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Authors
Calabrese, Elisa C. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0217-7933
Kindel, Tammy
Slater, Bethany J.
Marks, Jeffrey
Swanstrom, Lee
Saxena, Payal
Docimo, Salvatore
Athanasiadis, Dimitrios I.
Hanna, Nader M.
Stefanidis, Dimitrios
Rooker, Ceciel
Maddern, Guy
Kohn, Geoffrey P.
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Article History
Received: 23 April 2025
Accepted: 30 April 2025
First Online: 21 May 2025
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: All conflicts of interest disclosures were assessed as not having influenced the construction of these Guidelines. Dr. Elisa Calabrese is a research fellow whose salary is supported by SAGES. Dr. Tammy Kindel has contracts with NHLBI, NIA, and American College of Surgeons. She also has consulting fees with Ethicon J&J (to MCW), a patent (No. 63/505,036) and has a board/fiduciary role for the Treo Foundation. Dr. Bethany Slater is the Chair of the Guidelines Committee for SAGES and a consultant for Cook Medical and Hologic. Dr. Jeffrey Marks is a consultant for Boston Scientific and Steris Endoscopy. Dr. Geoffrey Kohn receives payment for expert opinion from Avant Law. Dr. Guy Maddern is the Surgical Director of Research, Audit and Academic Surgery of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Professor Lee Swanstrom is on the Board of Directors for American Foregut Society and has a patent for Taurus. Dr. Payal Saxena has a contract with ERBE and received payment for this and received Fujifilm support for attending meeting/travel. Dr. Salvatore does expert testimony for Docimo and received honorarium from BD, Medtronic, Boston Scientific. Dr. Dimitrios Stefanidis has contracts with Intuitive surgical, Beckton Dickinson, and Cook medical (payment to institution). He receives consulting fees from Applied Medical and Johnson and Johnson. He was reimbursed for meeting travel expenses by Intuitive 360 and is the Chair at SAGES robotic committee and a board member Association for Surgical Education Board member and the Institute of Surgical Excellence (unpaid). Ceciel Rooker is on the Advisory Board Member for the NIDDK (NIH), she is the President and Executive Director (paid) for the International Foundation for Gastrointestinal Disorders and the Treasurer (unpaid) for the Digestive Disease Coalition. Dr. Nader M Hanna and Dr. Dimitrios Athanasiadis have no conflict of interest or financial ties disclose.
