Dr Gerald Sacks received his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. He completed a residency in anesthesiology and critical care at the University of Chicago and was a resident in orthopedic surgery at Emory University Affiliated Hospitals in Atlanta.

Dr Sacks completed a fellowship in pain management at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. His research interests include neuropathic pain, psychosocial issues as they related to pain perception, and musculoskeletal, mechanical aspects of pain perception. Been in practice for more than 20 years, Dr Gerald Sacks received his medical degree from UMass Chan Medical School.

Dr Gerald Sacks strongly believes that it is the responsibility of the pain management practitioner to discuss and treat any adverse effects that may be caused by medications prescribed. They need to have a discussion with every patient who is on opioid about their bowel function. Describing the major unmet need in the management of OIC, there is a general unawareness that OIC is common and can be prevented and treated effectively using medications.

According to Dr Gerald, the greatest unmet need he can see is a lack of education, which also falls into lack of time from the busy health care professionals to have an in-depth discussion with the patient addressing the issue of OIC.

About Dr Gerald Sacks

Dr Gerald Sacks advises all the practitioners to focus on every diagnosis their patient has at every visit. Even some of the slightest changes in the condition of their patients can make a difference with long-term morbidity and even mortality.