Welcome to The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES)
SAGES
represents a worldwide community of surgeons that can bring minimal access
surgery, endoscopy and emerging techniques to patients in every country.
We represent over 5,000 surgeons and allied health professionals.
We have recently redesigned the SAGES Web Site and completely changed the file and directory structure. Although we have taken care to convert as much material as we can, you may find some features either missing or not working correctly at this time. Rest assured we are working on it still and all features should be re-enabled soon.
We are happy to announce that the 2007 and 2008 Poster Sessions are now available online for FREE viewing. Hundreds of posters can be viewed from any computer or mobile device with the free Flash player installed.
If you have any questions about the Digital Posters or feedback, contact .
We are in the process of converting a number of presentations from the 2008 Annual Meeting to streaming video.
Right now, you can view the 2008 SAGES Presidential Address and the 2008 Gerald Marks Lecture online.
More videos and audio/powerpoint presentations are on the way.
The next SAGES Annual Meeting is:
2009 SAGES Scientific Session & Postgraduate Course
(will be held in conjunction with AHPBA & IPEG)
April 22 - 25, 2009
Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ
Exhibitor Information coming soon...
Program Information coming soon...
Call for Abstracts coming soon...
Four recently revised publications are now available. A complete list of all currently published SAGES guidelines can be found on our Publications page:
- SAGES Statement: A Consensus Document on Robotic Surgery: Prepared by the SAGES-MIRA Robotic Surgery Consensus Group
- SAGES Clinical Guideline: Guidelines for Diagnostic Laparoscopy
- SAGES Clinical Guideline: Guidelines for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Use of Laparoscopy for Surgical Problems during Pregnancy
- SAGES Privileging Guideline: Granting of Privileges for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

SAGES has recently created a number of web sites aimed at the patient and the primary care physician that each focus on a specific disease or procedure. SAGES members are encouraged to visit these sites and use these materials to prepare your patients for surgery. A PowerPoint presentation is available on each site and SAGES members may download this file for their own use.
- Donating a Kidney Via Minimally-Invasive Surgery: Kidney-Donor.info
- Laparoscopic Surgery on the Colon and/or Rectum: Colon-Surgery.info
- Laparoscopic Surgery for Inguinal (Groin) Hernias: Hernia-Surgery.info
- Laparoscopic Surgery for Adrenal Gland Removal: AdrenalSurgery.info
- Morbid Obesity: Morbid-Obesity.info
- GERD (Anti-reflux surgery, surgery for heartburn): GERDsurgery.info
- Screening Colonoscopy: Colonoscopy.info