2012 Crystal Awards Honorees
Rudolf V. Schindler Award
Dennis M. Jensen, MD
West Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California
Distinguished Service Award
Glenn D. Littenberg, MD
Gastroenterology Associates, Pasadena, California
Distinguished Educator Award
Douglas A. Howell, MD, FASGE
Portland Gastroenterology Center, Portland, Maine
Distinguished Endoscopic Research Mentoring Award
Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE
Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
Master Endoscopist Award
Martin L. Freeman, MD, FASGE
University of Minnesota, Division of Gastroenterology, Minneapolis, Minnesota
International Service Award
Ibrahim Mostafa, MD
Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt
Honorary Membership Award
Hirohumi Niwa, MD
Japan Gastroenterological Endoscopy Society, Tokyo, Japan
President's Award
David E. Fleischer, MD
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona
Covidien Senior Investigator Mentoring Award
Thomas F. Imperiale, MD
Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Indiana
Endoscopic Research Awards
Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, MD
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
"MircoRNAs for the Diagnosos of Malignant IPMN Lesions"
Lauren B. Gerson, MD, FASGE
Stanford University, Stanford, California
"Randomized Controlled Trial of Botulinum Toxin Injection for Patients with
Spastic Esophageal Motor Dosorders"
Sarah A. Rodriguez, MD
The Oregon Clinic West Hills Gastroenterology, Portland, Oregon
"RNA Sequencing of Solid and Cystic Lesions of the Pancreas"
N. Jewel Samadder, MD
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
"Predicators of Missed & Interval Colorectal Cancer in Utah:
A Population Based Epidemological Study"
Quality Endoscopic Research Award
Robert E. Schoen, MD
University of Pittsburgh Physicians Digestive Disorders Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Assessing Colonoscopy Quality Using Natural Language Processing"
Cook Medical Don Wilson Awards
Rees Cameron, MD
Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand
Muhammad Dawwas, MD
The Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Hyoung-Chul Oh, MD, PhD
Chung-Ang University Health Care System, Seoul, South Korea
Diversity Awards
Ethnicity
Sabeen Abid, MD
Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gender
Ioana Smith, MD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Endoscopic Audiovisual Award Winner
Won Young Cho, MD
Soochunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
"Endoscopic Tissue Sampling of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract: Forceps to Optical"
Endoscopic Audiovisual Award Honorable Mention
Won Young Cho, MD
Soochunhyang University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
"Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection of Colon Lateral Spreading Tumor"
Pentax Advanced Fellows Video Editing Awards
Suresh Pola, MD
University of California San Diego Health Systems, San Diego, California
"Rectal Cancer Developing in the Setting of a Cavernous Hemangioma in the Rectosigmoid Colon"
Barham Abu Dayyeh, MD, MPH
Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota
"A Hybrid Percutaneous and Endoscopic Approach for the Complete Clearance
of Gallstones from the Gallbladder and Biliart Tree"
Ingrid Gonzalez, MD
University of California, San Diego, California
"Novel Endoscopic Guided Intra-Gastric Laparscopic Resection of Gastric Cardia Subepithelial Mass"
ASGE Outstanding Manuscript Award
Eun Hee Seo, MD
Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University School of Medicine, Busan, Republic of Korea
"Optimal preparation-to-colonoscopy interval in split-dose PEG bowel preparation determines
satsifactory bowel preparation quality: an observational prospective study"
Cook Medical Marsha Dreyer Awards
Sergio Coda, MD
Imperial College, London, London, United Kingdom
"Fluroescence lifetime imaging and spectroscopy for label-free contract of gastrointestinal diseases"
Meike MC Hirdes, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
"Single and sequential biodegradable stent placement for refractory benigh esophageal strictures:
a prospective follow-up study"
Bronte A Holt, MBBS
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
"Interrogation of the mucosal defect after advanced endoscopic resection: Predicting post-procedural outcomes"
Payal Saxena, MBBS, FRACP
Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
"Management of dysplastic Barrett's esophagus with a combination of radiofrequency ablation and endoscopic mucosal
resection is safe and efficacious: A quaternary referral centre experience"
Nicholas J. Tutticci, MBBS
The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
"The Prevalence of Sessile Serrated Adenomas in a Fecal Immunochemical Test Positive Colorectal Cancer Screening Cohort"
J. Edward Berk, MD, DSc, FASGE Endowed Lecture
Kenneth J. Chang, MD, FASGE
University of California Irvine Medical Center, Orange, California
"Opportunities for Therapeutic EUS"
Jack A. Vennes &Stephen E. Silvis, MD Endowed Lecture
Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, FASGE
San Francisco VA Medical Center, San Francisco, California
" Quality In Colonoscopy, What Does It Mean?"
Basil I. Hirschowitz, MD Endowed Lecture
M. Brian Fennerty, MD, FASGE
Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
"The Future of Innovation in Endoscopy: Challenges and Solutions"
