DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

John J. Bosco, MD, FASGE

Aurora Gastroenterology, Green Bay, WisconsinXX

“I am grateful that ASGE recognized my concerns and supported the formation of the VOC task force. Many others in our society are equally or more deserving of this award. I am honored and humbled to be chosen for the 2023 ASGE Distinguished Service Award. I pledge to continue to support, collaborate and respond to the call of ASGE.”

DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

Barbara Tauscher, MHA, FACMPE

Oregon Clinic PC, Oregon City, Oregon

“It is with tremendous gratitude and surprise that I accept this year’s ASGE Distinguished Service Award. I’ve had the privilege of serving on ASGE’s Practice Operations Committee for over 10 years…[this]award comes at the end of my career, and I couldn’t think of a better way to end this chapter of my life.”

DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AWARD

Victor Fox, MD, FASGE

Children's Hospital Boston, Division of Gastroenterology, Boston, Massachusetts

“I feel incredibly honored to receive this year’s Distinguished Educator Award from the ASGE. I thank the members of this prestigious organization for recognizing my efforts to expand our subspecialty in the realm of pediatrics. This award is truly a highlight of my career.”

DISTINGUISHED EDUCATOR AWARD

Vanessa M. Shami, MD, FASGE

University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia

“Education and quality in endoscopy have always been important to me…I find training individuals who become the next generation of prominent clinicians to be exceptionally rewarding. My participation in ASGE has been incredibly fulfilling, and I am honored and humbled to be recognized for my role as an educator by the society I cherish.”

DISTINGUISHED ENDOSCOPIC RESEARCH MENTORING AWARD

Dayna S. Early, MD, FASGE

Washington University, School of Medicine, GI Division, St. Louis, Missouri

“Teaching and getting to know the advanced endoscopy fellows at Washington University has been one of the biggest highlights of my career…I experience such pride when our advanced endoscopy fellows leave us and develop phenomenal careers…I will always cherish my relationships with our advanced endoscopy fellows…”

DISTINGUISHED ENDOSCOPIC RESEARCH MENTORING AWARD

Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, MASGE

University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado

“Receiving this award is very special. I am honored to be recognized for my contributions to endoscopic research and mentoring in gastrointestinal endoscopy. It is especially pleasing to think of the numerous outstanding residents, fellows and faculty who I was able to interact with [over the years].”

DISTINGUISHED ENDOSCOPIC RESEARCH MENTORING AWARD

Gerard A. Isenberg, MD, MBA, FASGE

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

“I consider this award and honor as recognition of the team effort at my institution. I am indebted to my teachers, my colleagues, my trainees and all the nurses and technicians for making endoscopic research possible. This award should be given to the entire endoscopic team [at UHCMC and Case Western].”

MASTER ENDOSCOPIST AWARD

Nalini Guda, MD, FASGE

Medical Consultants, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

“To receive [this award] from ASGE is a dream come true for any endoscopist…I am truly honored to receive this distinction, and I am humbled to join a group of pioneering and expert endoscopists who have received this distinction. This award is also a tribute to my mentors, mentees, colleagues and allied staff…”

MASTER ENDOSCOPIST AWARD

Ibrahim Mostafa, MD

Theodor Bilharz Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt

“It is an immense honor to receive this award…I am deeply humbled to have upheld the values of this award (which include patient care and advancing GI endoscopy)…I strongly believe that these should be the values of every gastroenterologist....I would like to thank my colleagues, family and everyone who [have] supported me.…”

MASTER ENDOSCOPIST AWARD

Nicholas J. Shaheen, MD, MPH, FASGE

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

“I am honored and humbled to be considered by my colleagues for this award…[this] is a tribute to the wonderful clinical and research teams that I have been a part over the last few decades. I will be forever grateful to my colleagues at UNC and my collaborators from other institutions for teaching me how to be a better physician.”

MASTER ENDOSCOPIST AWARD

Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE

The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

“I am honored to [receive the] Master Endoscopist Award…There is no doubt of the positive impact ASGE has had on my career…I hope my ASGE activities inspire the next generation of endoscopists…I have been fortunate to work with some fantastic colleagues [around] the world and at The University of Chicago [as well as an amazing CERT team]."

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD

Jacques Bergman, MD, PhD

Academic Medical Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

“I am deeply honored and humbled to receive the 2023 ASGE International Service Award… [As a member of the ASGE for over 25 years] I have had the opportunity to collaborate with some wonderful and talented people all over the world…I share this award with my team and colleagues in Amsterdam who taught, mentored and inspired me…”

INTERNATIONAL SERVICE AWARD

Mahesh Goenka, MD, FASGE

Apollo Multispecialty Hospitals, Kolkata, India

“It is deeply satisfying to be acknowledged by your peer group and professional association. It is more overwhelming when the recognition is from a prestigious global association such as ASGE. [I would like to thank] ASGE for giving me the International Service Award, and I am honored to accept it on behalf of the Indian GI fraternity.”

INDUSTRY SERVICE AWARD

Greg T. Prevatt

Apollo Endosurgery, Austin, Texas

“I am humbled and deeply honored to [receive] the 2023 Industry Service Award…this [award] must be shared with the many Apollo Endosurgery employees…[training physicians] is the best way we can impact the field of gastrointestinal endoscopy [to help them deliver] high quality care to the patient.”

PRESIDENT'S AWARD

Joyce A. Peetermans, PhD

Boston Scientific, Boston, Massachusetts

"This award is an enormous honor to me. It belongs to my team and the 150 plus Global experts and their clinical research associates alongside whom we worked in the area of GI endoscopy for over 20 years. My research career started in academia, then moved to start-up, and later to larger companies."