Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In this episode, Drs. Kevin El-Hayek and Dr. Jenny Shao talk to the one and only doyenne of SAGES – Executive Director Sallie Matthews.

Sallie shares stories about how she got into the Executive Directoring business, how SAGES has transformed over the years, and what it means to be a successful woman in the field of surgery. This is not our typical podcast but it’s interesting, heartfelt, and inspiring. LISTEN!

Links from the pod:

• SAGES 2025 Meeting
• A Conversation With Sallie Matthews, Director of SAGES for 25 Years

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In this episode, Drs. Kevin El-Hayek and Dr. Jenny Shao talk to one of the most fascinating surgeons around: James “Butch” Rosser, MD. Butch is a surgeon, a patient, a top-notch educator, the originator of the Top Gun contest, the catalyst behind the SAGES Mini Med School, and so much more. We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as we enjoyed recording it.

Links from the pod:

• SAGES 2025 Meeting
• Mini Med School

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

This. Is. Huge. The biggest episode we’ve tried to do. The biggest episode we’ve ever done! Not one, not two, not three, but FOUR, FOUR PAST PRESIDENTS on one podcast. (ah ah ah)

In this episode, Drs. Kevin El-Hayek and new co-host Dr. Jenny Shao talk to Past SAGES Presidents Drs. Hoarcio Asbun, Liane Feldman, John Mellinger, and Pat Sylla all about SAGES, their respective paths to the presidency and the impact of the Society on surgery.

Links from the pod:

• Episode 1 – Horacio Asbun, MD
• Episode 2 – Liane Feldman, MD
• Episode 5 – John Mellinger, MD
• Episode 9 – Patricia Sylla, MD

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 26, we experience something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. Let’s see if you can figure out to who/what each of the above applies!

In this episode, Drs. Kevin El-Hayek and Archana Ramaswamy talk to Dr. Jenny Shao about podcasting in general, finding one’s path in surgery, and much more plus a HUGE announcement. There’s also a special gift for Dr. Ramaswamy at the very end of the episode…

Links from the pod:

• SAGES 2025 Annual Meeting
• SAGES Stories Episode 7

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Welcome to the SAGES Stories Podcast!

In episode 25, we talk to researcher and dad extraordinaire, Chris DuCoin, MD and get his thoughts on surgeon scientists, SAGES Research efforts, and our intrepid hosts show us the worst possible way to get a grant accepted.

Links from the pod:

• SAGES Research Grants
• SAGES Research Data Network
• 2025 Abstract Submissions

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