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Current Committee Schedule

Spring 2025 Committee meetings will be held in-person on Tuesday, March 11, 2025* in Long Beach, CA at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach (200 S Pine Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802) between 7:00am Pacific Time and 6:30PM Pacific Time (Local Time for the meeting)

If you have any questions about your meetings or assignments, please contact Nathaniel Piha

All times are listed below in PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME.

* Three previously determined meetings (Technology Council/ Education Council/Sustainability in Surgical Practice Task Force) will be meeting virtually prior to March 11th.  You will receive calendar invitations with Zoom connection details in advance of your meetings from your SAGES Staff member.  Additional committees with significant international membership may also provide virtual participation options, which will be communicated to you via your SAGES Staff member.

Committee Schedule

Date Start Time (Pacific) End Time (Pacific) Committee Location Chair
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Acute Care Surgery Task Force Regency Ballroom A Michael Cripps
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Advocacy and Health Policy Regency Ballroom C Scott Roth
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Artificial Intelligence Beacon Ballroom B Ozanan Meireles
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Colorectal Regency Ballroom A Elizabeth McLemore
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Communications Regency Ballroom C Kellie McFarlin
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Community Practice Regency Ballroom E Robert Catania
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Conflict of Interest Regency Ballroom D Caroline Reinke
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM Continuing Education Regency Ballroom C Alan Harzman
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Diversity, Leadership and Professional Development Task Force Regency Ballroom B Jenny Shao
Tue, Mar 4 2025 03:00 PM 05:00 PM Education Council Virtual Michael Awad
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Educational Resources Beacon Ballroom B Eleanor Fung
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Ergonomics Task Force Regency Ballroom D Andrew Wright
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM Finance Regency Ballroom D Robert Lim
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM Flexible Endoscopy Beacon Ballroom B James Ellsmere
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Foregut Regency Ballroom A Ruchir Puri
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy Regency Ballroom E Jaisa Olasky
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery Regency Ballroom C Eric Pauli
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Regency Ballroom E Neal Seymour
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Global Affairs Beacon Ballroom B Linda Zhang
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Governance Beacon Ballroom B Archana Ramaswamy
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Guidelines Regency Ballroom B Bethany Slater
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM Hernia Regency Ballroom A Matthew Goldblatt
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM HPB/Solid Organ Regency Ballroom B Kevin El-Hayek
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Lead-Up Task Force Regency Ballroom D Ross Goldberg
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Membership Regency Ballroom C Maria Altieri
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Regency Ballroom B Farah Husain
Tue, Mar 11 2025 03:00 PM 04:30 PM Military Regency Ballroom E Mary O'Donnell
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Patient Engagement Task Force Regency Ballroom D Patricia Sylla/ Caitlin Halbert
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Pediatrics Regency Ballroom E Allessandra Gasior
Tue, Mar 11 2025 09:00 AM 10:30 AM Program Regency Ballroom F Anne Lidor/ Michael Ujiki
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Publications Regency Ballroom E Kinga Powers
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Quality, Outcomes, Safety Regency Ballroom C Debby Keller
Tue, Mar 11 2025 05:00 PM 06:30 PM Re-imagining the Practice of Surgery Task Force Regency Ballroom D Horacio Asbun
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Research and Career Development Beacon Ballroom B Chris DuCoin
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Resident and Fellow Training Regency Ballroom A Jacob Greenberg
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Robotics Regency Ballroom A Dimitrios Stefanidis
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Safe Chole Task Force Regency Ballroom B Fernando Santos
Tue, Mar 11 2025 11:00 AM 12:30 PM Space Surgery Task Force Regency Ballroom F Gordon Wisbach
Tue, Mar 11 2025 01:00 PM 02:30 PM Surgical Data Science Regency Ballroom F Amin Madani
Mon, Mar 10 2025 05:00 AM 06:30 AM Sustainability in Surgical Practice Task Force Virtual Shaneeta Johnson
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM Technology and Value Assessment Regency Ballroom B David Renton
Mon, Mar 3 2025 04:00 PM 06:00 PM Technology Council Virtual Jon Gould
Tue, Mar 11 2025 07:00 AM 08:30 AM VBA Task Force Regency Ballroom F E. Matthew Ritter
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