SAGES

Abstract submission deadline is August 31. www.wces2025.com

Enrollment is limited to 35 participants to ensure personal interaction with faculty.
Register now to secure your seat: bit.ly/misliver2025
For more information, please contact Brandy D’Heilly at bdheilly@cine-med.net or (337) 298-3869.

SAGES 2026 Exhibitor Prospectus now available online! www.sages2026.org/exhibits/

July TAVAC alert: The MagDI TM System www.sages.org/publications...

Listen to all the benefits of the Brandeis Executive MBA for Physicians. It's not too late to apply for January 2026.
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More than 60 people attended the recent 9-hour ISC Bolivia course, and left asking for another course!

Reminder about SAGES Call for Awards. Deadline Monday September 29. www.sages.org/about/awards/

This month's Spotlight and new Communications committee chair Dr. Erin Gilbert talks about her various committee assignments, becoming a Train the Trainer instructor and her panic attack at an early SAGES meeting. www.sages.org/category/mem...

NEW PODCAST!

EAES President Dr. Nicole Bouvy joins SAGES Stories to discuss surgical training in Europe vs. the US, sustainability in the OR, women in surgical leadership, and yes, sheep.

Listen now: www.sages.org/sages-storie...

SAGES Advanced Resident Workshop: September 4-5 in London, Ontario, Canada. Registration is open to 18 Canadian residents and SAGES Candidate Members only, preferably PGY-4 & PGY-5 residents. www.sages.org/registration...

SAGES Executive Director Sallie Matthews and Dr. Jonathan Sackier will give the Saturday September 20 Lunch Keynote
"The Revolutionaries Gather and Scheme: The Birth of SAGES"

Curious about how intraoperative & inpatient interventions might help to ensure pain management for your patients with fewer opioids? Check out the revised SAGES OpiVoid site! www.opivoid.org/in-the-or/

Innovative Surgical Trends Innovative Surgical Trends is a peer-reviewed, fully Open Access journal that covers cutting-edge innovation in surgical techniques from leading institutions ...

Submit your manuscript and be part of Innovative Surgical Trend's inaugural issue! link.springer.com/journal/44414

Everything you wanted to know about RUC, along with a grateful shout out to SAGES RUC reps Drs. Ketan Sheth and Dmitry Nepomnayshy! chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/ruc-infographic.pdf

Reminder: Through July 15, SAGES members may review and comment before the guideline document is submitted for publication. You will need to log in to your SAGES membership account. www.sages.org/publications...

In this latest podcast, SAGES President Dr. Brent Matthews talks growing up as a Hoosier, persevering 815 straight days (and counting) on Duolingo learning Spanish, his leadership style and focus for SAGES over the next year. www.sages.org/sages-storie...

Don't wait to register for the Oct 16-18 course. Registration limited to the first 60 fellows. web.cvent.com/event/4842d6...

Save the Date for SAGES 2026 in Tampa! And look for other SAGES meeting dates through 2028 in an upcoming eblast.

The deadline to submit nominations or apply for an award is September 29, 2025. www.sages.org/about/awards/

Monmouth Medical Center/Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School participated in the Train the Trainer course. SAGES recently sold the the course to Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Advanced Laparoscopic Surgical Associates/Community Health Partners, www.sages.org/train-the-trainer/

In case you missed it, Gerald Marks, MD: A Surgical Pioneer Turns 100 in GSN www.generalsurgerynews.com/In-the-News/...

Reminder about the Executive MBA program for physicians: heller.brandeis.edu/physicians-e...

SAGES joins other societies in signing on to ACIP Letter to HHS Secretary www.sages.org/sages-signs-...

Introducing the newest EAES-SAGES journal Innovative Surgical Trends with cover design credit to Dr. Givi Basishvili! mailchi.mp/eaes.eu/inno...

NEW SAGES STORIES POD!

In this episode Drs. Kevin El-Hayek and Jenny Shao chat with Brent D. Matthews, MD, our current President. We talk about how SAGES has quietly but steadily helped shape his surgical career from fellowship(s) to his presidency!

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Many thanks to RUC representative Dr. Ketan Sheth who, along with Dr. Dmitry Nepomnayshy, works tirelessly to advocate on behalf of SAGES membership.

There's still time to register for this free webinar that covers Intragastric Balloons, Duodenal Mucosal Resurfacing, and
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty. us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today on #Juneteenth, we honor the ongoing fight for freedom and equality.

Talent is everywhere. Opportunity is not.

Surgery must remain a pathway forward for underrepresented voices. We commit to equity, access, and inclusion.

#EquityInSurgery #DiversityInSurgery

Proper posture and movement during laparoscopic surgery are key to minimizing pain and injuries. Follow for more tips on surgical ergonomics!
Created by Dr. Nisha Narula and her medical students: Sneha Gandhi, Monika Weglarz, Sruthi Kunamneni, Shivani Srivastava and Riya Sutariya, at Rutgers NJMS.

Study Backs Benefits of Component Separation www.generalsurgerynews.com/In-the-News/...