The ASGE Golden Scope

The Golden Scope Championship is a fun and exciting game in which 1st and 2nd year fellows in-training compete for honor and prizes!

CONGRATULATIONS AND BRAVO to the 65 GI Fellow Teams who participated in round one of the ASGE’s 2025 Golden Scope!

ASGE is excited we had so many participants from around the world and thoroughly enjoyed monitoring the shifting leaderboard throughout the week. We’re proud of all of you! We hope you enjoyed the competition, camaraderie and the education that took place.

Below are the Top Twelve Teams (10 U.S. and 2 International - all teams listed in alphabetical order) that are advancing to the semi-finals in September 2025!
Advent Health, Orlando, FL

Training Director: Mariam Naveed, MD
Team Captain: Sobaan Taj (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Khaled Al Mujarkesh (1st Year Fellow) and Gurdeep Singh (1st Year Fellow)

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX

Training Director: Milena Gould, MD
Team Captain: Jinna Chu (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Conrad Fernandes (2nd Year Fellow) and Emmanuel Palomeratejeda (2nd Year Fellow)

Brooklyn Hospital Center, Brooklyn, NY

Training Director: Madhavi Reddy, MD
Team Captain: Camelia Ciobanu (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Oleksandr Shumeiko (1st Year Fellow) and Taranika Sarkar Das (1st Year Fellow)

Cleveland Clinic, Weston, FL

Training Director: Fernando Castro, MD
Team Captain: Zaid Ansari (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Akram Ahmad (2nd Year Fellow) and Anas Khouri (1st Year Fellow)

East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

Training Director: Mark Young, MD
Team Captain: Mohammad Darweesh (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Ahmed Hmidat (2nd Year Fellow) and Usama Abu Heija (1st Year Fellow)

Endeavor Health, Evanston, IL

Training Director: Michael Sprang, MD
Team Captain: Maryam Haider (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Tony Cheng (2nd Year Fellow) and Ushan Ranasinghe (1st Year Fellow)

Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Training Director: Fauze Maluf Filho, MD
Team Captain: Marcelo Klotz DallAgnol (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Ygor Rocha Fernandes (2nd Year Fellow) and Vitor Hernandes Lopes (2nd Year Fellow)

Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

Training Director: Andrew Ong, MD
Team Captain: Sakktivel Elangovan (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Daniel Lim Yan Zheng (2nd Year) and Loi Pooi Ling (2nd Year Fellow)

UC Irvine, Orange, CA

Training Director: Sandra Park, MD
Team Captain: Michael Jew (1st Year Fellow)
Teammates: Aneesa Chowdhury (2nd Year Fellow) and Preeti Prakash (1st Year Fellow)

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

Training Director: Adrian Holm, MD
Team Captain: Ahamed Khalyfa (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Tewodros Ayele (1st Year Fellow) and Alexander Garza (1st Year Fellow)

University of Massachusetts-Chan/Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

Training Director: Yesenia Greeff, MD
Team Captain: Cristina Batarseh (1st Year Fellow)
Teammate: Aizaz Khan (1st Year Fellow)

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

Training Director: Millie Long, MD
Team Captain: Tyler Culpepper (2nd Year Fellow)
Teammates: Michelle Russin (1st Year Fellow) and Alisa Siebrasse (1st Year Fellow)

Competition Timeline

Sep '25

September 19-20, 2025 (Live at ASGE IT&T in Downers Grove, IL) – SEMI-FINALS & CHAMPIONSHIP:
The top twelve teams will come together at ASGE’s IT&T Center in Downers Grove, IL for an in-person semi-final competitive round. Semi-finals will include both game play and hands-on challenges. All team members will be able to participate in ASGE’s Senior Fellows Program on Saturday, September 20, 2025-Sunday, September 21, 2025. The Final Championship of the top three teams will be determined and announced at a reception on Friday evening. The Final three teams will compete in a live Final Championship Jeopardy style format on Saturday, September 20, 2025.

Prizes

Semi-Final Prize

All twelve teams and their training director will receive full access to GI Leap for a 12-month period in recognition of their accomplishment of making it to the Semi-Final stage of the competition.

All twelve teams will have a travel stipend to participate which will cover airfare and transportation as well as 2 nights at the Westin Chicago Lombard.

Grand Prize

Final three winning teams will receive a cash prize that goes to the training director to distribute how they desire.

1st Place Winner: $5,000
2nd Place Winner: $2,500
3rd Place Winner: $1,250

This event is sponsored by:

Contact Michelle Thomas at mthomas@asge.org with questions about ASGE’s Golden Scope competition.