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SAGES 2005 Scientific Sessions & Postgraduate Courses

Where?

Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa

3555 South Ocean Drive, Hollywood, FL 33019

When?

April 13 - 16, 2005

SAGES/AHPBA Registration Hours:

Tuesday, April 12, 2005: 12:00 - 5:00 PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2005: 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, April 14, 2005: 6:30 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday, April 15, 2005: 6:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, April 16, 2005: 7:30 AM - 3:00 PM

For more information, please contact:
Phone (310) 437-0581
Fax (310) 437-0585
Email: registration@sages.org

Register on-line!

www.sages.org/registration/ or www.ahpba.org/registration/

Who Should Attend the SAGES Meeting

The SAGES Annual Meeting has elements that have been specifically designed to meet the needs of practicing surgeons, surgeons-in-training, GI assistants, nurses and other allied health professionals who are interested in minimally invasive surgery. The Program Committee recommends that participants design their own attendance schedule based on their own personal educational objectives.

SAGES Accreditation

The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to sponsor Continuing Medical Education for physicians. SAGES designates this Continuing Education activity for:

• 7.75 credit hours for the Bariatric Postgraduate Course
• 3.75 credit hours for the Laparoscopic Colon Course Lecture Only Course
• 7.75 credit hours for the Laparoscopic Colon Course Lab and Lecture Course
• 2.0 credit hours for the Understanding Your Video System Lecture Course
• 8.0 credit hours for the Advanced Pediatric MIS Course
• 1.5 credit hours for the Ideal Fellowship Symposium
• 3.5 credit hours for the Allied Health Professionals Course
• 3.25 credit hours for the Solid Organ Postgraduate Course
• 3.5 credit hours for the Endoluminal Therapy Postgraduate Course
• 3.5 credit hours for the Resident & Fellow Scientific Session
• 3.0 credit hours for the Modern Management of Colon Cancer Symposium
• 3.0 credit hours for the Learning Center
• 16 credit hours for the Thursday & Friday Scientific Session
• 1.5 credit hours for the Educator’s Lunch

in Category 1 of the Physicians Recognition Award for the American Medical Association.
Note: each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

SAGES Corporate Supporters

Platinum Level Donors

AutoSuture & Valleylab – Divisions of Tyco Healthcare
Curon Medical
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
Karl Storz Endoscopy-America, Inc.
Olympus America

Gold Level Donors

Boston Scientific/Microvasive
Inamed Health
Stryker Endoscopy

Silver Level Donors

Fleet Pharmaceuticals
General Surgery News
W.L.Gore & Associates, Inc.

Bronze Level Donors

Aesculap
B-K Medical Systems
Cook Surgical
Genzyme
Synovis Surgical Innovations
Taut, Inc.