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SAGES Stories Episode 20 – Steve Schwaitzberg, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 20, we talk to Steve Schwaitzberg, MD, Past President of SAGES and a man who has led a most interesting life. It is safe to say that SAGES would not look like what it does today without Dr. Schwaitzberg’s influence.

Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. Schwaitzberg about socks, bingo, innovation, bad strategies for applying to med school, Club Med(?), plus current investment and innovation opportunities offered by SAGES

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Steve Schwaitzberg

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SAGES Stories Episode 19 – KMarie King, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 19, we talk to KMarie King, MD. MS, MBA, FACS

Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. King about learning to lead, the Glass Cliff, The Wallflowers (for some reason), belonging, advocacy, and implementing technology.

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SAGES Stories Episode 18 – Ross F. Goldberg, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 18, we talk to former child actor, former child, former SAGES Advocacy and Health Policy committee chair, Neil Simon survivor, Lego expert, and triple laptop screen monitor user Ross F. Goldberg, MD

Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. Goldberg about his early years as a stage thespian, later years as a surgeon, Cleveland (of course), and much more.  We promise you, this pod will simply fly by!

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SAGES Stories Episode 17 – Nathaniel Soper, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 17, we talk to SAGES Past (waaaaaaaaaaay past) President, Chair, Department of Surgery at the University of Arizona, laparoscopy trailblazer, dog lover, and all around good human Nathaniel Soper, MD

Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. Soper about the wild-west early days of MIS, surgeons with frickin laser beams, and why SAGES is the best society ever.

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Nathaniel J. Soper

SAGES Stories Episode 16 – Shaneeta Johnson, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 16, we talk to an amazing surgeon and human, Associate Professor of Surgery, Chief of Minimally Invasive, Robotic, and Bariatric Surgery, and Program Director, General Surgery Residency Program at Morehouse School of Medicine, Department of Surgery and Grady Memorial Hospital: Dr. Shaneeta Johnson!

Your hosts Shirin Towfigh, MD and Kevin El Hayek, MD talk to Dr. Johnson about Cleveland (why?), global surgery volunteerism, how to implement DEI correctly, offsetting surgery’s carbon footprint, and more.

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