April 14-17, 2010
(Tentative as of July 2009)
The following is an outline of meeting. Detailed information will be available in the Advance Program in October, 2009.
Daniel M. Herron, MD (SAGES Co-Chair)
Barry A. Salky, MD (SAGES Chair)
Christopher M. Schlachta, MD (CAGS Chair)
| Wednesday, April 14, 2010 |
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| Half Day Postgraduate Course: Bariatric New Techniques / Revisions / Endolumenal / Single Port Access Surgery |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: MIS & Cancer – Endocrine / Solid Organ |
| Half Day Hands-on Course: Colon Surgery |
| SAGES Foundation Awards Lunch |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: Bariatrics Around the World |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: MIS & Cancer - GI |
| Half Day Hands-on Course: Advanced Suturing and Anastomotic Techniques |
| Exhibits Opening Welcome Reception 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
| Thursday, April 15, 2010 |
| World Congress Scientific Sessions |
| Half Day Hands-On Course: Digital Video with Sound and Publishing for the Web |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: Challenging Hernias |
| Half Day Hands-on Course: FLS |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: Avoid Pitfalls in Cholecystectomy and CBD Exploration |
| Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
| Half Day Hands-On Course: Endolumenal / NOTES® |
| Half Day Hands-On Course: Single Port Access |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: Laparoscopic IBD & Colectomy |
| Half Day Postgraduate Course: MBA for Surgeons |
| Symposium: Robotics – What’s New |
| Symposium: Metabolic Surgery – Current Status |
| Debate: Barrett’s – How to Follow, How to Treat |
| Industry Symposia |
| Friday, April 16, 2010 |
| World Congress Scientific Sessions |
| SAGES Presidential Address |
| SAGES Gerald Marks Keynote Lecture |
| Symposium: NOTES® - Alive and Well, or RIP? |
| Panel: Laparoscopic Education – Do MIS Fellows Have a Future? |
| Panel: Endolumenal Therapies |
| Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
| SAGES Presidential Debates |
| SAGES/ALACE Session: Go Global – Report from the Field |
| CAGS/SAGES Session: Simulation in the Training of Surgeons |
| Residents/Fellows Scientific Session |
| Panel: Emerging Technology Session / Question the Presenters |
| Panel: Single Port Access Surgery |
| Saturday, April 17, 2010 |
| World Congress Scientific Sessions |
| Panel: Live from Fallujah: Video Conference Military Coalition in Iraq |
| Panel: Hernia Debates |
| Karl Storz Keynote Lecture |
| CAGS / Royal College of Surgeons Lecture |
| Exhibits/Posters/Learning Center Open 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Lunch in Exhibit Hall for All Meeting Attendees |
| SAGES/EAES Session: Peer Review Training |
| Panel: FES Roll-Out |
| Panel: Uh, Oh, What Now – Video Session with the Experts |
| IFSES Panel: Surgical Education Around the World |