Paul Wetter, MD
We enjoy each others company and NYC is a very nice place but, It’s the outcome for our patients that brings us to NYC.
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 0
During the Board Meeting our President Stefano Bettocchi confirmed to the Board that the Presidency would be transferred to Vice President Chuck Miller at the end of March 2011 and it was subsequently agreed that the Vice Presidential elections, and indeed the elections for the new Board, would be conducted around the ISGE meeting to be held in Cairo in September 2011.
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 2
LESS – Laparo-Endoscopic Single-Site – Surgery
Minimally invasive procedures have dramatically changed the face of surgery in recent years. By offering safer and gentler surgery to the patient, laparoscopy has the potential to become the gold standard for many interventions. Today, multiple-site laparoscopic surgery has been further
developed from multiple-site to single-site surgery.
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 0
Privileges are clinical functions that a healthcare Institution permits a physician to perform while caring for patients in that Institution. This privilege belongs to each individual Hospital although “ portable ” privileges may be granted by National bodies such as the Medical Practitioners & Dentists Board. Each hospital should ideally develop criteria and mechanisms for granting clinical privileges to health professionals.
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 0
The ISGE Board at the Sydney meeting approved an exciting meeting schedule for 2011. ISGE will combine with the SLS in New York from the 1st to the 4th of September 2010. This will provide an excellent reason for all ISGE members to visit New York.
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 0
Ornella Sizi, Are the primary reasons medical education, fellowship and travel? NO! "Its The Outcome" MD, Paul Wetter, MD, ISGE 19th ANNUAL CONGRESS, News from Manufacturing Companies,
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.08.31 | Comments: 1
Ray Garry, MD
The health care industry in general, and surgical equipment companies in particular, are having to work within more restricted financial frameworks and they are constantly re-appraising the level of support they are able to offer societies such as ours. We have, as a result, unfortunately lost one of our major company sponsors (we trust only temporally). Reassuringly our other sponsors have re-affirmed their continuing support to us and there is even a realistic prospect of signing up a major new…
Author: Ray Garry, MD | Date: 2010.03.14 | Comments: 0
Duncan Turner, MD
In 1988 Harry Reich
performed the first laparoscopic hysterectomy and now in 2010 we laparoscopists only have a depressing 15% of the market despite the fact that we believe this to be the best procedure.
Author: Duncan Turner, MD | Date: 2010.03.14 | Comments: 1
Charles Miller, MD
is a famous quote from the movie Sandlot; when it comes to minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, that’s exactly the case. How can it be that the specialty of medicine that introduced laparoscopic surgery now trails in innovation, acceptance and adoption? You say I’m wrong, well let’s examine these facts…
Author: Charles Miller, MD | Date: 2010.03.14 | Comments: 0
Ray Garry, MD
The most common justification of a procedure new or old is “that I my experience
it works”. Such a justification from the famous and powerful in our profession is difficult
to refute particularly
if a number of our most eminent authorities come together in a society or college and re-enforce each
Author: Ray Garry, MD | Date: 2010.03.14 | Comments: 0
Ray Garry, Stefano Bettocchi, Tamer Seckin, Duncan Turner, Charles Miller, Peter Maher, Robert O’Shea
Author: ISGE | Date: 2010.03.14 | Comments: 0
Steffano Bettocchi, Yves Leroy, Vivian Ferreira do Amaral, Sabino, Ron Diaz
Joseph Kurian, Chuck Miller, Jim Tsaltas, Liselotte Mettler, Mauricio Abrao Sergio Podarich by Tamer Seckin
Author: ISGE | Date: 2009.11.02 | Comments: 0