SAGES

Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

SAGES Fundamentals Testing Information for ACS 2015

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SAGES and ACS will be conducting FLS Testing at the ACS 2015 Clinical Congress. More information is available at:

FLS Testing Information

SAGES will also be conducting FES and FUSE testing during ACS. For more information, please visit:

FES Testing Information

https://www.fuseprogram.org/testing-information/acs-meeting-2015/

See you there!

Attend SAGES Led Lectures at the ACS Meeting

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Attend the following lectures led by SAGES members next week October 27th through October 30th at the ACS Clinical Congress!

Monday, October 27
  • PS100, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: A Nickel and Dime Operation with a Million Dollar Complication 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 307-310 – Soper, Berger, Rattner
  • PS101, Innovative Approaches of Anastomotic Leaks after Bowel Resection: Dealing with Disaster 9:45AM-11:15AM MCC Room: Ballroom – Delaney, Ponsky, Wexner, Read
  • PS105, The Surgeon’s Role in Reducing Health Care Costs 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 132-133 Ferreres
  • VE01, Controversies in General Surgery 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 135 Herron, Reardon, Richards, Hernandez, Greeley, Liu, Mason, Patton, Berber
  • PS109, Ventral Hernia Repair: Challenges and Solutions 11:30AM – 1:00PM MCC Room: Ballroom – Voeller, Prabhu, Singh, Greenberg, Rosen
  • PS113, Operative Access: What’s Proven, What’s Not 11:30AM – 1:00PM MCC Room 2002/2004 – Marco, DeMeester, Patti, Hungness, Perretta, Rosemurgy, Soper
  • SC07 , Advanced Colonoscopy: New Techniques for Polypectomy and Advanced Intervention 1:00PM – 5:15PM MCC Room 2001 – Marcello, Gorgun, Lee, Whelan, Abbas, Marks, Francone, Cipriano, George, Mutch, Singer, Sonoda, Stein, Whitlow, Zebley
  • VE06, Clinical Workshop through Video 6:30PM – 8:30PM Hilton San Francisco – Room Grand Ballroom Salon A – Murthy, Swanstrom
Tuesday, October 28
  • PS200, Management of Bariatric Surgical Complications 8:00AM – 9:30AM MCC Room 307-310 – Blackstone, Telem, Nguyen, Williams, Hutter, Reavis, Patterson, Provost, Kurian, Rosenthal
  • PS210, Safe Energy Use in the Operating Room 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 2002/2004 – Feldman, Jones, Robinson, Brunt, Mikami, Dunkin
  • VE09, Subject-oriented Symposium I: Spectacular Hernias A to Z 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 2006/2008 – Smith, Sholmovitz, Royall, Petrosky, Pullatt, Szomstein, Pullatt
  • VE10, Subject-oriented Symposium II: Heroes in Surgery: Our Legacy 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 3020/3022 – Richards, Schwaitzberg, Brunt, Fuchshuber, Huang*This session will feature a 15-minute condensed segment from the documentary “George Berci -Trials, Triumphs, Innovations”
  • ME206, Diverticulitis Decision-making for the Acute Care Surgeon 11:30AM – 12:30PM MCC Room 212 – Fadok
  • ME 211, Laparoscopic Hernia Repair: My Tips and Techniques 11:30AM – 12:30PM MCC Room 256 – Herron
  • VE15, Best Videos from the Past 6:30PM – 8:30PM Hilton San Francisco Room Grand Ballroom Salon A – Khaitan, Bowers, Stein
Wednesday, October 29
  • VE16, Subject-oriented Symposium III: Complications in General Surgery 8:00AM – 9:30AM MCC Room 135 – Pellegrini, Jacobs, Omelanczuk, Drolet, Russ, Teixeira, Rosenthal
  • PS307, Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors: Update on Resection and Oncologic Management 9:45AM – 11:15AM MCC Room Ballroom – Kooby, Pawlik, Willingham, Swanstrom, Raut
  • PS326, Gaming in Patient Care and Surgical Education 2:30PM – 4:00PM MCC Room 304/306 – Schlachta, Vassiliou, Boyde, Lin, Rosser
  • VE26, General Surgery III 2:30PM – 5:45PM MCC Room 2006/2008 – Herron, Fuchshuber, Reavis, Campos, Lee, Petro, Shah, Spann, Marshall, Saber, Beber, Palazzo, Petro
  • PS311, Metabolic Surgery: Current State of the Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus 4:15PM – 5:45PM MCC Room 3014/3016/3018 – Collins, Dasgupta, Fuller, Pfeifer
Thursday, October 30  
  • PS400, Ten Hot Topics in General Surgery 8:00AM – 9:30AM MCC Room 307-310 – Ellison, Sharp, Hazey, Bohl, Sosa, Duh
  • VE27, Hepatobiliary II 8:00AM – 9:30AM MCC Room 130-131 – Asbun, Berber, Talamonti, Wakabayashi, Guerron, Machado, Matone
  • VE28, Bariatric Surgery 8:00AM – 11:15AM MCC Room 135 – Saber, Herron, Rosenthal, Shah, Hanssen, Campos, Peterson, Pullatt, Spann, Giannone, Weerasinghe, Broderick, Colsen, Prathanvanich, Brownlee

SAGES Joins Pilot to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates

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SAGES Joins Pilot to Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates, Access to Specialty Care in Community Health Centers

SAGES has joined with the American Cancer Society and the National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable to implement a colorectal cancer screening pilot program in underserved communities.

The program is part of NCCR’s effort to reach the goal of 80 percent of adults 50 and over receiving regular screening for colorectal cancer by 2018.   Pilots will be launched in South Carolina, Connecticut and Minnesota.

SAGES played an instrumental role helping to define the problem, craft the grant process, and educate roundtable participants that general surgeons provide the majority of colonoscopy screening in underserved communities in the US.

“We are honored to be a part of this national roundtable of foremost experts in the field of colon cancer prevention and treatment,” said Dr. Michael Brunt, SAGES President. “Early screening is essential to prevention and colorectal cancer is the only one of the five most common cancers that can actually be prevented by screening.

According to Dr. Brian Dunkin, SAGES President-Elect, “This pilot program will help to bring services to communities most in need, and SAGES has committed to helping to identify surgical endoscopists within our rank that are willing to provide colonoscopy screening to the underserved at these healthcare clinics.”

ACS and SAGES Recommend FLS Certification for General Surgeons Who Perform Laparoscopy

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The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) and the American College of Surgeons (ACS) today announced the recommendation that all surgeons practicing laparoscopic surgery be certified through The Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery™ Program (FLS).  Read the full press release…