SAGES Member Spotlight

“Work hard, play hard—SAGES definitely gets that right!,” says Dr. Tiffany Cox, the latter referring to the annual meeting and sing-off, of course. But she adds, “the availability of experts who speak at SAGES and then make themselves easily accessible … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: CDR Tiffany C. Cox, MD, FACS

Many members regularly refer to SAGES as family. For Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, SAGES is the “Jedi Club” for cutting edge laparoscopic surgeons. Since joining SAGES in the early 90s as a young attending surgeon in Ohio, Dr. Rosser’s ongoing … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, Jr., MD FACS

    What makes SAGES unique? For Dr. Susanne Warner, the society’s ability to be relevant to a large swath of members serving many different types of institutions and patients. She says, “With regular focus on clinical excellence and … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Susanne Warner, MD

  As a research fellow at the Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Montreal in 2015, Dr. Nicolò Pecorelli remembers that the SAGES annual meeting was THE surgical event. And when he attended his first meeting in Nashville … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Nicolò Pecorelli, MD MSc. HPB Surgeon

Dr. Laura Fischer initially joined SAGES as a resident at the University of Wisconsin after Dr. Jacob Greenberg told her it was the “best national organization” for minimally invasive surgeons. When Dr. Fischer joined the University of Oklahoma in 2016, … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Laura Fischer, MD MS

  Even after many years as a member, Dr. Dmitry Nepomnayshy’s most memorable SAGES experience is still the 007 spoof of his chairman and SAGES president Dr. Desmond Birkett at the 1998 annual meeting in Seattle.  Dr. Nepomnayshy was a resident, … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Dmitry Nepomnayshy MD MSc FACS

“Initially, my involvement in SAGES was based on the relevancy of the annual meeting content to my desired clinical practice,” says Salt Lake City-based Dr. Anna Ibele. “More recently, it’s the quality and research initiatives SAGES sponsors.” Since … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Anna Ibele MD FACS

How do you entice a new surgeon to join SAGES? For Dr. Yagnik Pandya, it was SAGES member Dr. Todd Ponsky’s combination of descriptive adjectives during his residency at Case Western: “Collegiality, camaraderie, relaxing and informative.” Dr. Todd … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Yagnik Pandya, MD, FACS, FASMBS

  According to Dr. Ivy Haskins, the best part of being a SAGES member is that everyone's experience and input is valued, including surgeons at various levels of training and education. "Anyone who is interested in endoscopy or GI surgery is … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Ivy N. Haskins, MD

Dr. Robert Catania recalls that when he joined SAGES in 2002, “it was a small society filled with members who were thinking big thoughts and dreaming big dreams about the future of surgery.” At the time, laparoscopic surgery was still struggling to gain … [Read more...] about SAGES Member Spotlight: Dr. Robert Catania, General and Bariatric Surgeon