Day 1 of robotic resident course in Sunnyvale with faculty Drs. Maria Iliakova and Ian Soriano.

Straight from the SAGES meeting in Tampa, quick ergonomics tips you'll want to save for your next case!

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Bethany Slater has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Panagiotis Kapsampelis for SAGES 2026 Coin awarded to Panagiotis Kapsampelis for exceptional commitment, hard work, and sustained contributions to the Guidelines Committee

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Bethany Slater has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Bright Huo for SAGES 2025 coin presented to Bright Huo in recognition of exceptional commitment, insightful contributions, and sustained efforts that strengthened the Guidelines Committee and elevated the quality

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Neal Seymour has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Fernando Meier-Giraud for Extraordinary contributions to the new FLS curriculum including development efforts on multiple modules extending beyond his original assignments at consistently attended Committee retreats.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Nea Seymour has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Oswaldo Subillaga for Extraordinary contributions to the new FLS Curriculum including beautifully created graphics and edited videos.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Mark Talamini has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Ben Poulose for For service as hernia subject editor for Surg End, contributing in multiple arenas to SAGES.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Mark Talamini has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Rocco Orlando for Long term continual service to SAGES and mentor to many SAGES members. During this meeting he gave a particularly highly praised talk entitled "The ABC's of a Surgical Business Plan, Reading a P&L ..

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Mark Talamini has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Rocco Orlando for Long term continual service to SAGES and mentor to many SAGES members. During this meeting he gave a particularly highly praised talk entitled "The ABC's of a Surgical Business Plan, Reading a P&L ..

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Brent Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Dr. Butch and Dana Rosser for Providing an opportunity for 9th–12th grade students in the cities where SAGES has their annual meeting to participate in Mini Medical School with hands on skills labs in a nurturing environment.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Bethany Slater has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Dena Shehata for SAGES 2026 coin was awarded to Dena for her significant contributions to the SAGES Guideline Committee— elevating surgical guideline standards and advancing quality.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Bethany Slater has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Elisa Calabrese for SAGES 2026 coin was awarded to Elisa Calabrese for her exceptional dedication, leadership, and tireless contributions to the SAGES Guidelines Committee— advancing quality, collaboration, and impact.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Matt Ritter has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Noosha Deravi for Excellent work as the first SAGES Video Based Assessment Fellow and for designing and executing the first ever Fundamentals of Robotic Surgery station at the Education and Innovation Center.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Matt Ritter has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Dylan Grisell for Excellent presentation at SAGES 2026 of the work on development of the MIS cholecystectomy video-based assessment tool. This work is a combined effort between the HPB and VBA task forces.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Matt Ritter has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Meagan Costedio for Leading and presenting at SAGES 2026 the great work of Colorectal Committee and the Video Based Assessment Task force on the development of the right hemicolectomy video-based assessment tool.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Matt Ritter has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Rob Catania for Leadership of the Community Practice Committee and overall service to SAGES

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Clayton Petro for For Co-Chairing SAGES Mini-Med School with excellence and incredible energy!

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Sharona Ross for For Co-Chairing SAGES Mini-Med School, Chairing the new Telepresence task force, and for her exceptional work fostering a new generation of surgeons.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Arjan Appel for For continuing to foster the strong SAGES / EAES decades long relationship, collaboration and partnership.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Kinuko Nagayoshi for For supporting Japanese attendance at the SAGES meeting, and continuing to foster the SAGES / JSES decades long relationship.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Takeshi Naitoh for For supporting Japanese attendance at the SAGES meeting, and continuing to foster the SAGES / JSES decades long relationship.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Sallie Matthews has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Yusuke Watanabe for For supporting Japanese attendance at the SAGES meeting, and continuing to foster the SAGES / JSES decades long relationship.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Caitlin Halbert has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Elizabeth McCarthy for exceptional contributions to the Education and Innovation Center, driving meaningful change that will shape and sustain this work for years to come

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Caitlin Halbert has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Courtney Collins for exceptional leadership in advancing health equity initiatives within SAGES, and for inspiring members across the organization through vision, advocacy, and meaningful action

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Kevin El-Hayek has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Eleah Porter for Co-chairing a very successful ADOPT laparoscopic/robotic common bile duct exploration hands-on course and all her amazing work on the HPB/SO committee.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Archana Ramaswamy has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Limaris Barrios for Dr Barrios volunteered her Saturday to mini med school. She kept the high school students engaged and even brought her own son to participate!

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Caitlin Halbert has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Sierra Grasso for her dedication, enthusiasm, and innovative spirit in the development of the Patient Partner Network.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Kellie McFarlin has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Jennifer Moffett for Excellence in multidisciplinary biliary lecture

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Archana Ramaswamy has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Vishakha Patil for Dr Patil and her colleagues had 10 (!) accepted submissions to the meeting. And came all the way from India to participate in our meeting.

SAGES 2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin

Andrew Wright has awarded a #SAGES2026 Recognition of Excellence Coin to Anna Ibele for Planning and facilitating a fantastic panel on esophageal physiology