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SAGES 2005 Meeting Leaders

Program Chair:
W. Scott Melvin, MD

Colon Hands-On Course Chair:
John Marks, MD

Colon Hands-On Course Co-Chair:
Kirk Ludwig, MD

Pediatric Fellows Hands-On Course Chair:
Marc Levitt, MD

Surgeon in the Digital Age Hands-On Course Chair:
Steve Schwaitzberg, MD

Bariatric Postgraduate Course Chair:
Ninh Nguyen, MD

Bariatric Postgraduate Course Co-Chair:
Giselle Hamad, MD

Solid Organ Postgraduate Course Chair:
B. Todd Heniford, MD

Endoluminal Postgraduate Course Chair:
Brian Dunkin, MD

Endoluminal Postgraduate Course Co-Chair:
Jeffrey Hazey, MD

Allied Health Course Chair:
David Edelman, MD

Poster Chair:
Jon Gould, MD

Video Chair:
Edward Phillips, MD

Learning Center Chair:
Daniel Jones, MD

Learning Center Co-Chair:
Daniel Scott, MD

Educator’s Lunch Coordinators:
Jeffrey Marks, MD & Michael Holzman, MD

New Technology Forum Coordinator:
Daniel Herron, MD

Resident’s Day Coordinators:
Edward Lin, MD & Emily Winslow, MD

Fellowship Council Symposium Coordinators:
Gerald Fried, MD & Adrian Park, MD

SAGES Board of Governors

President: David W. Rattner, MD
President-Elect: Daniel J. Deziel, MD
1st Vice President: Steven D. Wexner, MD
2nd Vice President: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
Secretary: Jo Buyske, MD
Treasurer: Mark A. Talamini, MD

Members of the Board

Robert Bailey, MD
Mark Callery, MD
John Coller, MD, AMA HOD Representative
David Easter, MD
Steve Eubanks, MD
Dennis Fowler, MD
Gerald Fried, MD
Frederick Greene, MD
B. Todd Heniford, MD
Daniel Herron, MD
Michael Holzman, MD
Karen Horvath, MD
John Hunter, MD
Daniel Jones, MD
Namir Katkhouda, MD, FC Representative
Bruce MacFadyen, MD
Jeffrey Marks, MD
W. Scott Melvin, MD
Michael Nussbaum, MD
Adrian Park, MD
Jeffrey Peters, MD
Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, ABS Representative
William Richards, MD
Steven Rothenberg, MD
Philip Schauer, MD
Bruce Schirmer, MD
C. Daniel Smith, MD
Nathaniel Soper, MD
Steven Stain, MD
Greg Stiegmann, MD, ACS Representative
Lee Swanstrom, MD
L. William Traverso, MD

SAGES Program Committee

Reid Adams, MD
Craig Albanese, MD
Horacio Asbun, MD
George Berci, MD
Fredrick Brody, MD
L. Michael Brunt, MD
Luis Burbano, MD
Jo Buyske, MD
Jorge Cervantes, MD
Paul Cirangle, MD
Ricardo Cohen, MD
Manolo Cortez, MD
Peter Crookes, MD
Jorge Cueto, MD
Daniel Deziel, MD
Steve Eubanks, MD, Chairman
Edward Felix, MD
Abe Fingerhut, MD
Jack Jakimowicz, MD
Goro Kaneda, MD
Demetrius Litwin, MD
John Marks, MD
Jeffrey Marks, MD
Michael Marohn, MD
W. Scott Melvin, MD
Adrian Park, MD
Bruce Ramshaw, MD
David Rattner, MD
William Richards, MD
Steven Rothenberg, MD
Steven Schwaitzberg, MD
Paul Severson, MD
Phillip Shadduck, MD
Blayne Standage, MD
Lee Swanstrom, MD
Mark Talamini, MD
Tehemton Udwadia, MD
Steven Wexner, MD, Co-Chairman
Manabu Yamamoto, MD