SAGES has four major awards which are open for nomination from the general membership and three additional awards open to nominations from SAGES Leadership (Officers, Board, and Committee Members).

Nomination forms will be reviewed by the Awards Committee prior to the ACS Clinical Congress in October. The Committee will recommend recipients to the Board of Governors during ACS. Awards will then be bestowed upon the recipients during the 2010 SAGES Annual Meeting next year in Washington, DC.

You may obtain a copy of the nomination forms by calling, faxing, or e-mailing Mr. Wootae Kim in the SAGES office (Phone: 310-437-0544, Fax: 310-437-0585). We encourage you to participate in this process so that we may honor those who have contributed a great deal to endoscopic surgery and to SAGES.

Please submit all nominations no later than September 4, 2009.

You must be logged into the site to access nomination forms. Otherwise, please contact Wootae Kim via the instructions above.

The awards that are open for general nomination from any member are (click title for details and qualifications):

PIONEER IN ENDOSCOPY AWARD

THE GEORGE BERCI LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY

SAGES ANNUAL IRCAD VISITING FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Sponsored by Karl Storz Endoscopy

SAGES EXCELLENCE IN CLINICAL CARE

Additionally, SAGES Leadership (Officers, Board, and Committee Members) may nominate for the following three awards:

SAGES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

YOUNG RESEARCHER AWARD
For researchers within the first five years after completion of residency/fellowship (may not be currently enrolled in a training program).

RESEARCHER IN TRAINING AWARD
For researches currently in their residency/fellowship