Calabrese, Elisa C. https://orcid.org/0009-0007-0217-7933
Slater, Bethany J.
Awad, Ziad
Ayloo, Subhashini
Bonds, Morgan
Broucek, Joseph
Barbera, Elizabeth
Catania, Robert A.
Cleary, Sean P.
Gilbert, Erin
Gimenez, Mariano
Hassan, Imran
Kchaou, Ali
Maddern, Guy
Kutlu, Onur
Miraflor, Emily
Oliphant, Uretz
Onkendi, Edwin
Palazzo, Francesco
Sucandy, Iswanto
Vosburg, R. Wesley
Wang, Jane
Florez, Ivan D.
El-Hayek, Kevin
Article History
Received: 24 October 2025
Accepted: 26 October 2025
First Online: 20 November 2025
Disclosures
: All conflicts of interest and financial ties were declared by the authors. All potential conflicts were reviewed and none influenced the design, analysis, or interpretation of the research presented in this manuscript. Elisa C. Calabrese is a funded research fellow by the SAGES Education and Research Foundation (SERP) grant and by the RACS Foundation for Surgery. Ivan D Florez is a paid consultant for SAGES. Dr. Bethany J Slater is the SAGES Guidelines Committee Chair and receives consulting fees from Hologic. Dr. Morgan Bonds has a grant from the National Cancer Institute-Early Surgeon Scientist Program (3P30CA225520-06S2), is the Chair of the Junior Surgeon Committee AHPBA and Chair of the DEI Committee for Southwestern Surgical Congress. Dr. Joseph Broucek receives consulting fees from Intuitive Surgical Inc. as an instructor. Dr. Robert A. Catania is Chair of the SAGES Community Practice Committee. Dr. Erin Gilbert has stock in Intuitive Surgical ($5500). Dr. Mariano Gimenez receives consulting fees from Medtronic (Ablation System), Fujifilm Ultrasound, and Boston Scientific. He is also the immediate past president of AHPBA. Dr. Guy Maddern is the Surgical Director of Research, Audit and Academic Surgery of RACS. Dr. Iswanto Sucandy has received support for hotel and travel to attend the Intuitive Conference and the ILLS Single Topic Conference. Dr. Jane Wang has grants including the UC Pancreatic Cancer Consortium Collaborative Pilot Award ($150,000), the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot Award ($40,000), the San Francisco General Hospital SURF grant ($30,000) and the UCSF Community Wellbeing Grant ($6000). Dr. Ziad Awad, Dr. Subhashini Ayloo, Dr. Elizabeth Barbera, Dr. Sean P Cleary, Dr. Imran Hassan, Dr. Ali Kchaou, Dr. Onur Kutlu, Dr. Emily Miraflor, Dr. Uretz Oliphant, Dr. Edwin Onkendi, Dr. Francesco Palazzo, Dr. Wesley Vosburg, Dr. Ivan Florez, and Dr. Kevin El-Hayek have no disclosures.
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