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SAGES General Information

Early Registration & Housing Deadline: March 14, 2008

SAGES Accreditation

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor Continuing Medical Education for physicians. SAGES designates this Continuing Education activity for:

• 4.75 credits for the Solid Organ Postgraduate Course
• 4.75 credits for the Equipping the Surgeon/Training the Jedi Session
• 3.75 credits for the Challenging Hernia Postgraduate Course
• 4.0 credits for the MIS & Cancer Postgraduate Course
• 4.0 credits for the Solid Organ Surgery Hands-On Course
• 3.75 credits for the Surgeon in the Digital Age Hands-On Course
• 3.75 credits for the Pediatric Surgery Panel
• 3.75 credits for the Allied Health Postgraduate Course
• 5.0 credits for the Best of NOTES™ Session
• 4.75 credits for the Device Development Session
• 4.5 credits for the MIS Rectal Disease Postgraduate Course
• 6.25 credits for the FLS Hands-On Course
• 2.5 credits for the OR/Hospital of the Future Session
• 3.75 credits for the Motility Misery Session
• 3.75 credits for the Bariatric Surgery Postgraduate Course
• 4.0 credits for the Endolumenal Hands-On Course
• 4.0 credits for the Colorectal Surgery Hands-On Course
• 1.5 credits for the Rural Surgery Panel
• 9.5 credits for the Scientific Session on Friday
• 1.5 credits for the Educator’s Lunch
• 3.0 credits for the Resident & Fellow Scientific Session
• 8.5 credits for the Scientific Session on Saturday
• 1.5 credits for the Surgeons in Service Lunch
• 3.0 credits for the Learning Center

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) designates this educational activity for a maximum of 41.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Who Should Attend

The SAGES Annual Meeting has elements that have been specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing surgeons, surgeons-in-training, GI assistants, nurses and other allied health professionals who are interested in minimally invasive surgery and gastrointestinal surgery. Both thorough coverage of traditional topics and presentations of “cutting edge” material can be found in this program. The Program Committee recommends that participants design their own attendance schedule based on their own personal educational objectives.

SAGES Corporate Supporters: (as of November, 2007)

Platinum Level Donors

Allergan, Inc.
Covidien
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America
Merck
Olympus Surgical America
Power Medical Interventions, Inc.

Gold Level Donors

Stryker Endoscopy

Silver Level Donors

Davol, Inc.
Gore & Associates

Bronze Level Donors

B-K Medical
Gyrus ACMI
METI
SurgRx
Tissue Science Laboratories