In light of the recent concerns about COVID-19 and the growing number of travel bans placed on both international and domestic surgeons, the SAGES executive leadership and Board of Governors has elected to delay the SAGES annual meeting until August 12-15, 2020. This decision was NOT made lightly but was the only viable option in good conscience we could make to preserve the health and safety of our surgeon attendees and patients.
Due to COVID restrictions, the 12th Long Island Live on March 20, 2020, was canceled, and, at present, we are still unable to offer the full course with our usual international and out-of-state faculty. Therefore, for 2020, in lieu of the full format Long Island Live, we offer a free live virtual "Mini-version."