SAGES2000 Faculty List
(as of October, 1999)
Reid Barton ADAMS, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
John AFFRONTI, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Digestive Diseases, Director of Endoscopy, Emory University Hospital, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Maurice E. ARREGUI, MD, Director of Fellowship in Laparoscopy, Endoscopy, and Ultrasound, St. Vincent Hospital & Health Sciences Center, Indianapolis, IN
David E. BECK, MD, Chairman, Department of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA
Reginald C. W. BELL, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado HSC, Attending Surgeon, Swedish Medical Center, Englewood, CO
George BERCI, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, LAC-USC Medical Center, Director of Endoscopic Research and Training, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Desmond H. BIRKETT, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, MA
Luigi BONAVINA, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Milan, Italy
Talmadge A. BOWDEN, MD, Professor of Surgery and Chief, Section of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Medical College of Georgia, Coordinator of Surgical Education, University Hospital, Augusta, GA
Cedric G. BREMNER, MD, Professor of Surgery, USC Healthcare Consultation Center, Los Angeles, CA
Carlos FERNANDEZ-DEL CASTILLO, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Associate Visiting Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Kevin C. CONLON, MD, Associate Attending, Director, Endo-surgical Program, Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Peter F. CROOKES, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, LAC/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Norma DANIEL, RN, MS, RNFA, Surgical Nurse Clinician, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Eric DEMARIA, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Medical College of Virginia at VCU, Richmond, VA
Tom R. DEMEESTER, MD, Professor & Chairman, Chief of Surgery, University of Southern California University Hospital, USC Healthcare Consultation Center, Los Angeles, CA
Daniel T. DEMPSEY, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Chairman of Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
Thomas L. DENT, MD, Professor of Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, Surgeon in Chief, Abington Memorial Hospital, Abington, MD
Aureo L. DEPAULA, MD, Director Of Surgical Laparoscopy & Endoscopy, Hospital Samaritano, Goiania, Goias, Brazil
Ellie DOUGHERTY, BA, BSN, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing Coordinator for Endosurgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
William Stephen EUBANKS, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director of the Duke/US Surgical Endosurgery Center, Director of Surgical Endoscopy, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Michael S. FELD, MD, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
George FERZLI, MD, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY
Aaron S. FINK, MD, Professor of Surgery, Emory University, Chief, Surgical Service, Atlanta Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Atlanta, GA
Robert J. FITZGIBBONS, MD, Professor & Interim Chairman, Creighton University, Omaha, NE
James W. FLESHMAN, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Yuman FONG, MD, Associate Attending, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Kenneth A. FORDE, MD, Jose M. Ferrer Professor, Department of Surgery, College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University, Vice Chairman, Department of Surgery, NYPH-CC, Columbia Presbyterian - Columbus Campus, New York, NY
Morris E. FRANKLIN, JR, MD, Surgery Professor, Director, Texas Endosurgery Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX
Gerald M. FRIED, MD, Professor of Surgery, Associate Head of Surgery, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Kathy GALLOWAY, RN, Research Nurse, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
O. James GARDEN, MD, Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Honorary Consultant Surgeon, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
Keith E. GEORGESON, MD, Professor of Surgery, Surgeon-in-Chief, Children's Hospital, Director, Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL
Peter M. Y. GOH, MD, Professor of Surgery, National University Hospital, Singapore
William GOURASH, RN, Adjunct Instructor, (Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program) School of Nursing, Clinical Research Associate, Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Frederick L. GREENE, MD, Chairman, Department of General Surgery, Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
Paul D. HANSEN, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Oregon Health Sciences University, Associate Program Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Research & Education, Legacy Portland Hospital, Portland, OR
Ronald A. HINDER, MD, Professor & Chairman, Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL
George W. HOLCOMB, III, MD, Surgeon in Chief, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO
John G. HUNTER, MD, Professor and Vice Chairman of Surgery, Endosurgery Unit Director, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Patrick G. JACKSON, MD, Robert Linton Research Fellow, Massachusetts General Hospital, Arlington, VA
Glyn G. JAMIESON, MD, Dorothy Mertlock Professor and Chairman, Dept. of Surgery, Univ. of Adelaide, Head of Oesophago-Gastric Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia
Namir KATKHOUDA, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, Division of Emergency Non-Trauma Surgery and Minimally Invasive Surgery Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Trudy KENYON, RN, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Research Coordinator, Emanuel Hospital, Portland, OR
Ferdinand KOCKERLING, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chairman, Hanover Hospital, Hannover, Germany
Gerald M. LARSON, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director of Student Education, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Charles J. LIGHTDALE, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, Attending, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
Keith LILLEMOE, MD, Professor and Vice-Chairman, Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Thom E. LOBE, MD, Chairman, Section of Pediatric Surgery, La Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Professor of Surgery & Pediatrics, Director Pediatric Residency, University of Tennessee, Memphis, TN
Kirk A. LUDWIG, MD, Assistant Professor Of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Peter W. MARCELLO, MD, Staff Surgeon, Department of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, MA
Michael MAROHN, MD, Associate Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Chief, General Surgery, Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, Alexandria, VA
Jeffrey M. MARKS, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
Michael R. MAROHN, MD, Associate Professor & Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, Uniformed Services University, Chief, General Surgery, Malcolm Grow USAF Medical Center, Alexandria, VA
Rodney J. MASON, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Attending Surgery, Thoracic Foregut Service and Non- Trauma Emergency Service, University of Southern California, USC Healthcare Consultation, Los Angeles, CA
Gene D. MCGAHREN, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatric Surgeon, University Of Virginia HSC, Charlottesville, VA W.
Scott MELVIN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
William MEYERS, MD, Professor & Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, MA
Jeffrey W. MILSOM, MD, Professor of Surgery, Chief of Colorectal Surgery, Co-Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
Douglas O. OLSEN, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor Of Surgery, Vanderbilt University, Baptist Hospital, Nashville, TN
David M. OTA, MD, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, Columbia, MO
Adrian E. PARK, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Marco G. PATTI, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Carlos A. PELLEGRINI, MD, The Henry N. Harkins Professor and Chairman, Attending Surgeon, Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Jeffrey L. PONSKY, MD, Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Foundation HSC of the Ohio State University, Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
David W. RATTNER, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Attending Surgeon, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Petachia REISSMAN, MD, Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Hadassah-Hebrew University School of Med, Staff Surgeon, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel
William O. RICHARDS, MD, Professor of Surgery, Director of Laparoendoscopic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN
Raul J. ROSENTHAL, MD, Program Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Steven ROTHENBERG, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, University of Colorado, Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Hospital for Infants & Children at Presbyterian 1st St. Lukes Medical Center, Denver, CO
Tamara L. RYAN, RN, Laparoscopic Liver Tumor Ablation Coordinator, University of California San Francisco/Mt. Zion, San Francisco, CA
Barry A. SALKY, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Attending Surgeon, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY
Lelan F. SILLIN, MD, Professor of Surgery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
Allan SIPERSTEIN, MD, Staff Surgeon, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
C. Daniel SMITH, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief, General and Gastrointestinal Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Lee E. SMITH, MD, Clinical Professor Surgery, George Washington University, Director Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Randolph D. SMOAK, MD, President, American Medical Association, Chicago, IL, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Charleston, SC
Michael J. STAMOS, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Chief, Colon & Rectal Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Harbor UCLA Medical Foundation, Torrance, CA
Kay STANSELL, RN, Patient Care Coordinator, Minimal Invasive Surgery, Advanced Technology, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Greg V. STIEGMANN, MD, Professor and Head, Gastrointestinal, Endocrine, and Tumor Surgery, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO
Hiroaki SUZUKI, MD, Jikei Univ. School of Medicine, Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Lee L. SWANSTROM, MD, Clinical Professor of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Medical Director, Dept. of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Legacy Health Systems, Portland, OR
Mark A. TALAMINI, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery, Director of Nutrition Support Service, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
L. William TRAVERSO, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Tehemton UDWADIA, MD, Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Grant Medical College & JJ Hospital, Bombay, India
Gary VITALE, MD, Associate Professor Of Surgery, University Of Louisville, Louisville, KY
John H. T. WALDENHAUSEN, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Washington, Attending Surgeon, Children's Hospital & Regional Medical Center, Seattle, WA
Patrick WARING, MD, Professor of Surgery, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA
Eric G. WEISS, MD, Staff Colorectal Surgeon, Associate Residency Program Director, Director of Surgical Endoscopy, Assistant Professor of Surgery, The Ohio State Medical School, HSC of Cleveland Clinic Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Steven D. WEXNER, MD, Professor of Surgery, Ohio State University HSC, Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of South Florida School of Medicine, Chief of Staff, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Fort Lauderdale, FL
R. Larry WHELAN, MD, Associate Professor, Director, Section of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Douglas WONG, MD, Associate Professor of Surgery, Director, Clinical Practice, Laurence Rockefeller Pavilion, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
Tonia M. YOUNG-FADOK, MD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Consultant, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic & Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN
Karl A. ZUCKER, MD, Professor of Surgery, Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ.