Justin Sacks, MD, MBA, FACS

Justin Sacks, MD, MBA, FACS

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Primary Academic Title

Professor of Surgery, Sydney M. and Robert H. Shoenberg Chair, Chief, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, WashU Medicine

Clinical Expertise

As director of the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and the Sydney M. Shoenberg Jr. and Robert H. Shoenberg Endowed Chair in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Sacks is committed to providing cancer patients with exceptional plastic and reconstructive surgery care. Learn more about how Dr. Sacks and Siteman approach breast reconstruction surgery and other types of reconstructive surgery.

Research Interest

Vascularized composite allotransplantation, tissue engineering and vascular perfusion assessment

Education

  • 1998: MD, Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, New York

Training

  • 2001 - 2004: General surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
  • 2004 - 2006: Plastic surgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • 2006 - 2007: Fellow, hand and upper extremity and microsurgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh
  • 2007 - 2008: Fellow, microsurgery cancer reconstruction, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston

Board Certification

  • 2009: American Board of Plastic Surgery

Selected Research Publications

Small-molecule correlates of infection precede infection diagnosis in breast implant reconstruction patients.
  • Wildenthal JA, Olsen MA, Tran HD, [...] Sacks JM, [...] Henderson JP
  • J Clin Invest 2026
Evaluating SnapshotNIR for Tissue Oxygenation Measurement Across Skin Types After Mastectomy.
  • Badran S, Saffari S, Moritz WR, [...] Sacks JM
  • Bioengineering (Basel) 2025
Expert-consensus on lymphedema surgeries: candidacy, prehabilitation, and postoperative care.
  • Sacks J, Riley B, Doubblestein D, [...] Weatherly K
  • Med Oncol 2024
From Augmented to Virtual Reality in Plastic Surgery: Blazing the Trail to a New Frontier.
  • Sullivan J, Skladman R, Varagur K, [...] Sacks JM
  • J Reconstr Microsurg 2024
Biosensors: An Upcoming Wave of Innovation.
  • Skladman R, Kinney B, Jeffers L, [...] Sacks JM
  • Plast Reconstr Surg 2024
Predictors and Consequences of Intraoperative Anastomotic Failure in DIEP Flaps.
  • Chen J, Varagur K, Xun H, [...] Sacks JM
  • J Reconstr Microsurg 2023

Contact Information

  • Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center

    4500 Forest Park Avenue
    Saint Louis, MO 63108

  • West St. Louis County

    Medical Office Building 2, 10 Barnes West Drive
    Creve Coeur, MO 63141

  • North St. Louis County

    1255 Graham Road
    Florissant, MO 63031

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