SAGES 2009 Program Outline
(as of Nov. 2008)
Program Chair: L. Michael Brunt, MD
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
- ½ Day SAGES Colorectal Postgraduate Course – Chairs: Peter Marcello, MD & Jaap Bonjer, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Hernia Postgraduate Course – Chairs: Brent Matthews, MD & Michael Rosen, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Flexible Endoscopy Postgraduate Course - Chairs: Thadeus Trus, MD & Klaus Thaler, MD
- SAGES Foundation Awards Luncheon
- ½ Day SAGES Colorectal Hands-on Course (w/Lab) - Chairs: Tonia Young-Fadok, MD & Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Endolumenal/NOTES® Hands-on Course (w/Lab) - Chairs: W. Scott Melvin, MD & Robert Hawes, MD
- ½ Day SAGES FLS Train the Trainers and Proctors Hands-On Course - Chairs: E. Matthew Ritter, MD & Nathaniel Soper, MD
- ½ Day SAGES/ASMBS Bariatric Surgery Postgraduate Course - Chairs: Matthew Hutter, MD & Kelvin Higa, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Postgraduate Course - Chairs: Steven Schwaitzberg, MD & L. Michael Brunt, MD
- ½ Day SAGES/ALACE Session - Chairs: Natan Zundel, MD & Raul Rosenthal, MD
- SAGES/IPEG Evening Exhibit Opening Reception
Thursday, April 23, 2009
- Exhibits, Posters & Learning Center Open
- SAGES Scientific Sessions (accepted oral & video presentations)
- IPEG/SAGES Joint Breakfast Video Session: Hepatobiliary and Solid Organ - Chairs: Kent Kercher, MD (SAGES) & Benno M. Ure, MD, PhD (IPEG)
- ½ Day SAGES Foregut Postgraduate Course - Chairs: C. Daniel Smith, MD & Brant Oelschlager, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques Postgraduate Course - Chairs: Daniel Scott, MD & Santiago Horgan, MD
- SAGES Equipping the Surgeon/Training the Jedi Session - Chairs: Karen Horvath, MD & Simon Bergman, MD
- SAGES Patient Safety (Allied Health) Symposium - Chairs: Michael Holzman, MD & Donna Stanbridge, RN
- SAGES/MIRA Robotics Panel - Chairs: Michael Marohn, MD & Mehran Anvari, MD
- SAGES/APDS/ASE Surgical Educators Forum - Chairs: John Mellinger, MD & Gary Dunnington, MD
- SAGES Educators Lunch: Simulation and Team Training - Chairs: Rajesh Aggarwal, MD & Neal Seymour, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Laparoscopic Foregut Surgery Hands-on Course (w/Lab) - Chairs: Brant Oelschlager, MD & Leena Khaitan, MD
- ½ Day SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques Hands-On Course (w/Lab) - Chairs: Daniel Scott, MD & Paul Curcillo, MD
- SAGES MOC/Recertification/Outcomes Analysis Panel - Chairs: Vic Velanovich, MD & John Morton, MD
- SAGES Solid Organ Surgery Session - Chairs: Horacio Asbun, MD & Eric Poulin, MD
- ½ Day SAGES/ASGE NOTES® & Endolumenal Therapies Symposium - Chairs: Santiago Horgan, MD & David Rattner, MD
- Best of SAGES Posters
- SAGES Industry Education Events
- SAGES Great Presidential Debates (Evening) - Chairs: Adrian Park, MD & Bruce Schirmer, MD
Friday, April 24, 2009
- Exhibits, Posters & Learning Center Open
- SAGES Scientific Sessions (accepted oral & video presentations, incl. Plenary)
- SAGES Guidelines Panel - Chairs: Robert Fanelli, MD & Liane Feldman, MD
- SAGES/ASCRS Colorectal Debates - Chairs: Conor Delaney, MD & John Marks, MD
- SAGES Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome Panel - Chairs: Alfonso Torquati, MD & Atul Madan, MD
- SAGES Presidential Address: Mark Talamini, MD
- SAGES Gerald Marks Keynote Lecture: John Cameron, MD
- SAGES Re-Operative Complications Panel – Chairs: David Easter, MD & Niazy Salim, MD
- SAGES Global Initiative Panel – Chairs: Ramon Berguer, MD & Raymond Price, MD
- SAGES From FLS to the Web Learning Center Panel - Chairs: Gerald Fried, MD & L. Michael Brunt, MD
- SAGES Surgeons in Service Lunch - Chair: Raul Rosenthal, MD
- Free Lunch in the Exhibit Hall for all SAGES & IPEG Registrants
- Friday
Afternoon at the Movies:
SAGES Video Classics Session - Chairs: Frederick Greene, MD & Kenneth Forde, MD
International Olympic MIS Video Session - Chairs: Lee Swanstrom, MD & Manabu Yamamoto, MD - SAGES From Medical Device to Field Development Session - Chairs: Steve Eubanks, MD & Raymond Onders, MD
- SAGES/AHS Hernia Panel - Chairs: Edward Felix, MD & Shirin Towfigh, MD
- SAGES Residents & Fellows Scientific Session - Chairs: Eric Hanly, MD & David McClusky, MD
- SAGES Best Practices for the Surgical Treatment of Obesity Session - Chairs: Daniel Jones, MD & Jon Gould, MD
- SAGES Game Time - Chairs: James “Butch” Rosser, MD & Terry Hicks, MD
- SAGES/IPEG Joint Panel: Urgent and Emergent Acute Care Problems in Pediatrics and Adults - Chairs: John Sweeney, MD (SAGES) & Klaas Bax, MD, PhD (IPEG)
- IPEG/SAGES Simulator Session - Chairs: Sanjeev Dutta & David van der Zee, MD
- SAGES Meet the Leadership Reception
- SAGES/IPEG Main Event & International Sing-Off
Saturday, April 25, 2009
- Posters/Learning Center Open (Exhibits Closed)
- SAGES Scientific Sessions (accepted oral & video presentations, incl. Plenary)
- SAGES Karl Storz Keynote Lecture in New Technology: Peter Pronovost, MD
- SAGES Health Policy Keynote Lecture: Andrew Harris, MD
- SAGES Patient Safety Panel - Chairs: Dennis Fowler, MD & Fredrick Brody, MD
- SAGES/SLS Panel: Unexpected Findings at Laparoscopy Panel – Chairs: Barry Salky, MD & David Earle, MD
- SAGES/SSAT Upper GI Neoplasms Symposium - Chairs: Chandrakanth Are, MD & Vivian Strong, MD
- SAGES Annual General Memb. Business Mtg.
- SAGES Technology Lunch: Industry/Surgeon Partnerships in Promoting Surgical Innovation - Chair: Christopher Schlachta, MD
- Fellowship Council Lunch Symposium – Chair: Samer Mattar, MD
- SAGES Emerging Technology Session - Chairs: Daniel Herron, MD & Gretchen Purcell, MD, PhD
- SAGES Overall Meeting ends at 4:00 PM Saturday afternoon