Aaron Sachs, MD, DABS, FACS, FASMBS
Bariatric Surgery
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Bio & Overview
Aaron N. Sachs, MD, DABS, FACS, FASMBS, is a surgeon in Northern Virginia who specializes in minimally invasive surgery and flexible endoscopy, with a focus in weight-loss and anti-reflux surgery.
“I like to dedicate all the time I can to make sure my patients understand what is happening,” he says. “I want them proceeding with surgery confident in the plan and in my pledge to give them the best care possible.”
Growing up in Rockville, Maryland, Sachs always knew he wanted to be a doctor. “My mother is a pediatrician and I always wanted to go to ‘take your son to work day’ with her,” he shares. “I enjoyed science and was fascinated by the human body.”
Dr. Sachs has expertise in the following areas:
- Bariatric surgery / weight loss surgery - gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy, revisions
- GERD / gastroesophageal reflux disease - Barrett's esophagus, Peptic stricture
- Foregut surgery - Fundoplication (Nissen, Toupet, Dor), Heller myotomy
- Dysphagia / swallowing issues & achalasia
- Feeding tubes
- Flexible endoscopy - upper endoscopy, Colonoscopy
- Bowel obstruction & small intestine
- Appendix removal
- Gallbladder removal / gallstones
- Spleen removal
- Stomach surgery
- Hemorrhoids
- Skin lumps / lipoma
- Abscess drainage
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Robotic surgery
Hernia areas of specialty include:
- Inguinal and groin hernia
- Abdominal wall hernia / ventral hernia
- Umbilical hernia
- Epigastric hernia
- Hiatal hernia
- Paraesophageal hiatal hernia repair
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Adults (21-65)
Older Adults (65+)
- Primary Education
- University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Residency
- Wellspan York Hospital
- Fellowships
- Minnesota Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Certification
- American Board of Surgery (Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery)
- Additional Specialties
- General Surgery
Highlights
Meet Aaron Sachs, MD
My name is Aaron Sachs, and I'm a fellowship trained, board-certified general and minimally invasive surgeon. And I primarily work at a UVA Haymarket Medical Center and Prince William Medical Center. And my focus is in anti-reflux and weight loss surgery. So I see patients who are bothered with gastroesophageal reflux disease, hiatal hernias, issues with swallowing. And the other arm of my practice is weight loss surgery for those who have uncontrolled or difficult to control obesity, and especially with comorbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea. At our practice we strive to create a streamlined patient flow. We have some fantastic dieticians and program navigators, and particularly for our bariatric or weight loss surgery program. We will always be available and guide you with every step. Patients should consider coming to the University of Virginia for care because we have a team of excellent physicians with access to resources of a major academic center such as the University of Virginia. And one of the more exciting things about my job is now some of those resources are available in places like Haymarket and Prince William County where I work and you don't have to drive all the way down to Charlottesville. So we are now building bridges to Northern Virginia, and these resources have the ability to help patients tremendously.
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