Jeffrey S. Sager, M.D., M.S.C.E.

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program

University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Pulmonary, Allergy & Critical Care Division
828 West Gates Building
3600 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104

tel: (215) 614-0986
fax: (215) 614-0869
email: sagerj@uphs.upenn.edu

Education:

MD: University of Witwatersrand Medical School

Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Chief Residency: Albert Einstein Medical Center

Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

M.S.C.E.: University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Sager is the Associate Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program and has expertise in the evaluation of candidates for lung transplantation and the management of transplant recipients. His broader clinical interests encompass advanced lung disease and, in particular, the management of patients with pulmonary hypertension. A recipient of a Masters degree in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dr. Sager studies health-related quality of life and functional assessment in advanced lung disease and lung transplantation. He is the co-investigator of clinical trials investigating the role of immunosuppressive induction agents for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic lung rejection.

Representative publications:

Sager, JS; Kotloff, RM; Ahya, VN; Hadjiliadis, D; Simcox, R; Blumenthal, N; Mendez, J; Bilker, W; Pochettino, A; Christie, JD: Association of Clinical Risk Factors with Functional Status Following Lung Transplantation. American Journal of Transplantation Vol. Accepted for publication, 2006.

Sager, JS; Kotloff, RM: Lung Transplantation for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Clinical Pulmonary Medicine. Niederman, MS (eds.) in press, 2006.

Ahya, VN; Sager, JS; Kotloff, RM: Lung Transplantation for Pulmonary Hypertension. Pulmonary Vascular Disease. Mandel, J; Taichman, DB (eds.). Elsevier, Inc, Philadelphia, 2006.

Almeida FA, Sager JS, Eiger G: Coexistent Sarcoidosis and HIV Infection: An Immunological Paradox? Journal of Infection 52(3): 195-201, March 2006.

Seymour, CW; Krimsky, WS; Sager, J; Kruklitis, RJ; Lund, ME; Musani, AL; Sterman, DH: Transbronchial Needle Injection: A Systematic Review of a New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Paradigm. Respiration. Bolliger, CT (eds.). Karger, 73(1): 78-89, February 2006.

Taichman DB, Shin J, Hud L, Archer-Chicko C, Kaplan S, Sager JS, Gallop R, Christie J, Hansen-Flaschen J, Palvesky HI: Health-related quality of life in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Respir Res 6(1): 92-102, August 2005.

Christie JD, Sager JS, Kimmel SE, Ahya VN, Gaughan C, Blumenthal NP, Kotloff RM: Impact of primary graft failure on outcomes following lung transplantation. Chest 127(1): 161-5, Jan 2005.

Lipson DA, Sager JS: Noninvasive Ventilation. N Engl J Med 351(12): 1257-1259, September 2004.

Sager JS, Eiger G, Fuchs BD: Ventilator Auto-triggering in a Patient with Tuberculous Bronchopleural Fistula. Respiratory Care 48(5): 519-21, May 2003.

revised 6/06