Albany Medical College Albany, New York M.D. 1990 Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Six Year Medical Education Program Troy, New York B.S. Biology 1986 Cum Laude
Postgraduate Training:
Hand Surgery Fellowship, 1997 The Indiana Hand Center University of Indiana School of Medicine Indianapolis, Indiana
Orthopaedic Surgical Residency, 1990-1996 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery Brown University School of Medicine Providence, Rhode Island
General Surgical Internship, 1990 Department of General Surgery Brown University School of Medicine Providence, Rhode Island
National Certification:
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery Recertified, 2019-2030
Certificate of Added Qualification in Hand Surgery, 2000 Level II certified State of Colorado 1998-present
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Board Certified, 1999
National Board of Medical Examiners Diplomat, July 1990
Professional Organizations:
American Society for Surgery of the Hand Active member, 2000-present
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Active Fellow, 1999-present
Carpe Diem Hand Club Member, 1999-present
Colorado Medical Society Member, 1997-present
Rocky Mountain Hand Society Member, 1997-present
Denver Medical Society Member, 1997-present
Academic Appointments:
Clinical Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedic Surgery University of Colorado School of Medicine Denver, Colorado 2003
Clinical Instructor, 1996 Department of Orthopedic Surgery Brown University School of Medicine Providence, Rhode Island
Honors:
Haffenreffer Fellowship Award for Outstanding Basic Research Brown University School of Medicine, 1995
Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society, 1988
Harold C. Wiggers Award: Most Likely to Become an Outstanding Physician Albany Medical College, 1990
Sigma XI Scientific Research Honor Society, 1988
Letter of Commendation for Scholastic Excellence Albany Medical College, 1987
Cum Laude Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1986 4
Weiss APC, Sachar K, Gendrau M The Conservative Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Re-examination of Steroid Injection and Splinting. Feature Paper: Research Day, American Society of Hand Therapists, Annual Meeting, Washington, DC 1994
Editorial Boards/ Committees:
Program Co-Chair, Demystify Upper Extremity Nerves, Denver, CO, 2019
Program Co-Chair, Demystify the Elbow, Denver, CO, 2018
Moderator/faculty, Indo-US Hand Trauma Conference, Hubballi, India, 2018
Moderator, Controversies in Hand Surgery, ASSH 63rd Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2017
Program Co-Chair, Demystify the Thumb, Denver, CO, 2017
Program Committee Member, ASSH 62nd Annual Meeting Austin, TX, 2016
Program Co-Chair, Demystify Wound Care, Denver, CO 2016
Program Co-Chair, Demystify the Cartilage, Ligaments and Fascia, Denver, CO 2015
Program Co-Chairman, Demystify the Wrist, Denver, Co, 2014 5
Program Committee Member, ASSH 60th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA 2014
Pre-Course Co-Chairman, Ulnar Wrist: Reconstruction and Salvage, ASSH, 59th Annual Meeting, 2013, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Program Co-Chairman, The How and Why of Hand Surgery, Denver, CO, 2013
Program Co-Chairman, Demystify the Finger, Denver, CO, 2012
Editorial Board, Techniques in Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, 2020-present
Associate Editor, Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand 2001-2011
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Hand Surgery, 2001-present
Manuscript Reviewer, Current Orthopedic Practice 2009-present
Manuscript Reviewer, Journal of Hand and Microsurgery 2011-present
Oral Board Examiner, American Board of Orthopedic Surgery 2010-present
State of Colorado Cumulative Trauma Task Force Committee 2009-2010
Publications:
Sachar, K, Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain: Evaluation and Treatment of Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears, Ulnocarpal Impaction Syndrome and Lunotriquetral Ligament Tears, JHS, 21(1), 117-121, 2012
Sachar K, Fractures of the Hand, ASSH Manual of Hand Surgery, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 2010
Sachar K, Ulnar-Sided Wrist Pain: Evaluation and Treatment of Triangular Fibrocartilage Complex Tears, Ulnocarpal Impaction Syndrome, and Lunotriquetral Ligament Tears, JHS, 33(9), 1669-1679, 2008
Shin A, Sachar K, Dietch M, Boyer M, Instructional Course Lecture: Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain: Low Back Pain of the Wrist, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, JBJS, 86A(7), 1560-1574, 2004
Sachar K, Ulnar Nerve Reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 979-990, 2004
Boyer M, Leversedge F, Sachar K, Strickland JW, Engles D, Instructional Course Lecture: Flexor Tendon Repairs: State of the Art, Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, JBJS, 2002
Sachar K, Fractures of the Hand, Ligament Injuries of the Hand Orthopaedic Knowledge Update 7, American Academy of Orthopeadic Surgeons publication, 2002
Sachar K, Hastings H, Total Wrist Arthrodesis, Surgery of the Arthritic Hand and Wrist, Lippincott, Wlliams and Wilkins, 2002 7
Sachar K, Mih A Open Reduction of Congenital Radial Head Dislocations, Hand Clinics 14(1), 39-47, 1998
Sachar K, Weiss APC, Goel R The Acute and Chronic Effects of Nicotine on The Survival of Ischemic Extremity Replants Accepted, Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery 14(3): 179-84, 1998
Weiss APC, Sachar K, Glowacki K Arthroscopic Debridement Alone for Intercarpal Ligament Tears Journal of Hand Surgery, 22A:344-349, 1997
Glowacki K, Breen C, Sachar K, Weiss APC Electrodiagnostic Testing and Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome Journal of Hand Surgery 21A:117-122, 1996
Griggs S, Weiss APC, Lane L, SchwenkerC, Akelman A, Sachar K Treatment of Trigger Finger in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Journal of Hand Surgery 21A:117-122, 1996
Weiss APC, Sachar K, Gendrau M.The Conservation Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A re-examination of Steroid Injection and Splinting Journal of Hand Surgery 19A(3):410-415, 1994 Bone and Joint Deseases: Index and Reviews 3(3):16, 1994
Weiss APC, Sachar K Soft Tissue Contractures about the Elbow Hand Clinics 10 (3):493-451,1994
Sachar K, Akelman E, Ehrlich, M Radioulnar Synostosis Hand Clinics 10(3):399-404, 1994 8
Grants:
The Effects of Cold and Warm Ischemia on Physeal Growth in a Limb-Replant Model American Society for Surgery of the Hand September, 1994-September, 1995 Ammount: $6,945.00 (Principal Investigator)
Abstracts:
Weiss APC, Sachar K, Gendrau M The Conservation Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A re-examination of Steroid Injection and Splinting Transactions of the Eastern Orthopaedic Asociation, twenty fourth Annual Meeting Orlando, FL 1993
Sachar K, Glowacki K, Weiss APC A Prospective Study of Arthroscopic Debridement Alone for Intercarpal Ligament Tears Transactions of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty second Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
Glowacki K, Breen C, Sachar K, Weiss APC Electodiagnostic Testing and Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome Transactions of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty second Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
Sachar K, Goel R, Madnani D, Alford W, Izzi J Blanks R, Glowacki K, Weiss APC The Acute and Chronic Effects of Nicotine on The Survival of Ischemic Extremity Replants Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society forty first Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
Glowacki K, Alford W, Breen C, Goel R, Sachar K, Weiss APC The Effect of Wrist Ulnar Variance on Forces Across 9 the Lunotriquetral Ligament Transactions of the International Orthopaedic Research Society second Meeting, San Diego, CA 1995
Sachar K, Akelmen E, Weiss APC Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome and Objective Measures: 7-10 Year Follow-up Transactions of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty third Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1996
Weiss APC, Blanks R, Glowacki K, Sachar K, Moore D, Panzica M, Koch R, Thompson N TGF-B Expression in Extremity Replant Reperfusion Injury Transactions of the Orthopaedic Research Society forty second Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1996
Sachar K, Akelman E, Weiss APC Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome and Objective Measures: 7-10 Year Follow-up Transactions of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand fifty first Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN 1996
Sachar, K. Glowacki K, Koch R, Weiss APC TGF-B Expression in Extremity Replan Reperfusion Injury Transactions of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand fifty first Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN 1996 Sachar , K, Weiss APC The Extensile Medial Approach for Elbow Contracture Release Transactions of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty fourth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 1997
Weiss APC, Sachar K, Glowacki K, Moore D Koch R, Panzica M, Thompson N TGF-B Isoform Expression After Ischemia and Reperfusion Submitted Orthopaedic Research Society forty third Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 1997
Presentations:
TFCC Tears: Diagnosis and Management Hand Conference, University of Colorado, 2019 Macro anatomy: From Brain to Fingertips, Doctors Demystify Nerves, Denver, CO, 2019
Approach to Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain Residents Conference, University of Colorado, October, 2018
Approaches to the Ulnar Wrist Advanced AO Upper Extremity Course, Miami, FL, 2017
PIP Arthrodesis Advanced AO Upper Extremity Course, Miami, FL, 2017
Replantation Surgery ASSH 62nd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2016
Imaging of the Ulnar Wrist ASSH 62nd Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, 2016
Insufficiency Distal Radius Fractures in the Elderly Comprehensive Hand Course, Orlando, FL, 2016
Treatment of Distal Radius Fractures AO Hand Fracture Course, San Francisco, CA, 2016
Treatment of Metacarpal Fractures AO Hand Fracture Course, St. Louis, MO 2015
TFCC Tears, DRUJ Instability Doctor’s Demystify, Denver, CO 2014
Cartilage and Ligament Injuries Doctor’s Demystify, Denver, CO, 2013
Treatment of Scaphoid Fractures AO Hand Fracture Course, San Francisco, CA, 2013 12
Metacarpal Fracture Fixation AO Hand Fracture Course, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain: Imaging Ulnar Wrist: Reconstruction and Salvage ASSH 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Case Presentations Ulnar Wrist: Reconstruction and Salvage ASSH 59th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2013
Rheumatoid Arthritis Demystify the Finger Joint Denver, CO, April 14, 2012
Insufficiency Distal Radius Fractures in the Eldery. AO Hand and Wrist Fracture Management Course Dallas, Tx, March 14-16, 2012
Tennis Elbow: Current Operative and Nonoperative Treatment. ASSH 57th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2011
Computers and Mobile Technology: Mobile Applications. ASSH 57th Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2011
Anatomy of the Shoulder. Demystify the Shoulder Denver, CO, August 14, 2010
Radius Malunion and DRUJ Instability: Pathophysiology and Indications for Surgical Correction, ASSH 56th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA 2010 13
Treatment of Pain After Dorsal Carpal Ganglion Excision: PIN Entrapment, 98TH Annual Clinical Orthopaedic Society Meeting, Denver, CO 2010
Flexor Tendon Injuries, Comprehensive Review in Hand Surgery AAOS, Chicago, Il, 2007-2010
Fractures of the Hand and Wrist, Comprehensive Review in Hand Surgery AAOS, Chicago, Il, 2007-2010
What’s New in Elbow Surgery? Hand SIG Study Group, Denver, CO, 2009
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Doctors Demystify the Hand, Denver, CO, 2009
Intrarticular Distal Radius Fractures, AO Hand and Distal Radius Fracture Course, Phoenix, AZ April 2007
Fracture of the Distal Radius, AO Basic Course, Denver, CO November 2007
Flexor Tendon Repair: State of the Art, Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons seventy first annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Low Back Pain of the Wrist: Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain, Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons seventy first annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2004
Flexor Tendon Repair: State of the Art, Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons seventieth annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003 14
Low Back Pain of the Wrist: Ulnar Sided Wrist Pain, Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons seventieth annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, 2003
Flexor Tendon Repair: State of the Art, Instructional Course Lecture, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixtyninth annual meeting, Dallas, Tx, 2002
Open Reduction of Congenital Radial Head Dislocation TriCity Hand Meeting Louisville, KY 1997
The Extensile Medial Approach for Elbow Contracture Release American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty fourth Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA 1997
TGF-B Expression in Extremity Replant Reperfusion Injury American Society for Surgery of the Hand forty second Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN 1996
Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome and Objective Measures: 7- 10 Year Follow-up American Society for Surgery of the Hand fifty first Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN 1996
TGF-B Expression in Extremity Replant Reperfusion Injury Orthopaedic Research Society forty second Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1996
Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome and Objective Measures: 7- 10 Year Follow-up American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty third Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA 1996
New England Hand Society, twenty fifth Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA 1995 15
The Effect of Wrist Ulnar Variance on Forces Across the Lunotriquetral Ligament Combined Othropaedic Research Society second Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA 1995
The EVG/NCV Test and Carpal Tunnel Release Outcome American Academy of Othropaedic Surgeons sixty second Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
Academic Orthopaedic Association twenty eighth Annual Resident Meeting Pittsburgh, PA 1995
A Prospective Study of Arthroscopic Debridement Alone for Intercarpal Ligament Tears American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons sixty second Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
The Acute and Chronic Effects of Nicotine on The Survival of Ischemic Extremity Replants Orthopaedic Research Society forty first Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1995
The Conservation Management of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: A Re-examination of Steroid Injection and Splinting Eastern Orthopaedic Association twenty fourth Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL 1993
New England Hand Society twenty third Annual Meeting, Sturbridge, MA 1993
Assessment of Chemo-Radio Nuclide Protocol for Proliferation Human Lymphocytes Eastern Student Research Forum University of Miami, FL 1988
