Sara Sakowitz
@SaraSakowitz
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MS4 🩺 & aspiring surgeon @dgsomucla @uclaanderson | Data science & health services research @CoreLabUCLA | ✍️ @ajs_stars | Prev MS/MPH @columbia @bumedicine
the lab
Joined May 2012
🚨 1st national study of surgeons' experiences during healthcare corporatization: ~80% believe corporatization negatively impacts academic surgery Featured at #STS2025
@tdonahuemd @AcademicSurgery @UnivSurg @AnnalsofSurgery @DouglasEWood1 @Aortologist
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RT @CoreLabUCLA: Thank you @STS_CTsurgery Cardiothoracic Surgery News for featuring our recent study in @JAMASurgery: Travel to High-Volume…
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@DGlaucomflecken Corporatization of healthcare has had a VERY real impact on physicians/surgeons &trainees. Surgeons report experiencing a “McDonaldization” of academic surgery: Quality of care, patient satisfaction are compromised by systems' focus on efficiency &profit.
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Thank you to @STS_CTsurgery #STS2025 for the opportunity to share projects that mean so much to me. &huge thanks to @saraj_pereira, Dr Erkmen & @FWilder9 for the privilege of giving my first invited talk on #SDOH in #transplantation at the Vivien Thomas Symposium! Very grateful🤍
This #membermonday, we wanted to shoutout @SaraSakowitz who had 5️⃣ talks on social determinants of health including this one on SES and transplant ⭐️
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@tdonahuemd @AcademicSurgery @UnivSurg @AnnalsofSurgery @DouglasEWood1 @Aortologist Corporatization impacts scientific research: 👩🔬70% of surgeons believed corporatization made it harder to pursue research 💰74% reported corporatization affects competitiveness for grants ⌛️72% felt corporatization limits mid-career/senior faculty engagement in research/education
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RT @Aortologist: Highlighted at #STS2025 again, and fresh off the press in @AnnalsofSurgery checkout our work on the Corporatization of Hea…
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RT @hari_keshava: @SaraSakowitz @tdonahuemd @AcademicSurgery @UnivSurg @AnnalsofSurgery @DouglasEWood1 @Aortologist Great perspective and s…
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So grateful to be part of the @ajs_stars team!!
So proud of this crew!! These @ajs_stars lived up to their name throughout the meeting, especially our very own @SaraSakowitz who did an incredible job presenting the @STS_CTsurgery Chamberlain paper. Can’t wait to see them continue to take this field by storm!
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And just like that, #STS2025 is over! What an absolutely incredible conference- thank you to the entire @STS_CTsurgery team & all those who attended and presented. And special thanks to the designer of the STS banner. So honored for my photo to have made the cut! (Truly a first)
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RT @ajs_stars: It was great uniting with eachother as well as reuniting with other #stars alumni @STS_CTsurgery #STS2025✨ @WendelynOslock…
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RT @WomenInThoracic: Congratulations to our research committee member @SaraSakowitz , for presenting the J. Maxwell Chamberlain Paper on Pe…
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RT @CoreLabUCLA: We are so proud of our two time Chamberlain speaker @SaraSakowitz for presenting the J Maxwell Chamberlain Paper on periop…
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RT @annalsthorsurg: 📣#LIVE at #STS2025 Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Perioperative & Critical Care: Insurance-Based Disparities in Cardiac…
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RT @biniamkidaneMD: @SaraSakowitz presenting an informative study looking at real world adoption of adjuvant immunotherapy after esophageal…
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RT @WomenInThoracic: Thrilled to see such incredible representation of #WTS members at #STS2025! Proud of this inspiring community drivin…
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Can’t believe it’s finally here!! See you soon @STS_CTsurgery #STS2025
Attending #STS2025? You won't want to miss these talks 👇👇 See you on Friday morning @STS_CTsurgery - the countdown has begun! @Aortologist @SaraSakowitz @Ng_Ayesha
@dgsomucla @CUDeptSurg @annalsthorsurg @WomenInThoracic
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RT @JAMASurgery: Traveling to high volume centers for surgical management of esophageal cancer was associated with greater survival at 1- a…
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RT @CoreLabUCLA: The past week has been challenging for CORELAB members, with some losing homes & belongings. We are so thankful for those…
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Officially going to @AATSHQ as my last conference of medical school! Huge thanks to the program committee. And beyond grateful to my mentors @UCLASurgeryRes @CoreLabUCLA Dr. Yanagawa & Dr. Benharash, to whom I owe everything. See you in Seattle✨ @dgsomucla #SurgeryTwitter #AATS
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