Medical School
University of Cape Town - 1992
Residency
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Fellowships
Gastroenterology - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Transplant Hepatology - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
David Sass, MD, FACP, FACG, AGAF, FAASLD
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Rorer Professor of Medicine
Contact Information
132 South Tenth Street
Main Building, Suite 480
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-955-8900
215-503-2146 fax
Medical Director, Liver Transplantation
Rorer Professor of Medicine
Education
Publications
- Global variation in living donor liver transplantation practices impacts donor and recipient short-term outcomes: initial insights from the International LDLT Registry
- Pharmacotherapy for primary biliary cholangitis: an assessment of medication candidacy and rates of treatment
- Striking Cholestatic Giant Cell Hepatitis Resulting in Fulminant Liver Failure After Garcinia Cambogia Use
- Hepatitis B in Heart Transplant Donors and Recipients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- A head CT is unnecessary in the initial evaluation of a cirrhotic patient with recurrent hepatic encephalopathy
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology
Transplant Hepatology
HONORS & AWARDS
- 2025-26: President-Elect of Philadelphia County Medical Society
- 2023: Rorer Endowed Professorship in Medicine at SKMC
- 2023: Named to “Top 25” List of Teachers in Department of Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University
- 2019: Jefferson Leadership Academy Graduate
- 2018-2025: Philadelphia’s Top Doc in Gastroenterology by Philadelphia Magazine
- 2017-2022: Rydal Top Doctor in Gastroenterology by Castle Connolly
- 2014-2022: America’s Top Doctor list by Castle Connolly
- 2014: Elected to fellowship of AASLD
- 2013-15: Served as President of Pennsylvania Society of Gastroenterology
- 2011: Elected to fellowship of AGA
- 2008-10: Golden Apple Award nominee by the Drexel College of Medicine students for excellence in teaching
- 2008: Elected to fellowship of ACG
- 2006: Elected to fellowship of ACP
- 2003-4: Recipient of an AASLD/Schering Advanced Hepatology Fellowship Award
- 2003: Recipient of Basic Science/Clinical Fellow Category Research Award at the UPMC Department of Medicine 1st Annual Research Day
- 2000: Benjamin Gouley, MD Award in recognition of achievements and contributions of the Chief Medical Resident, Albert Einstein Medical Center
- 1999: Key Pharmaceutical Award in recognition of outstanding performance of a graduating resident in the Albert Einstein Medical Center Residency Program