News & Photos
Please take a moment to catch up on the latest NYSGE news and view photos of our latest events.

Announcement of Florence Lefcourt Award - ASGE News, July/August 2007
The ASGE Foundation and the New York Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (NYSGE) recently announced the Florence Lefcourt Award for GI Endoscopic Research and Public Education to support collaborative projects in the areas of endoscopic research and educational outreach in the New York region.
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Annual Dinner, January 2007. Paul Sherlock Distinguished Lecturer: Grace Elta, MD, President-elect, ASGE (photos courtesy of J.R. Armengol-Miro, MD, Barcelona)

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NYSGE founders, supporters, and past presidents. (photos courtesy of Sid Winawer, MD) 1. Original group who organized NYSGE; began monthly meetings at Yale club in 1973; society founders included: Howard (Jim) Eddy, MD, Richard (Dick) McCray, MD, Jerry Waye, MD, Hiromi Shinya, MD, Sid Winawer, MD, Paul Sherlock, MD, Henry Colcher, MD, and David Zimmon, MD 2. Charles A. Flood, MD a gastroenterologist at Columbia Presbyterian and a senior statesman of GI in NYC; an early staunch supporter of forming the NYSGE 3. Victor W. Groisser, MD, one of our former (1980) NYSGE presidents 4. Sid Winawer, MD and Paul Sherlock, MD receiving a donated cautery source circa early 1970s 5. David B. Falkenstein, MD, one of our former (1981) NYSGE presidents 6. Ms. Florence Lefcourt, our 1st Executive Director, and Kenneth A. Forde, MD, one of our past (1979) NYSGE presidents 7. Beverly and Jerry Siegel, MD, one of our former (1983) NYSGE Presidents

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