Raphael Sacho, MD, FRCS

Assistant Professor

Locations

Neurosurgery
8701 Watertown Plank Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53226

Education

MBBch, Doctor of Medicine, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002
Internship & Residency, Medicine & Surgery, Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2003
Residency, Neurosurgery, NHS North West, Manchester, UK, 2004-2012
Fellowship, Cerebrovascular Neurosurgery, University of Toronto-Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2012-2013
Fellowship, Interventional Neuroradiology, University of Toronto-Ontario, Toronto, Canada, 2013-2015

Biography

Dr. Sacho has undertaken both open surgical and endovascular training to treat cerebrovascular disorders. This puts him in a unique position to offer both treatment options to his patients. He is focused on providing patient centered care using the safest and most effective therapy currently available.

Clinical Programs

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Honors and Awards

The Norman Leeds Award for 2014 for the best scientific presentation, Eastern Neuroradiology Society 26th Annual Meeting, Vermont, USA.
Chancellor’s Gold Medal of the University of the Witwatersrand, awarded to the most distinguished graduate of the year in the Natural Sciences 2002.
Health Graduates Association Medal, awarded to the best Health Sciences graduate of the year, University of the Witwatersrand, 2002The Bronze Medal of the Gauteng Branch of the South African Medical Association, awarded to the most outstanding MBBCh graduand of the year 2002.

Denoising and spatial resolution enhancement of 4D flow MRI using proper orthogonal decomposition and lasso regularization.

(Fathi MF, Bakhshinejad A, Baghaie A, Saloner D, Sacho RH, Rayz VL, D'Souza RM.) Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2018 12;70:165-172.
Persistent Hypotension and Cerebral Swelling Resulting From Mesenteric Traction Syndrome After Omental-to-Pial Pedicle Flap Transfer in a Young Woman With Refractory Moyamoya Disease: A Case Report.

(Woehlck HJ, Gollapudy S, Roberts CJ, Oni-Orisan A, Sacho RH, Pagel PS.) A A Case Rep. 2017 Sep 15;9(6):169-171.
High-Resolution Vessel Wall Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Angiogram-Negative Non-Perimesencephalic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.

(Coutinho JM, Sacho RH, Schaafsma JD, Agid R, Krings T, Radovanovic I, Matouk CC, Mikulis DJ, Mandell DM.) Clin Neuroradiol. 2017 Jun;27(2):175-183.
Decreased Superior Sagittal Sinus Diameter and Jugular Bulb Narrowing Are Associated with Poor Clinical Outcome in Vein of Galen Arteriovenous Malformation.

(Saliou G, Dirks P, Sacho RH, Chen L, terBrugge K, Krings T.) AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2016 Jul;37(7):1354-8.
The wire anchor loop traction (WALT) maneuver.

(Effendi K, Sacho RH, Belzile F, Marotta TR.) J Neurointerv Surg. 2016 Feb;8(2):e7.
Safety, efficacy, and cost of surgery for patients with unruptured aneurysms deemed unsuitable for endovascular therapy.

(Zweifel C, Sacho RH, Tymianski R, Radovanovic I, Tymianski M.) Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2015 Dec;157(12):2061-70; discussion 2070.
Natural history and management of basilar trunk artery aneurysms.

(Saliou G, Sacho RH, Power S, Kostynskyy A, Willinsky RA, Tymianski M, terBrugge KG, Rawal S, Krings T.) Stroke. 2015 Apr;46(4):948-53.
Anesthetic management of patients undergoing intracranial bypass procedures.

(Chui J, Manninen P, Sacho RH, Venkatraghavan L.) Anesth Analg. 2015 Jan;120(1):193-203.
Natural history and outcome after treatment of unruptured intradural fusiform aneurysms.

(Sacho RH, Saliou G, Kostynskyy A, Menezes R, Tymianski M, Krings T, Radovanovic I, Terbrugge K, Rinkel GJ, Willinsky R.) Stroke. 2014 Nov;45(11):3251-6.
Arteriovenous fistula of the middle meningeal artery--a rare complication after arthroscopic temporomandibular joint surgery readily amenable to endovascular treatment.

(Sacho RH, Kryshtalskyj B, Krings T.) J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2014 Jul;72(7):1258-65.
Outcome in patients presenting with an aneurysm related intracerebral haemorrhage in the post-ISAT era.

(Sacho RH, Dulhanty L, Holland JP, Patel HC.) Br J Neurosurg. 2013 Apr;27(2):194-7.

Raphael Sacho, MD, FRCS