The SLS EXCEL Award is given to a surgeon who has made outstanding contributions to laparoendoscopy and minimally invasive surgery. Recipients have been from various specialties and nationalities, all having the common element of excellence in the field. Past recipients are:
2010:
Douglas E. Ott, MD MBA
Gynecology
Macon, Georgia, USA
2009:
James C. "Butch" Rosser, MD
General Surgery
Spring, Texas, USA
2008:
Harrith M. Hasson, MD
Gynecology
Albuquerque, New Mexico
2007:
Elspeth M. McDougall, MD
Urology
Orange, California, USA
2006:
Richard M. Satava, MD
General Surgery
Seattle, Washington, USA
2005:
Michael S. Kavic, MD
General Surgery
Youngstown, Ohio, USA
Carl J. Levinson, MD
Gynecology
Menlo Park, California, USA
2004:
Paul Alan Wetter, MD
Gynecology
Miami, Florida, USA
2003:
Hubert Mahnes, MD
Gynecology
Vichy, France
Jacques Marescaux, MD
General Surgery
Strasbourg, France
2002:
Lisolette Mettler, Prof. Dr. Med
Gynecology
Kiel, Germany
Philippe Mouret, MD
General Surgery
Lyon, France
2001:
Ralph V. Clayman, MD
Urology
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Jacques-Emile Rioux, MD, MPH, FACOG
Gynecology
Quebec, Canada
2000:
Sir Alfred Cuschieri
General Surgery
Dundee, United Kingdom
1999:
Professor Maurice A. Bruhat
Gynecology
Clermont-Ferrand, France
1998:
J. Barry McKernan, MD
General Surgery
Marietta, Georgia
William B. Saye, MD
Gynecology
Marietta, Georgia
1997:
Jordan M. Phillips, MD
Gynecology
Santa Fe Springs, California
1996:
Bernard Dallemagne, MD
General Surgery
Centre Hospitalier Saint Joseph
Liege, Belgium
1995:
Camran Nezhat, MD, FACOG, FACS
Fertility
Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
Mercer University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Director, Center for Special Pelvic Surgery, Atlanta & Palo Alto, California
1994
Jaroslav "Jerry" Hulka, MD, MPH, FACOG
Ob/Gyn
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC
1993
George Berci, MD, FACS, FRCS Ed (Hon.)
General Surgery
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
1992
Kurt Semm, Dr. Med
Gynecology
Clinic of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Michaelis Midwifery School, Christian Albrechts University
Kiel, Germany
1991
Harry Reich, MD, FACOG
Gynecology
Wyoming Valley Gynecological Association
Kingston, PA
Eddie Joe Reddick, MD
General Surgery
Brentwood, TN
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