DESCRIPTION:
- The award is designated for a person in industry, or a physician/surgeon. The award will be given to an individual, not to a company and is intended for those whose efforts have substantively changed and improved the field of endoscopy.
- The award will be granted for a significant, long-term scientific or technological contribution to the field of surgical endoscopy. One person may not receive the award twice, as it is for a body of work as opposed to an individual achievement.
- Past winners include: Karl Storz (1995); Bob Quint (1997); Robert Anderson (1999); William Chang and Richard Newman (2001); Kurt Semm, MD (2002); Basil Hirshowitz (2003); George Berci, MD (2004); Jeffrey Ponsky, MD (2005); Gregory Stiegmann, MD (2006); John Abele (2007); Gerald Marks, MD (2008); Robert Croce (2009); Haruhiro Inoue, MD (2011); Leon Hirsch and Turi Josefsen (2012); Joel Leroy, MD (2013); David Utley, MD (2014); Steven Rothenberg, MD (2015); Dr. h.c. mult. Sybill Storz (2016); Michel Gagner, MD (2017); Philip Schauer, MD (2018); Chuck Kennedy (2020); Gerry Fried, MD (2021); Demetrius Litwin, MD, MBA (2023); Natan Zundel (2024)
AWARD REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS:
- The award will not be given every year but bestowed when the Board determines a worthy nominee.
- Nominations may come from any member of SAGES.
- The winner will receive complimentary registration for SAGES 2025; complimentary economy airfare to SAGES 2025 via our travel agent; 2 Complimentary nights in an official event hotel.
APPLICATION:
Please complete this nomination form for your proposed recipient