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SAGES Leaders:

Conference Leaders

SAGES Board of Governors

Program Committee

SAGES Past Presidents

Conference Leaders:

Program Chairman: Bruce Schirmer, MD

Postgraduate Course I Director: David W. Rattner, MD

Postgraduate Course II Director: Mark Talamini, MD

Postgraduate Course III Director: Lelan Sillin, MD

Hands-on Course Director: Steven D. Wexner, MD

Hands-on Course Lab Co-Coordinators: Michael Holzman, MD and Fredrick Brody, MD

Nurse Course Coordinator: Trudy Kenyon, RN

Poster Chairperson: Mark Callery, MD

Poster Co-Chairperson: Scott Melvin, MD

Video Chairperson: John Minasi, MD

Video Co-Chairperson: B. Todd Heniford, MD

Learning Center Chairperson: Steven Schwaitzberg, MD

Discussion Coordinator: Jo Buyske, MD

Resident's Day Coordinator: Edward G. Chekan, MD

Educator's Lunch Coordinator: Debbie Youngelman, MD

SAGES Board of Governors:

Jeffrey H. Peters, MD (President)

Nathaniel Soper, MD (President-Elect)

L. William Traverso, MD (1st Vice-President)

Jonathan Sackier, MD (2nd Vice-President)

Lee Swanstrom, MD (Secretary)

Daniel Deziel, MD (Treasurer)

Ramon Berguer, MD

Desmond Birkett, MD

John Morgan Cosgrove, MD

Karen Deveney, MD

W. Stephen Eubanks, MD

John Hunter, MD

Bruce MacFadyen, Jr., MD

Carlos Pellegrini, MD

David Rattner, MD

Col. Richard Satava, MD

Bruce Schirmer, MD

Carol Scott-Conner, MD

Irwin Simon, MD

C. Daniel Smith, MD

Steven Stain, MD

Greg Stiegmann, MD

Gary Vitale, MD

Steven Wexner, MD

R. Larry Whelan, MD

Sherry Wren, MD

A.C.S. Representative: Frederick Greene, MD

A.B.S. Representative: Jeffrey Ponsky, MD

A.M.A. H.O.D. Representative: John Coller, MD

Ex Officio ALACE Representative: Manolo Cortez, MD

Ex Officio Candidate Member Representative: Edward G. Chekan, MD

Program Committee:

Bruce Schirmer, MD (Chairman)

Mark Talamini, MD (Co-Chairman)

Stephen Archer, MD

Maurice Arregui, MD

George Berci, MD

Luis Burbano, MD

Jo Buyske, MD

Manolo Cortez, MD

Alfred Cuschieri, MD

Daniel Deziel, MD

David Easter, MD

Michael Edye, MD

W. Stephen Eubanks, MD

John Hunter, MD

Jack Jakimowicz, MD

Namir Katkhouda, MD

Roger Keith, MD

Antonio Lacy, MD

Jeffrey Marks, MD

Michael Marohn, MD

W. Scott Melvin, MD

Alessandro Paganini, MD

Adrian Park, MD

Jeffrey Peters, MD

William Richards, MD

Steven Rothenberg, MD

Philip Schauer, MD

Nathaniel Soper, MD

Choichi Sugawa, MD

Lee Swanstrom, MD

Zoltan Szabo, PhD

L. William Traverso, MD

R. Larry Whelan, MD

Sherry Wren, MD

Manabu Yamamoto, MD

Past Presidents:

Gerald Marks, MD 1981-1983

Kenneth Forde, MD 1983-1984

Thomas L. Dent, MD 1984-1985

James A. Lind, MD 1985-1986

John A. Coller, MD 1986-1987

Theodore R. Schrock, MD 1987-1988

Talmadge A. Bowden, MD 1988-1989

Lee E. Smith, MD 1989-1990

Jeffrey Ponsky, MD 1990-1992

Frederick L. Greene, MD 1992-1993

George Berci, MD 1993-1994

Bruce V. MacFadyen, Jr., MD 1994-1995

Col. Richard M. Satava, MD 1995-1996

Greg Stiegmann, MD 1996-1997

Desmond Birkett, MD 1997-1998

John Hunter, MD 1998-1999

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