Known for his attention to excellence, he has authored or coauthored more than 130 peer-reviewed articles and a book chapter, while in a community hospital practice. Dr. Sacks speaks on stroke therapy nationally and internationally. He was one of the founders of SIR’s CLOTS course, designed to train IRs to treat acute stroke. Dr. Sacks was a principal investigator in the KAVIAR trial comparing vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty and the NIH-funded ATTRACT Trial comparing catheter-directed thrombolysis and anticoagulation for lower extremity deep vein thrombosis.