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Reimagining surgical care for a healthier world
by Julie Miller
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The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons is hosting the first Artificial Intelligence Data Challenge conducted by surgeons. The aim of this challenge is to generate a large and diverse dataset of laparoscopic cholecystectomy videos, annotated with respect to the subcomponents of the Critical View of Safety (CVS). Computer scientists from all over the world will compete in developing AI models capable of reliable and accurate detection of the CVS.
The SAGES Video Acquisition Portal is now live, offering de-identification features to seamlessly remove Private Health Information data and metadata securely. Consider participating in this global endeavor and its associated research projects by contributing your laparoscopic cholecystectomy videos through the portal and/or signing up as an annotator.
Please go to the CVS Challenge Data donation web page to sign up and donate your videos of laparoscopic cholecystectomy procedures. For more information or any questions on how to donate your videos, please contact info@cvschallenge.org or go to www.cvschallenge.org.
Additionally, we are asking people and institutions to volunteer or appoint annotators to be part of our annotation team. Annotators will be trained under SAGES consensus recommendations on an annotation framework for surgical video. Please appoint a volunteer to be part of our annotation team.
Thank you for your support of this exciting and promising AI data challenge!
Help us promote the CVS Data Challenge! Use the images below in your social media or email to help us get more submissions.
Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!
In episode 13, we talk to surgical educator extraordinaire and potentially the nicest human being in the entire world, Gerry Fried, MD
Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. Fried about life, family, Cleveland (again), Canada, and Montréal restaurant recommendations. Also, shout outs to Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery!
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by Julie Miller
“When someone suggests something on the cutting edge in my clinical space, or describes a technique they read about recently, my first thought is usually, ‘I heard that at SAGES a year or two ago,’” says Dr. Jason Keune.
Attracted to the society’s ongoing learning opportunities, Dr. Keune has been active on a number of committees. “When I started as an attending physician in 2014, I was truly fortunate to join both the Guidelines and Ethics committee, and as part of the former, I was able to start a patient engagement initiative for guideline creation. I’m passionate about bringing diverse people together from different walks of life to create teams that can achieve truly new things. Being involved in committees is an opportunity to enjoy that passion.”
Equally passionate about medical business ethics and social justice, Dr. Keune was also part of the inaugural We R SAGES Task Force and is now co-chair of the renamed Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development committee, leading alongside Drs. Alia Qureshi, Hope Jackson and Shaneeta Johnson, all of whom he credits with “taking me light years forward in my abilities and thinking.”
For Dr. Keune, this “progressiveness,” along with the ability to network with a diverse group of colleagues at the annual SAGES meeting, leadership retreat, and the “Next Big Thing” conference, are what collectively makes SAGES special.
Add to that colleagues including Dr. Dana Telem, a “constant friend and mentor,” Dr. John Mellinger, who “inspires me to think bigger, broader and more deeply about surgery every time I talk to him,” Dr. Dimitrios Stefanidis, who championed Dr. Keune’s patient engagement initiative; and, “the guys who taught me everything I know”: Drs. Michael Brunt, Chris Eagon, Mike Awad and Brent Matthews.
Dr. Keune joined SAGES during his residency at Washington University, continued into his fellowship and when he became an attending surgeon and decided to specialize in MIS, he says it was a “no brainer” to become an Active member. Today he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of General Surgery at Saint Louis University School of Medicine, and is also executive director of the school’s Bander Center for Medical Business Ethics.
In his non-surgery life, Dr. Keune, a music major in college, plays piano and violin and practices music with his three children – when they allow him! An avid outdoorsman, he trekked half of the Matterhorn last summer and loves taking his kids on backpacking excursions near their home in Missouri.
by Julie Miller
Dr. Amber Shada was initially urged to attend SAGES 2010 annual meeting in Washington D.C. by her residency mentor Dr. Bruce Schirmer, after which she joined SAGES as a fellow at the urging of Drs. Christy Dunst, Kevin Reavis and Lee Swanstrom. “SAGES is the preeminent society for laparoscopic and endoscopic surgeons, and I became an active member recognizing its value not just for my own practice but for all of the trainees I work with.”
Those initial mentors, , are now part of a list of mentors that Dr. Shada says has become too many to count. “As I have become increasingly involved, I could list dozens of SAGES members who have shaped my career in a meaningful way and continue to do so.”
Current co-chair of SAGES Flexible Endoscopy committee, Dr. Shada has also been active in the Educational Resources and Continuing Education committees. This involvement has included her overseeing the Train the Trainer courses that prepare SAGES ADOPT course faculty to be expert operative instructors.
She says it’s the number of mentors and “hands down all of the gifted surgeons willing to share their talents and help mentor the next generation of surgeons is what makes SAGES so special. SAGES has a real focus on surgeon development, from early career development to technical skill development for practicing surgeons. My favorite SAGES recurring activity is the fellows advanced endoscopy course, which is held annually and generates so much excitement surrounding endoscopy for the fellows.”
The annual meeting is, of course, the other recurring annual event that generates excitement for SAGES members and Dr. Shada, who was honored to interview Dr. Swanstrom during the Pioneers of Foregut session in 2019 in Baltimore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_t_kioNHeE
Looking ahead at her SAGES involvement, she says, “I’ll continue to push endoscopic training back into the forefront of general surgery resident training, and work to interface with interventional radiology and gastroenterology to provide cutting edge minimally invasive GI surgical care that crosses disciplines.”
It looks like Dr. Shada, a former weightlifter and college equestrian who still lifts, practices gymnastics and rides in her spare time, will also continue to push herself physically– which should help keep her in top surgical shape!