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SAGES 2012 Recognition of Excellence Awards

The following SAGES members have been singled out by the Leadership for their singular efforts in support of SAGES and the 2012 Meeting. SAGES is pleased to award the Recognition of Excellence to:

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• Special award to L.D. Britt for leading a nation with vision.
• Special award to Haruhiro Inoue for introducing the world to the first truly and clinically relevant NOTES procedure: POEM
• Special award to Peter Carmel for his support of SAGES, surgeons, and doctors in general by coming to SAGES 2012 to present on the SAGES Response to Healthcare Reform
• Special award to Bandar Al Harthi for his support and assistance to build an FLS training program in the Middle East.

Message From the President - February 2012

SAGES President, Dr. Steve Schwaitzberg

Leadership is Synonymous with Service and Collaboration

To provide leadership in surgery, particularly gastrointestinal and endoscopic surgery, to optimize patient care through education, research and innovation – SAGES Mission Statement

This is my final president's message. To say that it has been an extraordinary honor and privilege to serve the Society is an understatement. It has been humbling to work amidst the amazing talent that makes up SAGES. I am sure my successors -- Scott Melvin, then Gerry Fried -- will also experience the unique vigor swirling within the SAGES community which energizes the various committees to do the spectacular work that makes our mission statement more than words on a webpage. SAGES members who read this should realize that your actions have spoken loudly throughout the surgical world. Read more...

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