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SAGES 2008 Meeting Leaders

Program Chair: Adrian Park, MD

Equipment Czar: Daniel Scott, MD

Solid Organ Hands-On Course Chair: Michael Brunt, MD
Solid Organ Hands-On Course Co-Chair/Lab Coordinator: Edward Phillips, MD

Colorectal Hands-On Course Chair: Tonia Young-Fadok, MD
Colorectal Hands-On Course Co-Chair/Lab Coordinator: Howard Ross, MD

Endolumenal Hands-On Course Chair: Jeffrey Marks, MD
Endolumenal Hands-On Course Co-Chair/Lab Coordinator: Thadeus Trus, MD

Digital Hands-On Course Chair: Patrick Reardon, MD
Digital Hands-On Course Co-Chair: Santiago Horgan, MD

FLS Hands-On Course Chair: Nathaniel Soper, MD
FLS Hands-On Course Co-Chair: Matthew Ritter, MD

Solid Organ Postgraduate Course Chair: George Ferzli, MD
Solid Organ Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Eduardo Targarona, MD

Challenging Hernias Postgraduate Course Chair: Bruce Ramshaw, MD
Challenging Hernias Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Brent Matthews, MD

MIS & Cancer Postgraduate Course Chair: Horacio Asbun, MD
MIS & Cancer Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Mark Talamini, MD

Equipping the Surgeon/Jedi Session Chair: Blair Jobe, MD
Equipping the Surgeon/Jedi Session Co-Chair: B. Todd Heniford, MD

Best of NOTES™ Session Chair: David Rattner, MD
Best of NOTES™ Session Co-Chair: Jeffrey Ponsky, MD

Motility Misery Session Chair: Brant Oelschlager, MD
Motility Misery Session Co-Chair: Steven Wexner, MD

MIS Rectal Disease Postgraduate Course Chair: John Marks, MD
MIS Rectal Disease Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Antonio Lacy, MD

Bariatric Postgraduate Course Chair: Ninh Nguyen, MD
Bariatric Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Ricardo Cohen, MD

Device Development Session Chair: Steven Schwaitzberg, MD
Device Development Session Co-Chair: Raymond Onders, MD

OR/Hospital of the Future Chair: Adrian Park, MD
OR/Hospital of the Future Co-Chair: Richard Satava, MD

Pediatric Session Chair: Carroll “Mac” Harmon, MD
Pediatric Session Co-Chair: Timothy Kane, MD

2008 Presidential Debates Panel Chair: Adrian Park, MD

Allied Health Postgraduate Course Chair: Michael Holzman, MD
Allied Health Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Cheryl Little, RN
Allied Health Postgraduate Course Co-Chair: Nadja Muchow, RN

Poster Chair: Gretchen Purcell, MD, PhD
Poster Co-Chair: Scott Roth, MD

Video Chair: David Easter, MD
Video Co-Chair: Gina Adrales, MD

Learning Center Chair: Benjamin Schneider, MD
Learning Center Co-Chair: Vivian Strong, MD

Educator’s Lunch Coordinator: Liane Feldman, MD
Surgeons in Service Lunch Coordinator: Bruce MacFadyen, Jr., MD

Emerging Technology Forum Coordinator: Daniel Herron, MD

Resident’s Day Coordinators: Simon Bergman, MD & Eric Hanly, MD

Panel Chairs

Leading in America – Steve Eubanks, MD & Natan Zundel, MD

Complications of Flexible Endoscopy w/ASGE – Brian Dunkin, MD & Chris Thompson, MD

Legislative/Business – Michael Edye, MD & Aaron Fink, MD

GERD LERD – Mehran Anvari, MD & Bernard Dallemagne, MD

Robotics – W. Scott Melvin, MD & Alex Gandsas, MD

Bariatric w/ASBS – Bruce Schirmer, MD & Mohammad Ali, MD

Hernia w/AHS – Maurice Arregui, MD & Guy Voeller, MD

Operating a SIM Center – Gerald Fried, MD & Daniel Jones, MD

Rural Surgery – Thomas Broughan, MD

Colon w/ASCRS – James Fleshman, MD & Jeffrey Milsom, MD

Reoperative MIS/Now What Do I Do? – Nathaniel Soper, MD & Sergio Roll, MD

Fellowship – Morris Franklin, Jr., MD & Raul Rosenthal, MD

JSES – Manabu Yamamoto, MD & John Mellinger, MD

Drug Panel – Fredrick Brody, MD & Philip Schauer, MD

Hernia Debates – Karl Leblanc, MD & Salvadore Morales-Conde, MD

SAGES Board of Governors

Executive Committee

President: Steve Eubanks, MD
President-Elect: Mark A. Talamini, MD
1st Vice President: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
2nd Vice President: Jo Buyske, MD, ABS Representative
Secretary: W. Scott Melvin, MD
Treasurer: Gerald M. Fried, MD
Immediate Past President: *Steven D. Wexner, MD

Members of the Board

Craig T. Albanese, MD
Horacio J. Asbun, MD
L. Michael Brunt, MD
Mark P. Callery, MD
*John A. Coller, MD, AMA HOD Representative
*Daniel J. Deziel, MD
Brian J. Dunkin, MD
Michael B. Edye, MD
B. Todd Heniford, MD
Daniel M. Herron, MD
Michael D. Holzman, MD
Karen D. Horvath, MD
Daniel B. Jones, MD
Namir Katkhouda, MD
*Bruce V. MacFadyen Jr, MD
Jeffrey M. Marks, MD
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Brant K. Oelschlager, MD
Adrian E. Park, MD
*David W. Rattner, MD
William O. Richards, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Paresh C. Shah, MD
C. Daniel Smith, MD
*Nathaniel J. Soper , ACS Representative
Tonia M. Young-Fadok, MD
* Past President

SAGES Program Committee

Reid B. Adams, MD
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, Co-Chair
Fredrick J. Brody, MD
Steven T. Brower, MD
L. Michael Brunt, MD
W. Stephen Eubanks, MD
Edward L. Felix, MD
Abe L. Fingerhut, MD
Timothy Kane, MD
Goro Kaneda, MD
John H. Marks, MD
Marian P. McDonald, MD
Michael Nussbaum, MD
Dmitry Oleynikov, MD
Adrian E. Park, MD
Edward H. Phillips, MD
Gretchen P. Purcell, MD, PhD
Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD
William Richards, MD
William Richardson, MD
Raul J. Rosenthal, MD
Christopher Schlacta, MD
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, Chair
Paul A. Severson, MD
Phillip P. Shadduck, MD
C. Daniel Smith, MD
Vivian Strong, MD
Carl Westcott, MD
Steven D. Wexner, MD
Sherry M. Wren, MD
Manabu Yamamoto, MD
Tonia M. Young-Fadok, MD
Natan Zundel, MD