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Current SAGES Endorsed Courses

As a service to members, SAGES offers Course and Program Directors the opportunity to have their courses reviewed and endorsed by the Continuing Education Committee.

These courses meet the guidelines established in the SAGES Framework for Post-Residency Surgical Education and Training and are endorsed by the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES).

For more information and applications, please visit the Endorsed Course Application page.

Course Listings

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical Center

 

Course Director:

Daniel B. Jones, M.D. and Stephanie Jones, M.D.

For More Information Contact:

Maritza AvendanoBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215
Phone: 617-667-5101

Patient Safety in Obesity Surgery: Implementing Accrediation Standards and Best Practices. // September 11, 2008 - September 13, 2008

Carolinas Laparoscopic & Advanced Surgery Program "CLASP", Charlotte, NC

 

Course Director:

B. Todd Heniford, MD, FACS; Kent W. Kercher, MD, FACS; Timothy Kuwada, MD, FACS; Keith Gersin, MD; David A. Iannitti, MD; Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, PhD; Chris Teigland, MD, FACS; Pierce Irby, MD, FACS; Ronald F. Sing, DO and others

For More Information Contact:

Judy Quesenberry
Phone: 704-355-4823
Fax: 704-355-8147
CLASP@carolinashealthcare.org

1000 Blythe Blvd.
P.O. Box 32861
Charlotte, NC 28203

Mini Fellowship for Hepatic Tumor Ablation // July 24, 2008 - July 25, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Open & Laparoscopic Ventral Incisional Hernia Repair & Inguinal Hernia Repair // August 14, 2008 - August 15, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Laparoscopic & Hand-Assisted Colorectal Surgery with Hands on Lab // August 17, 2008 - August 18, 2008

Laparoscopic Urological Surgery Workshop: Laparoscopic Nephrectomy & Robotic Prostatectomy // September 11, 2008 - September 12, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Bariatric Surgery // September 26, 2008 - September 26, 2008

Mini-Fellowship for Advanced Laparoscopy Surgery; to include Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux, Laparoscopic Colectomy, Hand-Assisted Laparoscopy, Laparoscopic Ventral Herniorrhaphy, Laparoscopic Solid Organ and/or Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass // September 28, 2008 - September 30, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Laparoscopic & Hand-Assisted Colorectal Surgery with Hands on Lab // October 26, 2008 - October 27, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Hepatic Tumor Ablation // November 09, 2008 - November 10, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Flexible Endoscopy // November 12, 2008 - November 12, 2008

Inferior Vena Cava Insertion // November 14, 2008 - November 14, 2008

Mini Fellowship for Lymphatic Mapping and Sentinel Node Biopsy Workshop // November 20, 2008 - November 21, 2008

Cine-Med, Inc.

 

Course Director:

Scott Shikora, MD, FACS

For More Information Contact:

Cine-Med, Inc.
127 Main Street North
Woodbury, CT 06798
Phone: 203-263-0006
Fax: 203-263-4839
Brian Mozelak
bmozelak@cine-med.net

Bariatric Summit 2008 // September 20, 2008 - September 22, 2008

The International Consensus Summit for Sleeve Gastrectomy // March 19, 2009 - March 21, 2009

CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre

 

Course Director:

Professor Enders KW NG

For More Information Contact:

Joanne Hui
Executive Officer, Department of Surgery
Phone: +011 (852) 2632-2644
Fax: +011 (852) 2632-4708
joannehui@surgery.cuhk.edu.hk

CUHK Jockey Club Minimally Invasive Surgical Skills Centre
3/F., La Ka Shing Specialist Clinic (North Wing)
Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong

Contact Institution for upcoming courses. // December 12, 2007 - December 12, 2008

GEM Hospital India

 

Course Director:

Dr. C. Palanivelu, MS, MCh(SGE0, MNAMS, FACS, FRCS (Edin)

For More Information Contact:

Phone: +91-422-2324100
Fax: +91-422-232-0879
Email: cp@gemhospital.net

45.A. Pankajamill Road
Ramanathapuram
Coimbatore - 641 045
India

Basic Laparoscopic Surgery // July 28, 2008 - August 02, 2008

Basic Laparoscopic Surgery // October 20, 2008 - October 25, 2008

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery // November 24, 2008 - November 29, 2008

Basic Laparoscopic Surgery // December 15, 2008 - December 20, 2008

IRCAD-EITS

 

Course Director:

Jacques Marescaux, MD, FRCS

For More Information Contact:

Guy Temporal, Project Coordinator
Phone: +33 388 119 000
Fax: +33 388 119 099
e-mail: secretariat@ircad.u-strasbg.fr

IRCAD-EITS
Hopitaux Universitaires
1 place de l'Hopital, BP 426
Strasbourg, France F-67091

Current Techniques in the Treatment of Severe Endometriosis // September 08, 2008 - September 10, 2008

International Advanced Symposium: "Laparoscopic Treatment of Urological Pelvic Cancers: Prostate and Bladder" // September 18, 2008 - September 20, 2008

Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery // September 22, 2008 - September 26, 2008

N.O.T.E.S. (Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery) // October 03, 2008 - October 04, 2008

Cours Intensifs en Chirurgie Laparoscopique Urologique // October 06, 2008 - October 10, 2008

Pediatric Endosurgery // October 16, 2008 - October 18, 2008

Colorectal Surgery // November 07, 2008 - November 08, 2008

Digestive Surgery // November 27, 2008 - November 29, 2008

Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Urological Surgery // December 01, 2008 - December 05, 2008

Intensive Course in Laparoscopic Surgery // December 08, 2008 - December 12, 2008

Techniques avancées en Endoscopie Gynécologique Opératoire // December 15, 2008 - December 17, 2008

Jewish Hospital and University of Louisville

 

Course Director:

Joseph Buell, MD

For More Information Contact:

Jewish Hospital and University of Louisville
Transplant Center
200 Abraham Flexner Way
Louisville, KY 40202
Phone: 502-587-4607
Fax: 502-587-4846
joseph.buell@louisville.edu

International Consensus Conference on Laparoscopic Liver Surgery // November 07, 2008 - November 08, 2008

Legacy Health System: Minimally Invasive Surgery Program

 

Course Director:

Lee L. Swanstrom, MD

For More Information Contact:

Yash Khajanchee, MD, Bev Oylear and/or Virginia Hankins
Phone: 503-413-4343
Fax: 503-413-5080
Vhankins@lhs.org
www.advancedlaparoscopy.com

Legacy Health System MIS Research Program
1225 NE Second Avenue
Portland, OR 97232

6th Annual Postgraduate Course Surgical Endoscopy, Advanced Laparoscopy and NOTES // September 17, 2008 - September 19, 2008

New York-Presbyterian Hospital/The University of Columbia and Cornell

 

Course Director:

Marc Bessler, MD

For More Information Contact:

Nicole Kail or Josephine Caputo
Phone: 212-305-1496
Fax: 212-746-8539
Email: mb28@columbia.edu or jc2768@columbia.edu

New York-Presbyterian Hospital
161 Washington Avenue, Room 6-620
New York, NY 10032

Contact Institution for upcoming courses. // November 19, 2007 - November 19, 2008

Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University

 

Course Director:

W. Scott Melvin, MD & Jeffrey Ponsky, MD

For More Information Contact:

Lisa Yeater
Phone: 614-293-9072
Fax: 614-293-7852
email: lisa.yeater@osumc.edu

Ohio State University
558 Dean Hall
410 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, OH 43210

Contact Institution for upcoming courses. // November 26, 2007 - November 26, 2008

University Hosptials Case Medical Center

 

Course Director:

Jeffrey Ponsky, MD

For More Information Contact:

Cynthia Shega
Phone: 216-844-3209
Fax: 216-844-8201

University Hospitals Case Medical Center
11100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44106

Contact Institution for upcoming courses. // September 11, 2007 - September 11, 2008

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

 

Course Director:

Jose M. Martinez, MD

For More Information Contact:

Susan Mazzola
Phone: 305-326-6480
Fax: 305-326-6328
Email: smazzola@med.miami.edu

University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine
McKnight Research Building, Room 802
1638 N.W. 10th Avenue, D880
Miami, FL 33136

Contact Institution for upcoming courses. // February 18, 2008 - February 19, 2009

UT Southwestern Medical Center

 

Course Director:

Daniel Scott, MD

For More Information Contact:

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Blvd
Dallas, TX 75390-9059
Phone: 214-648-3792
Fax: 214064802317
Email: jennifer.leedy@southwestern.edu

Innovations in Endoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery // September 11, 2008 - September 13, 2008