SAGES Advanced Laparoscopic Workshop for Surgical Residents/Fellows
SAGES offers a series of courses on advanced laparoscopic procedures and techniques. The number of courses varies per year between one and seven courses. The topics are selected by SAGES Resident Education committee to address the breadth of interests of SAGES Candidate members. Upcoming courses will give general surgery residents exposure in foregut, solid organ, colon, bariatric and hernia surgery. The faculty will discuss indications and surgical techniques of those subspecialties. In addition to classroom didactics, each course involves an extensive laboratory experience.
SAGES resident course faculty includes many of the most experienced and respected endoscopic surgeons in the world. This year's programs are sponsored by SAGES and supported by educational grants from Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Ethicon Canada, and Covidien. Tuition for residents will be free and includes hotel & meals.
Program Directors are invited to designate a surgical resident to participate in each course. Residents must be PGY 4 or 5 and must be a SAGES Candidate member to be accepted into Advanced Courses. For more information on Candidate membership, please use this link.
If you are a resident and are interested in attending this course, please contact your Program Director.
We believe that the ongoing series of courses are a stimulating and productive way to further expose surgical trainees to the techniques of endoscopic surgery, to standardize their knowledge base in the area, and to provide strong educational support for the endoscopic resident education programs.
We look forward to your participation and that of your trainees.
Course invitations for all SAGES resident courses are sent to all U.S. program directors 2-3 months in advance of a course. Each program selects the resident to apply for the course. SAGES will notify all applicants of the final decision. In order to provide equitable service to all residency programs, each program may register only one resident per course.
For course registration policies, please contact the Registrar at or (310) 437-0544, ext 128.
Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Workshop (tentative)
February 4-5, 2010
4th and 5th Year Canadian Residents
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
CSTAR, London, ON, Canada
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery Canada
Advanced Laparoscopic Foregut/Bariatric Surgery Workshop
March 4-5, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Norwalk, CT
Sponsored by Covidien
Advanced Laparoscopic Bariatric/GERD Surgery Workshop
May 20-21, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Cincinnati, OH
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Advanced Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery Workshop
June 3-4, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Norwalk, CT
Sponsored by Covidien
Advanced Laparoscopic Foregut/HPB Surgery Workshop
September 23-24, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Norwalk, CT
Sponsored by Covidien
Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Workshop
November 4-5, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Norwalk, CT
Sponsored by Covidien
Advanced Laparoscopic Intestinal and Solid Organ Surgery Workshop
November 18-19, 2010
4th and 5th year residents only
Must be a SAGES Candidate Member
Cincinnati, OH
Sponsored by Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.