Dr. Sachdeva is the Founding Director of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Division of Education. He is also Adjunct Professor of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Dr. Sachdeva previously served as Leon C. Sunstein, Jr., Professor of Medical and Health Sciences Education, Associate Dean for Medical Education, and Professor and Vice Chairman for Educational Affairs, Department of Surgery, at MCP Hahnemann School of Medicine. He also served as Chief of Surgical Services at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Dr. Sachdeva is Founding Member of the ACS Academy of Master Surgeon Educators. He has been the recipient of the Distinguished Educator Award (Lifetime Achievement Award) of the Association for Surgical Education, the Dave Davis Research in Continuing Medical Education Award of the Society for Academic CME, the Margaret Hay Edwards Achievement Medal of the American Association for Cancer Education for Outstanding Contributions to Cancer Education, the Theodore McGraw Medal of the Detroit Surgical Association, the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching, and the Blockley-Osler Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching. He has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers on surgical and medical education topics. He has delivered invited presentations and conducted courses on educational topics in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan. Dr. Sachdeva has served on the Boards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.
Dr. Sachdeva has served as President of the following organizations: Association for Surgical Education; Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education; American Association for Cancer Education; Council of Medical Specialty Societies; and Alliance for Clinical Education.