Donovan, Katherine F. https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6657-500X
Tomada, Elisa Paoluzzi
Carmichael, Heather
Ricardo, Alison
Berger, Natalie
Bonaccorso, Antoinette
Alavi, Karim
Zaghiyan, Karen
Pigazzi, Alessio
Sands, Dana
DeBeche-Adams, Theresa
Chadi, Sami A.
McLemore, Elisabeth C.
Marks, John H.
Maykel, Justin A.
Shawki, Sherief F.
Steele, Scott R.
Albert, Matthew
Whiteford, Mark H.
Wexner, Steven D.
Sylla, Patricia
Funding for this research was provided by:
ASCRS Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 22 March 2025
Accepted: 18 June 2025
First Online: 11 August 2025
Declarations
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: Dr. Patricia Sylla reports consultant payments from Ethicon, Safeheal, Stryker, and Exero. Dr. John Marks serves as a consultant for Stryker and Intuitive, reports honoraria from Stryker and Medtronic, and participates on the data safety monitoring board (DSMB) or advisory board for Virtual Incision. Dr. Justin Maykel reports consultant fees for Olympus, Takeda, and Safeheal. Dr. Karim Alavi reports consultant fees for Safeheal and Olympus and receives payment for expert testimony for Crico. Dr. Karen Zaghiyan reports grants received by Surgical Research Network and Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, consultant fees for Takeda and Intuitive, and payment or honoraria from Natera. Dr. Sami Chadi serves as a consultant for Noah Medical. Dr. Sherief F. Shawki reports consultant fees for Intuitive and Ethicon. Dr. Alessio Pigazzi reports receiving a Research grant from Vioptix, royalties with Xodus Medical, and serves as a consultant for Medtronic, Ethicon, and Intuitive. Dr. Matthew Albert reports grants or contracts from Applied Medical, Stryker Endoscopy, Conmed, Endoquest, Livsmed, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Distal Motion, Proximie, and Noah, serves as a consultant and receives honoraria from Applied Medical, Stryker, Distal Motion, EndoQuest, Astellas Pharmaceuticals, Livsmed, and ConMed, participates on the DSMB or Advisory board for Proximie and Distal Motion, and holds stock or stock options for Applied Medical, Proximie, and Human Extension. Dr. Teresa deBeche-Adams receives honoraria for educational courses with support for travel expenses from Applied Medical. Dr. Steven Wexner receives consulting fees from Baxter, Becton Dickinson, Glaxo Smith Kline, Intuitive Surgical, Livsmed, Medtronic, OstomyCure, Stryker, Takeda, and Virtual Ports, stock options from Pragma/GibLib, Renew Medical, and Intuitive Surgical; royalties from Intuitive Surgical, Karl Storz, and Unique Surgical Innovations, LLC; Data safety monitoring board membership with JSR/WCG/ACI, Polypid, and Boomerang. Dr. Katherine Donovan, Dr. Elisa Paoluzzi Tomada, Dr. Heather Carmichael, Dr. Dana Sands, Dr. Alison Ricardo, Dr. Antoinette Bonaccorso, Dr. Natalie Berger, Dr. Elizabeth McLemore, Dr. Mark Whiteford, and Dr. Scott Steele have no financial disclosures to report.