Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs
The following individuals are the 2011-2012 SAGES Committee Chairs and Co-Chairs, as appointed by President Steven Schwaitzberg, M.D.
| Awards | C. Daniel Smith, Chair |
| Bariatrics | Marina Kurian, Chair |
| Kevin M. Reavis, Co-Chair | |
| Bylaws | Daniel J. Deziel, Chair |
| Communications | Allan E. Okrainec, Chair |
| Archana Ramaswamy, Co-Chair | |
| Conflict of Interest Task Force | Steven C. Stain, Chair |
| Patricia Sylla, Co-Chair | |
| Continuing Education | Daniel J. Scott, Chair |
| Simon Bergman, Co-Chair | |
| Tim Farrell, Co-Chair | |
| Development | Fredrick J. Brody, Chair |
| John H. Marks, Co-Chair | |
| Educational Resources | Kenric M. Murayama, Chair |
| Atul K. Madan, Co-Chair | |
| Ethics | Phillip P. Shadduck, Chair |
| Vivian E.M. Strong, Co-Chair | |
| Finance / Assets | L. Michael Brunt, Chair |
| Barry A. Salky, Chair | |
| Flexible Endoscopy | Brian J. Dunkin, Chair |
| Jose M. Martinez, Co-Chair | |
| Fundamental Use of Surgical Energy | Daniel Bougere Jones, Chair |
| Liane S. Feldman, Co-Chair | |
| Pascal R. Fuchshuber, Co-Chair | |
| Fundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery | Jeffrey M. Marks, Chair |
| Thadeus L. Trus, Co-Chair | |
| John D. Mellinger, Co-Chair | |
| Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery | Gerald M. Fried, Chair |
| Melina C. Vassiliou, Co-Chair | |
| E. Matt Ritter, Co-Chair | |
| Global Affairs | Horacio J. Asbun, Chair |
| Ramon Berguer, Co-Chair | |
| Raul J. Rosenthal, Co-Chair | |
| Guidelines | Robert D. Fanelli, Chair |
| William S. Richardson, Co-Chair | |
| Dimitrios Stefanidis, Co-Chair | |
| Humanitarian Task Force | Tonia M. Young-Fadok, Chair |
| Legislative | Michael D. Holzman, Chair |
| Kevin E. Wasco, Co-Chair | |
| Membership | Peter W. Marcello, Chair |
| Todd Ponsky, Co-Chair | |
| Military Working Group | Robert B. Lim, Chair |
| Carlos D. Godinez, Co-Chair | |
| Nominating | Jo Buyske, Chair |
| Pediatrics | Gretchen Purcell Jackson, Chair |
| Danielle S Walsh, Co-Chair | |
| Program | Daniel M. Herron, Chair |
| Steven P. Bowers, Co-Chair | |
| Publications | Dennis L. Fowler, Chair |
| Bruce V. MacFadyen Jr, Co-Chair | |
| Quality, Outcomes and Safety | Daniel Bougere Jones, Chair |
| Liane S. Feldman, Co-Chair | |
| Research and Career Development | Aurora Dawn Pryor, Chair |
| David R. Urbach, Co-Chair | |
| Resident Education | Leena Khaitan, Chair |
| Brent D. Matthews, Co-Chair | |
| Technology | Dmitry Oleynikov, Chair |
| Shawn T. Tsuda, Co-Chair |
A full committee roster is available in the Committee Zone or you can click on any committee name above.
