John C Sakles

Biography

Dr. Sakles has spent his career focusing on the clinical, educational and research aspects of emergency airway management, with an emphasis on the “difficult airway.” He is a world-renowned airway expert and has been on the forefront of research in new technologies, particularly the role of video laryngoscopy for emergency intubation. He has published numerous articles in the field of emergency airway management, including on such topics as video laryngoscopy, airway pharmacology, surgical airway management and remotely assisted “telebation.” His papers have become some of the most cited works in the field.

Dr. Sakles has been a faculty member on the widely acclaimed “The Difficult Airway Course: Emergency” for more than 15 years, and serves as a reviewer for airway manuscripts for the Annals of Emergency Medicine, Academic Emergency Medicine and the Journal of Emergency Medicine.

Degrees

• M.D. Medicine
• University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Graduate Study Biochemistry
• University of California Davis, Davis, California, United States
• B.S. Independent Major in Biochemistry
• Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, United States

Awards

• Distinguished Service Award
• Society for Airway Management (SAM), Fall 2024
• Clinical Excellence Award
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Summer 2023
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Winter 2021
• Clinical Teaching Award
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Summer 2023
• AMES Vernon and Virginia Furrow Award for Excellence in Teaching: Graduate Medical Education
• University of Arizona College of Medicine, Spring 2022
• Academic Teacher of the Year
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Winter 2020
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Winter 2019
• University of Arizona Emergency Medicine Residency, Spring 2016
• Best Poster in the Quality Improvement and Human Factors Category
• World Airway Management Meeting (WAMM), Winter 2019
• BMA Medical Book Award: Highly Commended in the Anaesthesia Category
• British Medical association, Summer 2018
• Best Doctors in America
• Best Doctors, Winter 2017
• Best Doctors, Winter 2016
• Best Doctors, Winter 2015
• One of the "Top Ten" Research Papers downloaded in 2017 from Academic Emergency Medicine Journal
• Academic Emergency Medicine, Winter 2017
• One of the "Top Ten" Research Papers downloaded in 2016 from Academic Emergency Medicine Journal
• Academic Emergency Medicine, Winter 2016
• "Top Ten" Research Abstract
• World Airway Management Meeting, Winter 2015
• Best Oral Presentation
• ACEP, Fall 2015
• International Airway Faculty Member
• Society for Airway Management, Spring 2015