SAGES 2020 - Virtual

The SAGES 2020 Annual Meeting will now be a virtual meeting. Vision 2020: Rockin’ the Future with Innovation and Discovery

The meeting is designed to encourage learning, sharing of knowledge, communication and collaboration amongst SAGES members, other societies, and all other attendees. We invite all of you to come to the meeting to exchange ideas and experiences with colleagues, learn from your peers, get inspired, and take home a few pearls to improve the care of your surgical patients. Additionally, we know that you will have FUN. Because, on top of the high-quality science, innovative technology and worldrenowned expertise, we really know how to have a great time!

Our meeting theme is “Vision 2020: Rockin’ the Future with Innovation and Discovery.” It is our hope and expectation that this meeting will help guide you to progress beyond your current expertise to reach the next level of mastery in your surgical practice. The most popular topics to be highlighted at the meeting are biliary, colorectal, hernia, bariatric, robotics, foregut, minimally invasive liver and pancreas surgery, flexible endoscopy, and emerging technologies. Highlights include “live” surgery in bariatrics, hernia, colorectal and foregut. Other highlights include innovation sessions and incorporating new technologies into practice. The keynote lectures focus around opioid use with Dr. Andrew Kolodny and Innovation with Dr. Silvana Perretta. The hands-on courses include New Technologies in Endoscopy and Hernia Repair. The ADOPT Program be integrated into the Hernia course, allowing course participants to both learn on-site and then be mentored to foster adoption into their practice.