Dr. David Sack, MD is a gastroenterology specialist in Meriden, CT and has been practicing for 35 years. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University / School of Medicine in 1978 and specializes in gastroenterology.Read his story
Connecticut Gastroenterology
455 Lewis Ave Ste 200
Meriden, CT 06451
(203) 886-0036
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna
- Amerigroup (Wellpoint)
- AvMed
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- CareSource
- Cigna
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Community Health Choice
- Connecticare
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Top Care Areas
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome
very high
more than 96% of peers
Abdominal Disorders
very high
more than 95% of peers
Gastrointestinal Diseases
very high
more than 92% of peers
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Dr. Sack's bio
This content was provided by Dr. Sack "My goal is to provide the most comprehensive, capable, compassionate and current care to all my patients in a way that will make people feel at ease with doing what is necessary to maintain and restore health and well-being. I have devoted my life to this calling for the past 40 years. I bring to the practice of medicine a background in broad liberal education and humanities. I am known to patients and referring physicians alike for spending more time than average to make difficult diagnoses, treat difficult problems, and explain even the common ones in depth to help my patients come away from their visit healthier and more able to manage their medical conditions. I teach 3rd year medical students from Yale University School of Medicine in the office at some times during the year. I write a blog on medical subjects entitled "prescriptions" that is carried on the American College of Physicians blog site, blog.acpinternist.org. While I am proud of my Ivy League education, I firmly believe that it is the scholarly practice of medicine that is more important than where the scholarship was pursued. I have a number of personal interests outside the practice of medicine that I am happy to discuss during visits if time allows."
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Care Philosophy
This content was provided by Dr. Sack "My care philosophy is outlined in my personal statement above. My role models are the great doctors who preceded me, some famous in the history of medicine and some who taught me directly. A great physician said our mission as doctors is to cure sometimes, relieve often, and comfort always. Another doctor much admired said that the secret of the care of the patient is caring for the patient as a person. Finally, the founder of Johns Hopkins Hospital, where I trained, said famously that it is even more important for us to know what sort of patient has the disease than to know what sort of disease the patient has. These precepts have guided my practice since entering medical training in 1974."
1 Specialties
- Gastroenterology
2 Board Certifications
- GastroenterologyAccredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
- Internal MedicineAccredited by: American Board of Internal Medicine*
78 Conditions Treated
- Abdominal Disorders
- Abdominal Pain
- Anal or Rectal Pain
- Anal Prolapse
- Anemia
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Barrett's Esophagus
- Benign Neoplasm of the Digestive System
- Benign Tumor
- Blood Disorders
- Cancer
- Celiac Disease
- Cholecystitis and Gallstones
- Cholelithiasis
- Cirrhosis
- Colorectal Cancer
- Constipation
- Crohn's Disease
- Dehydration
- Diaphragmatic and-or Hiatal Hernia
- Diarrhea
- Diverticulitis, Intestinal
- Diverticulosis, Intestinal
- Duodenal Ulcer
- Duodenitis
- Dysentery
- Dysphagia
- Enteritis
- Esophageal Achalasia and Cardiospasm
- Esophageal Cancer
- Esophageal Diseases
- Esophageal Diverticulum
- Esophageal Ulcer
- Esophageal Varices
- Esophagitis
- Gas-Bloat Syndrome
- Gastric Ulcer
- Gastritis
- Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD)
- Gastrointestinal Bleeding
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Gastrointestinal Malabsorption
- Gastroparesis
- Heartburn
- Hemochromatosis
- Hemorrhoids
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B - Immune Response
- Hepatitis C
- Hepatorenal Syndrome
- Hernia
- Ileus
- Indigestion
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Intestinal Ischemia
- Intestinal Obstruction
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Lactose Intolerance
- Liver Damage from Alcohol
- Malnutrition
- Mesenteric Lymphadenitis
- Nausea
- Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract
- Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
- Noninfectious Gastroenteritis and Colitis
- Pancreatitis
- Peptic Ulcer
- Pouchitis
- Pyloric Stenosis
- Reflux Esophagitis
- Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
- Stomach Diseases
- Stomal Ulcer
- Ulcer
- Ulcerative Colitis
- Unexplained Weight Loss
- Viral Hepatitis
- Vomiting Disorders
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6 Procedures
- Colonoscopy, Proctosigmoidoscopy, and Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopy (Esophagus, Stomach, Small Intestine)
- Gastroenterology Procedures
- Hemorrhoidectomy or Excision of Anal Tags
- Liver Biopsy
- Manometry
Background Check
0 Malpractice Claims
No malpractice history found for Connecticut.
0 Sanctions
No sanctions history found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
0 Board Actions
No board actions found for the years that Healthgrades collects data.
Education
- Harvard Medical SchoolUndergraduate School | Graduated 1974
- Johns Hopkins University / School of MedicineMedical School | Graduated 1978
- Lenox Hill HospitalInternship Hospital | Completed 1979
- Lenox Hill HospitalResidency Hospital | Completed 1981
- Beth Israel Deaconess HospitalFellowship Hospital | Completed 1983
Awards & Recognition
Awards & Honors
- Healthgrades Honor Roll
Media & Publications
Dr. Sack has no media or publications listed.
Languages Spoken
- English
Memberships & Professional Affiliations
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Dr. Sack's Reviews
Likelihood of recommending Dr. Sack to family and friends
15 total reviews (2 have comments)
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Patient satisfaction surveys, as I have noted above, are often distorted and unreliable because they select for people with strong opinions, sometimes positive and sometimes not. Surveys often count into a doctor's score many factors that don't deserve so much weight, such as the average wait time to be called in from the waiting room. In fact, some of the best doctors have the longest office waiting time. For that
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