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SAGES 2006 Meeting Leaders

Program Chair: C. Daniel Smith, MD

Adv. Techniques HO Course Chair: Daniel Jones, MD

Adv. Techniques HO Course Co-Chair: David Provost, MD

Endoluminal HO Course Chair: Nathaniel Soper, MD

Endoluminal HO Course Co-Chair: Edward Lin, DO

Digital Video Editing HO Course Chair: Steven Schwaitzberg, MD

SAGES/SLS Simulation HO Course Chair: Randy Haluck, MD

SAGES/SLS Simulation HO Course Co-Chair: Richard Satava, MD

Bariatric PG Course Chairs: Ninh Nguyen, MD & Eric DeMaria, MD

SAGES/MIRA Robotics PG Course Chair: Scott Melvin, MD

SAGES/MIRA Robotics PG Course Co-Chair: Santiago Horgan, MD

Colon PG Course Chair: Michael Holzman, MD

Allied Health Course Chair: Thadeus Trus, MD

International Video Symposium Chair: Plato Esartia, MD

Evening Hernia Symposium Chair: B. Todd Heniford, MD

Poster Chair: Steven Bowers, MD

Poster Co-Chair: Timothy Farrell, MD

Video Chair: Horacio Asbun, MD

Learning Center Chair: Daniel Scott, MD

Learning Center Co-Chair: Gretchen Purcell, MD

Educator’s Lunch Coordinator: Raymond Onders, MD

Emerging Technology Forum Coordinator: Daniel Herron, MD

Resident’s Day Coordinators: Emily Winslow, MD & Benjamin Poulose, MD

SAGES Board of Governors

President: Daniel J. Deziel, MD
President-Elect: Steven D. Wexner, MD
1st Vice President: C. Daniel Smith, MD
2nd Vice President: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
Secretary: Jo Buyske, MD
Treasurer: Mark A. Talamini, MD

Members of the Board

Robert Bailey, MD
Mark Callery, MD
John Coller, MD, AMA HOD Representative
David Easter, MD
Steve Eubanks, MD
Dennis Fowler, MD
Gerald Fried, MD
Frederick Greene, MD
B. Todd Heniford, MD
Daniel Herron, MD
Michael Holzman, MD
Karen Horvath, MD
John Hunter, MD
Daniel Jones, MD
Namir Katkhouda, MD
Bruce MacFadyen, MD
Jeffrey Marks, MD
W. Scott Melvin, MD
Michael Nussbaum, MD
Adrian Park, MD
Jeffrey Peters, MD
Jeffrey Ponsky, MD, ABS Representative
David W. Rattner, MD
William Richards, MD
Steven Rothenberg, MD
Philip Schauer, MD
Bruce Schirmer, MD
C. Daniel Smith, MD
Nathaniel Soper, MD
Steven Stain, MD
Greg Stiegmann, MD, ACS Representative
Lee Swanstrom, MD
L. William Traverso, MD
SAGES Program Committee
Reid B. Adams, MD
Horacio J. Asbun, MD, Co-Chair
Fredrick J. Brody, MD
L. Michael Brunt, MD
Luis E. Burbano, MD
Jo Buyske, MD
Jorge Cervantes, MD
Paul Thomas Cirangle, MD
Ricardo V. Cohen, MD
Manolo Cortez, MD
Jorge Cueto, MD
W. Stephen Eubanks, MD, Chair
Edward L. Felix, MD
Abe L. Fingerhut, MD
Jack Jakimowicz, MD
Goro Kaneda, MD
Demetrius E. M. Litwin, MD
Jeffrey M. Marks, MD
John H. Marks, MD
Michael R. Marohn, MD
Marian P. McDonald, MD
W. Scott Melvin, MD
Adrian E. Park, MD
Edward H. Phillips, MD
Gretchen P. Purcell, MD
Bruce J. Ramshaw, MD
David W. Rattner, MD
William O. Richards, MD
Steven S. Rothenberg, MD
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD
Paul A. Severson, MD
Phillip P. Shadduck, MD
C. Daniel Smith, MD
Blayne A. Standage, MD
Lee L. Swanstrom, MD
Mark A. Talamini, MD
Tehemton E. Udwadia, MD
Steven D. Wexner, MD
Sherry M. Wren, MD
Manabu Yamamoto, MD
Tonia M. Young-Fadok, MD