July | August 2010 www.Asge.org
VOL. 17, NO. 4
An Official Publication of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Swain receives Schindler Award
6;Asge leadership for 2010-2011
8 Ask the expert: endoscopy
during pregnancy
20
DDW®2010 recap
24;Medicare increasing influence
on AsCs
36;endoFest set for October
41;International member experience
from India
See;Inside this issue;on;pg.;2;for
a;detailed;list;of;contents.
ASGE’s highest honor is given to a member
whose accomplishments in endoscopic research,
teaching and/or service to the society exemplify
the standards and traditions of Dr. Schindler,
founder of the American Gastroscopic Club, the
forerunner of ASGE. C. Paul Swain, MD, thanks his colleagues for
their tribute, after receiving ASGE’s highest
honor, the Rudolf V. Schindler Award, at the
Crystal Awards during DDW® 2010.
Described as “a renaissance man” and
“humble and low key despite his many
accomplishments,” this year’s Rudolf V.
Schindler Award recipient is C. Paul Swain, MD,
who received the prestigious award on May 2
during the Crystal Awards at DDW® 2010 in
New Orleans.
“Despite Paul’s significant accomplishments
and truly out-of-the-box thinking that has
led to groundbreaking changes in the way we
think about and practice gastroenterology, he
is a humble and low-key individual,” said friend, colleague and ASGE Governing Board
member, Michael L. Kochman, MD, FASGE.
Dr. Swain is professor of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy at London University and Imperial
College and was a consultant gastroenterologist at the Royal London Hospital. His
work on the pathology of bleeding peptic ulcer and methods to stop bleeding led him
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Colon Cancer: Preventable.;Treatable.;Beatable.
President’s message
M. Brian Fennerty, MD, FASGE
2010-2011 ASGE President
PIVI: Moving endoscopic innovation forward
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Made possible, in part, through the
ASGE Foundation.
There are many important issues facing endoscopists today that impact our ability to
provide patients with the highest quality endoscopic care, including lack of insurance,
high costs of care, insufficient reimbursement and, in some areas, insufficient
patient access to quality endoscopy, to name a few. But another important barrier
to providing quality endoscopic care to our patients with digestive disorders is a
lack of development or commercial introduction of new endoscopic tools – and the
implementation of these tools into endoscopic practice – that would allow us to
diagnose and treat digestive diseases more effectively.
