Kent C. Sasse, MD, MPH, FACS, FASMBS, is a Board-certified general surgeon in active practice. UCSF general surgery residency; Lahey Clinic colon and rectal surgery fellowship. Over 20,000 gastrointestinal, colorectal, general, and bariatric procedures. Clinical Associate Professor, University of Nevada School of Medicine. Approximately 50 peer-reviewed publications. Medical Director of nationally accredited bariatric surgery center.
Clinical Experience - Bariatric and metabolic surgery, revisional and reoperative procedures, anastomotic and staple-line leak, failure to rescue, hernia repair and mesh and biologic graft performance, hiatal hernia and fundoplication, advanced endoscopy and stenting, colorectal surgery, pelvic floor and incontinence, sacral neuromodulation, complex wound management. Twenty-plus years as medical director of a nationally accredited bariatric center. Inventor and patent holder, bariatric surgical device.
Nutrition support - Former medical director of a home infusion pharmacy with clinical oversight of home parenteral and enteral nutrition therapy, vascular access, and patient selection. Member, American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition. Experience with criteria-based medical necessity review. Reviews the nutrition and gastrointestinal components of life care plans, including indications for enteral versus parenteral support, expected trajectory and adaptation after intestinal resection, access complications, and projected duration of therapy
Litigation Support - Medical negligence, personal injury, and product liability. Over 100 case reviews for the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners and the U.S. Air Force. 50+ depositions and trial testimonies. Retained by plaintiff and defense in approximately equal measure, and has served as a neutral reviewer.
Dr. Sasse is a sought-after speaker and an experienced trial witness, having logged many hours on the witness stand in highly charged cases. He brings a commitment to objectivity and thoroughness to each and every case.
Areas of Expertise:
- Bariatric Surgery
- Nutrition Support
- Obesity
- Life Care Plan Review
- Surgical Complications
- Abdominal Trauma
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- Intestinal Failure
- Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Endoscopy
- Sepsis
- Gastric Bypass
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By: Dr. Kent Sasse
In catastrophic abdominal injury cases, few line items move a damages figure like nutrition support. Home parenteral nutrition - intravenous feeding delivered through a central catheter - runs somewhere in the range of $103,000 to $176,000 per year for an adult in the United States. Projected across a young plaintiff’s life expectancy, that single entry can account for the majority of a life care plan's total value.
By: Dr. Kent Sasse
Mesh is used to support the tissues in most hernia repairs in the U.S. This practice stems from research showing that without reinforcement material, hernias tend to recur frequently over the long term when the repairs are performed using suture repairs alone. Surgical mesh, made from polypropylene
By: Dr. Kent Sasse
Metabolic and Bariatric surgery and endoscopy play increasingly important roles in the treatment of type two diabetes and obesity. American Diabetes Association and other societal guidelines now incorporate sleeve gastrectomy and gastric bypass into their recommended treatment protocols.
Kent Sasse, MD
This updated and expanded edition of Outpatient Weight-Loss Surgery delivers timely information and the latest research results on innovative procedures, including Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Mini-Gastric Bypass and the latest innovations in Laparoscopic Gastric Banding with Imbrication. The new edition explains why the Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass is the cure for Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in 85% of cases.
Kent Sasse, MD
he decision to have a surgical weight-loss procedure is a life-affirming decision. Choosing the correct procedure requires diligence, responsibility, hard work, determination and resourcefulness to inform yourself to the point of making the best informed decision.
Kent Sasse, MD
Combining the science of weight loss with inspiration and advice that has dramatically improved the lives of many people, this guide offers a compelling case that change is possible and that losing weight may be the most important life change a person can make.
Kent Sasse, MD
Surgical weight-loss procedures have come a long way in the last several decades. Not only have the procedures become much safer and much less invasive with the advent of laparoscopic surgery, but the surgical procedures themselves have come to be accepted in the medical field as having real health benefits rather than being viewed as simply cosmetic. The benefits to weight loss have been long-documented, and the benefits from weight-loss operations are now documented as well. However, weight-loss operations are still surgical procedures, and not to be undertaken lightly.
Kent Sasse, MD
This simple yet powerful tips resource provides meaningful evidence-based practical and effective tips for initial weight loss and long-term weight maintenance. It touches on key topics that help remind us to initiate and ingrain long-term healthy behaviors. It points out small meaningful steps that we can all take on the road to a healthier weight.
