SAGES Pioneer in Endoscopy Award
- The award is designated for a person in industry, or a physician/surgeon.
- The award will be given to an individual, not to a company.
- The award will be granted for a significant, long-term scientific or technological contribution to the field of surgical endoscopy.
- The award will not be given every year, but bestowed when the Board determines a worthy nominee. It is intended for those whose efforts have substantively changed and improved the field of endoscopy.
- One person may not receive the award twice, as it is for a body of work as opposed to an individual achievement.
- Past winners include:
- Karl Storz 1995
- Bob Quint 1997
- Robert Anderson 1999
- William Chang and Richard Newman 2001
- Kurt Semm, MD 2002
- Basil Hirshowitz 2003
- George Berci, MD 2004
- Jeffrey Ponsky, MD 2005
- Gregory Stiegmann, MD 2006
- John Abele, 2007
- Gerald Marks, MD 2008
- Robert Croce, 2009
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