Dr. Sasaki received his medical degree from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan and completed residency in pediatrics at Elmhurst Hospital Center in New York and fellowship in pediatric critical care medicine at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Dr. Sasaki’s clinical interests include: non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring system in the cardiac intensive care unit and risk factors for perioperative morbidity following the Fontan operation.


Dr. Sasaki is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in Pediatrics and board-eligible in Pediatric Critical Care.


Publications

Almasarweh, S.I., Suntharos, P., ..., Sasaki, J. (2023). Contemporary risk factors for a longer hospital stay following bidirectional cavopulmonary anastomosis. Cardiology in the young, 33(9), 1529-1535. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Sendi, P., ..., Totapally, B. (2022). The Epidemiology and Outcome of Pericardial Effusion in Hospitalized Children: A National Database Analysis. Journal of pediatrics, 249(), 29-34. View in Pubmed

Diaby, V., Babcock, A., ..., Sasaki, J., et al (2022). Real-world economic evaluation of prospective rapid whole-genome sequencing compared to a matched retrospective cohort of critically ill pediatric patients in the United States. The pharmacogenomics journal, 22(4), 223-229. View in Pubmed

Gill, K., Sasaki, J., ..., Welch, E. (2021). Chromosomal microarray detects genetic risks of neurodevelopmental disorders in newborns with congenital heart disease. Cardiology in the young, 31(8), 1275-1282. View in Pubmed

Febres-Aldana, C., Pelaez, L. ..., Saski, J., et al (2020). A Case of UDP-Galactose 4'-Epimerase Deficiency Associated with Dyshematopoiesis and Atrioventricular Valve Malformations: An Exceptional Clinical Phenotype Explained by Altered N-Glycosylation with Relative Preservation of the Leloir Pathway. Molecular syndromology, 11(5-6), 320-329. View in Pubmed

Ouchi, Y., Sasaki, J., Arai, H., et al (2019). Ezetimibe Lipid-Lowering Trial on Prevention of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in 75 or Older (EWTOPIA 75): A Randomized, Controlled Trial. Circulation, 140(12), 992-1003. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Tirotta, C., Lim, H., Kubes, K., Salvaggio, J., Hannan, R., Burke, R., et al (2018). Comparison of stored red blood cell washing techniques for priming extracorporeal circuits. Perfusion, 33(2), 130-135. View in Pubmed

Shah, A.H., Ibrahim, G.M., Sasaki, J., Ragheb, J., Bhatia, S., Niazi, T.N. (2018). Multiple echocardiography abnormalities associated with endoscopic third ventriculostomy failure. Journal of Neurosurgery. Pediatrics, 21(1), 25-30. View in Pubmed

Chegondi, M., Sasaki, J., Naqvi, S., Lin, W.C., Raszynski, A., Totapally, B.R. (2018). Heart Rate Variability in Children Following Drowning Injury. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine, 23(1), 53-55. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Lopez, M.M., Baysa, S.J., Kanter, R.J., Rossi, A.F. (2017). Utility of preoperative Holter monitoring in children undergoing extracardiac conduit Fontan operation. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE, 40(12), 1472-1478. View in Pubmed

Fundora, M.P., Sasaki, J., Muniz, J.C., Rossi, A., Rhodes, J.F. Jr, Hannan, R.L., et al (2017). Evaluation of Residual Coarctation in Infants with a Single Right Ventricle after Stage I Palliation. Pediatric Cardiology, 38(1), 115-122. View in Pubmed

Chegondi, M., Sasaki, J., Raszynski, A., Totapally, B.R. (2016). Hemoglobin Threshold for Blood Transfusion in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy, 43(4), 297-301. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Dykes, J.C., Sosa, L.J., Salvaggio, J.L., Tablante, M.D., Ojito, J., et al (2016). Risk Factors for Longer Hospital Stay Following the Fontan Operation. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 17(5), 411-419. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Khalil, P., Chegondi, M., Raszynski, A., Totapally, B. (2014). Coral snake bites and envenomation in children: a case series. Pediatric Emergency Care, 30(4), 262-265. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Chegondi, M., Raszynski, A., Totapally, B.R. (2014). Outcome of children with acute encephalitis and refractory status epilepticus. Journal of Child Neurology, 29(12), 1638-1644. View in Pubmed

Sasaki, J., Parajuli, N., Sharma, P., Nanda, M., Shah, R., Gershel, J., et al (2012). Utility of post-urinary tract infection imaging in patients with normal prenatal renal ultrasound. Clinical Pediatric, 51(3), 244-246. View in Pubmed

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