To advance laparoscopic, endoscopic and other minimal access surgical methods
SAGES Education & Research Foundation
11300 West Olympic Blvd.
Suite 600
Los Angeles, CA 90064
Phone: 310.437.0544 x 114
Fax: 310.437.0585
E-mail: foundation@sages.org
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The 2010 Awards Luncheon benefiting the SAGES Education & Research Foundation was a huge success, filling the banquet room with more than 200 guests and some very inspiring moments from the honorees. The 2010 awards luncheon raised $40,000 for surgical research and education! In total, the awards luncheon has helped raise over $130,000 to benefit future minimally invasive research and educational opportunities. For this, we simply cannot thank our supporters enough!
Congratulations once again to the 2010 Award Recipients:
Berci Lifetime Achievement Award- Jacques Marescaux, MD
Distinguished Service Award- Nathaniel Soper, MD
Young Researcher Award- Vivian Strong, MD
Researcher in Training Award- Vivian Strong, MD
Karl Storz/IRCAD Fellowship Award- Basil Yurcisin, MD
Jeffrey L. Ponsky Master Educator Award- Carol Scott-Conner, MD
Gerald Marks Rectal Cancer Award- Bastiaan Klarenbeek, MD
Excellence in Clinical Care Award- Paul Hansen, MD
On behalf of the SAGES Foundation, we would like to thank those companies whp generously supported the 2010

We hope you enjoyed the luncheon as much as we did and look forward to celebrating the achievements of your colleagues again next year!