Professional CV

Anna Sattah, MD, IFMCP

Credentials

  • Medical Licenses- Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia

  • Undergraduate Bachelor of Sciences- Duke University

  • Medical School-

  • University of Virginia

  • Residency- General Surgery at University of Virginia

  • Fellowship- Critical Care at George Washington University

  • Board Certifications- General Surgery and Surgical Critical Care

Functional Medicine Certifications

  • Institute of Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP)

  • ReCODE 2.0 Certified Practitioner- Dale Bredesen protocol for prevention/reversal of cognitive decline

  • Kalish Institute of Functional Medicine- Mentorship graduate

Functional Medicine Presentations

  • Podcast- Capital Integrative Health Podcast Decoding Long-COVID: How to Heal Using Root Cause Medicine with Dr Anna Sattah , MD April 4, 2023

  • Webinar- Long-COVID Potential Mechanisms and treatment Strategies April 18th, 2023

    https://youtu.be/IlkwYaiuEH8

Professional Memberships

  • Institute of Functional Medicine, IFM

  • American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, A4M

Postgraduate Work Experience

  • 2014-2022 full time critical care physician at Holy Cross Hospital (ongoing part-time intensivist)

  • 2023-present- full time functional medicine physician

Research Experience

  • Medical provider for the Post-COVID Recovery Trial investigating an integrative approach to treatment for patients with long COVID

  • Developed a patented culture media for the growth of human fat derived stem cells

  • Demonstrated clinically improved wound healing response using fat derived stem cells in a diabetic mouse model

Selected Publications (maiden name Parker AM)

  • Parker AM, Katz AJ: Adipose-derived stem cells for the regeneration of damaged tissues. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2006;6:567-578.

  • Parker AM, Shang H, Kurgel M, Katz AJ: Low serum and serum free culture of multipotent human adipose stem cells. Cytotherapy. 2007 9(7):637-46.

  • Parker AM, Salopek L, Pineros-Fernandez A, Rodeheaver GT: Quantitation of the postoperative response in four dorsal bipedicle flaps in the rat. Wounds 2007; 19-7.

  • Sefcik LS, Neal RA, Kaszuba SN, Parker AM, Katz AJ, Ogle RC, Botchwey EA: Collagen nanofibers are a biomimetic substrate for the serum-free osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2008;Jun2(4):210-20.

  • Maclsaac ZM, Shang H, Agrawal H, Yang N. Parker AM, Katz AJ: Long-term in-vivo tumorigenic assessment of human culture-expanded adipose stromal/stem cells. Exp Cell Research. 2012:318(4):416-23.

  • Rosenberger LH, Mauro DM, Parker AM, Taylor MD, Sawyer RG, Bauer TW: Duodenal diverticulum perforation following jejunal feeding tube advancement; Journal of Surgical Radiology July 2012- published online first

  • Parker AM, Schroen AT, Brenin DR: MRI utilization in newly diagnosed breast cancer: a survey of practicing surgeons. Ann Surg Oncol. 2013;20(8):2600-6.

  • Parker AM, Petroze RT, Schirmer BD, Calland JF: Surgical Residency Market Research- What are applicants looking for? J Surg Educ. 2013;70(2):232-6.

  • Sattah AP, Worthington S. (2015). Vascular Access Evaluation. In Upchurch GR., Henke PK. (eds) Clinical Scenarios in Vascular Surgery (pp. 149-152) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadephia, PA.

  • Sattah AP, Chawla LS. (2015). Kidney Injury in Abdominal Compartment Syndrome. In: Thakar C., Parikh C. (eds) Perioperative kidney injury: Principles of risk assessment, diagnosis and treatment (pp. 145-190) Springer, New York, NY.

  • Sattah AP, Secrist MH, Sarin S: Complications and Perioperative Management of Patients Undergoing Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair. J Intensive Care Med. 2018; 33(7):394-406.

Patents

  • US Patent No 7,932,084 issued 4/26/2011 Methods and Compositions for Growing Adipose Derived Stem Cells

  • European Letters Patent No 2076275 12/3/14 Methods and Compositions Useful for Diabetic Wound Healing