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NEWS FROM
CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE
November 19, 2009
Cambridge Health Alliance Chief of Surgery Steven
D. Schwaitzberg, MD, Named President-Elect of National Surgical
Society
Cambridge, MA…The Society of American Gastrointestinal and
Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) recently elected Steven D. Schwaitzberg,
MD, Chief of Surgery at Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), to serve
as President for the 2011-2012 year.
SAGES is the largest professional organization of gastrointestinal
surgeons in the United States and the leading international society
for modern minimally invasive and endoscopic surgery. As president
of SAGES, Schwaitzberg will guide the association in fulfilling
its mission, including increasing training in laparoscopy and therapeutic
endoscopy, evaluating emerging technologies, continuing to set the
standards of practice in laparoscopy, fostering clinical and basic
science research, and expanding educational activities in laparoscopy
across the globe.
With a clinical background in critical care and infectious diseases
and an acute interest in technology, Schwaitzberg is well-versed
in the intersection of surgery and technology. During his 23-year
career, he has focused on minimally invasive device development
and evaluation, clinical and laboratory prevention of intra-abdominal
adhesions, skill acquisition in minimally invasive surgery, clinical
evaluation of antibiotics, and retrospective clinical reviews.
Schwaitzberg's arrival at CHA in 2005 coincided with significant
investments in patient care. In addition to bringing cutting-edge
surgical techniques to a community hospital setting, he has recruited
new surgeons who are leaders in their respective fields. A prodigious
researcher and medical educator, Schwaitzberg is an associate professor
of surgery at Harvard Medical School and an adjunct professor at
Tufts University. He has authored and contributed to more than 120
peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and videos, and he serves on
the editorial boards of three surgical journals.
Schwaitzberg has been a member of SAGES Board since 2002 and has
previously served as Vice President of the Society. He was Program
Chairman for the 2007 SAGES Annual Meeting in Las Vegas and serves
on the Technology, Development, and Finance Committees. He has conducted
minimally invasive surgery training courses locally, regionally,
and in three different countries.
More than two decades ago a group of pioneering surgeons formed
a new surgical society to address the need for education, guidelines,
and research in endoscopy. They embraced emerging technology and
new techniques on behalf of their patients. That group of 50 surgeons
known as SAGES held their first meeting in 1986 with 110 attendees
and 11 exhibitors. SAGES now boasts more than 6,000 members and
3,000+ total meeting attendees. For more information, please visit
www.sages.org.
Cambridge Health Alliance is an innovative, award-winning
health system that provides high quality care in Cambridge, Somerville,
and Boston's metro-north communities. It includes three hospital
campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices, the
Cambridge Public Health Dept., and the Network Health plan. CHA
is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated
with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine,
and Tufts University School of Medicine. Visit us online at www.challiance.org.
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Media Contact
David Cecere
Cambridge Health Alliance
Phone: 617-503-8428
dcecere@challiance.org
Jennifer Clark
SAGES
310-437-0544, ext. 105
jennifer@sages.org
Learn more!
Surgery at CHA
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