[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 87 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1173]
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 HONORING DR. CHARLES SACHATELLO FOR HIS 50 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE 
                       TO THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE

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                          HON. ERNIE FLETCHER

                              of kentucky

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, June 21, 2001

  Mr. FLETCHER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge and thank a 
community leader for his 50 years of dedicated service to medicine, 
many of those years spent serving and impacting lives in Central 
Kentucky.
  Dr. Charles Sachatello has been a member of the Lexington Community 
since 1970 and has dutifully served as a surgeon, neighbor and friend. 
He has recently retired and it is my honor to tell you about his life 
and accomplishments.
  Born in Connecticut, Dr. Sachatello received his undergraduate degree 
from Yale University and medical degree from Yale Medical School before 
attending Vanderbilt University to receive his surgical training. While 
at Vanderbilt, Dr. Sachatello published several papers regarding a new 
surgical treatment detailing techniques to remove blood clots.
  After attending Vanderbilt University, Dr. Sachatello joined the 
staff of the Roswell Park Memorial Institute in Buffalo, NY. During his 
tenure, he recognized the Juvenile Polyposis of Infancy syndrome and 
established a working classification of intestinal polyps.
  Dr. Sachatello became a Professor of Surgery at the University of 
Kentucky, Chandler Medical Center in 1970 and was actively involved in 
teaching, patient care and surgical research until his departure in 
1985. During his tenure, he conducted detailed studies of patients with 
intra-abdominal injuries and helped popularize the technique of 
diagnostic peritoneal lavage. Additionally, Dr. Sachatello worked with 
Arrow International Inc. to develop a Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage Kit, 
which has been used in tens of thousands of patients and is still 
widely used today.
  In 1985, Dr. Sachatello left the University of Kentucky and entered 
into private practice. He established the Bluegrass Surgical Group and 
was instrumental to the group's merger with the United Surgical 
Associates in 1998, which is one of the largest surgical groups in the 
nation.
  Over the years, Dr. Sachatello has authored over 80 papers and 
several chapters in surgery textbooks. He also established the Charles 
and Suzanne Sachatello Endowment Fund at the University of Kentucky to 
purchase books on trauma. He was also instrumental is establishing the 
Grove Memorial AOA lectureship endowment.
  Today, I rise to salute Dr. Sachatello for his commitment to 
medicine, to the Lexington Community and to me personally. Throughout 
his lifetime, he has touched thousands of lives as a teacher, 
physician, friend and neighbor improving the lives of people throughout 
Kentucky.

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