The 2012 SAGES Foundation Awards Luncheon


The 6th Annual SAGES Education and Research Foundation Awards Lunch will take place on Wednesday, March 7, 2012.  The luncheon celebrates and honors distinguished leaders in minimally invasive surgery.  Proceeds benefit the SAGES Foundation and its mission to advance endoscopic laparoscopic and emerging minimal access surgical methods and patient care.  Nine main awards for laudable service and innovation are presented to outstanding, experienced and reputable leaders in MIS.

 

The luncheon not only recognizes the progressive work of our honorees, but also provides an excellent forum for SAGES members and industry executives to interact socially while raising the necessary funding to keep patient safety and minimal access surgery in the forefront. The full docket of 2012 award recipients is as follows:
How to RSVP: 

Please go HERE : to purchase individual tickets, tables, virtual ads or become an event sponsor please   You may also contact the Foundation office at (310) 347 0544 ext.117 or danielle@sages.org.

Individual tickets are $150 each, tables of ten are available for $1,275, and event sponsorship opportunities begin at $3,000.  Because this event benefits the SAGES Foundation, a portion of your purchase will be tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

The 2012 Honorees:

  • SAGES Pioneer in Endoscopy Award
    Leon Hirsch and Turi Josefsen
  • SAGES Foundation Jeffrey L. Ponsky Master Educator in Endoscopy Award:
    Frederick L. Greene, MD – Carolinas Medical Center
  • The Excellence in Medical Leadership Award – A SAGES Foundation Award
    Daniel Jones, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School
    *Generously funded through an unrestricted educational grant from Gore & Associates
  • SAGES Distinguished Service Award:
    Bruce Schirmer, MD – University of Virginia Health Science Center
  • SAGES Excellence in Clinical Care Award:
    Joseph Petelin, MD – Kansas School of Medicine
  • SAGES Foundation Gerald Marks Rectal Cancer Award:
    Soo Yeun Park, MD – Kyungpook National University Medical  Center
  • SAGES Young Researcher Award:
    Melina Vassiliou, MD – McGill University
  • SAGES Researcher in Training Award:
    Dana Telem, MD – Massachusetts General Hospital
  • SAGES IRCAD Traveling Fellowship Award:
    Omar Kudsi, MD – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/ Harvard Medical School
    *SAGES acknowledges a generous grant in support of this award from Karl Storz Endoscopy