Facilitates Resection of Massive Tumors of the Chest. Pan Pacific Surgical Association Poster Presentation, Jan 30, 2000.
• Sasse KC, Clary-Macy C, Jablons DM et. al. FDG-Positron Emission Tomography in Malignant Mesothelioma. (Manuscript Submitted).
• Sasse KC, Hansen P, Pearl J, Siperstein A. Endoscopically-guided Laparoscopic Cystgastrostomy. (Manuscript Submitted).
• Sasse KC, Nauenberg E, Tucker H, et. al. Long Term Outcome After ICU Admission for Septicemia. Critical Care Medicine. 1995.
• Sasse KC. Prognostic Scoring Systems: Facing Difficult Decisions with Objective Data. Cambridge Quarterly Healthcare Ethics: International Journal of Healthcare Ethics. 1993; 2(2):36-45.
  Sasse KC. The Rationing of Health Care Services: The Case of Alameda County, California. Hospital Ethics Committee Forum. 1990; 2:145-155.
• Lyden PD, Madden KP, Clark WM, Sasse KC, Zivin JA. Incidence of Cerebral Hemorrhage AFter Antifibrinolytic Treatment for Embolic Stroke in Rabbits. Stroke. 1990; 21:1589-93.
• Lyden PD, Zivin JA, Clark WM, Madden KP, Sasse KC, et. al. Tissue Plasminogen Activator Mediated Thrombolysis of Cerebral Emboli and its Effect on Hemorrhagic Infarction in Rabbits. Neurology may, 1989, 39:703-8.
• Lyden PD, Zivin JA, Clark WM, Madden KP, Sasse KC, et. al. tPA-Mediated Thrombolysis and Intracerebral Hemorrhage After MCA Occlusion. Neurology 38 (supplement 1) March 1988 (Abstract).

Research Experience

• Surgical Epidemiology and Critical Care, Quantitative analysis of laparoendoscopic outcomes. Studies of factors predictive of long term survival among ICU patients using multivariate modeling. 1992-1998
  Health Policy, Analysis of policy and ethical implications of predictive indices in scarce resource allocation. 1990-1994
• Basic and Clinical Sciences, Research Assistant, UCLA. Dept of Surgical Immunology. Research Assistant in Stroke and Ischemia Research Lab, UCSD Dept of Neurosciences, 1987-1989

Languages

• Bilingual English/Spanish