The SLS EXCEL Award is given to a surgeon who has made outstanding contributions to laparoscopic, robotic 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:
2024
Jay A. Redan, MD
General Surgery
Celebration, FL
2023
Robert Sweet, MD
Urology
Seattle, WA
2022
Gustavo Carvalho, MD, MBA, PhD
General Surgery
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
2021
William E. Kelley, Jr., MD
General Surgery
Richmond, VA
2020
Conference cancelled
Award to be presented in 2021
2019
Ceana Nezhat, MD
Gynecology
Atlanta, GA
2018
Maurice K. Chung, DrHC, RPh, MD
Gynecology
New Franklin, OH
2017
John Morrison, MD
General Surgery
New Orleans, LA
2016
Farr Nezhat, MD
Gynecology
New York, NY
2015
W. Peter Geis, MD
General Surgery
Kingsville, Maryland
2014
Gustavo Stringel, MD
Pediatric Surgery
Larchmont, NY
2013
Raymond J. Lanzafame, MD, MBA
General Surgery
Rochester, NY
2012
Jacques Hamou, MD
Gynecology
Paris, France
Charles H. Koh, MD
Gynecology
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2011
Michel Gagner, MD
General Surgery
Montreal, PQ, Canada
2010
Douglas E. Ott, MD MBA
Gynecology
Macon, Georgia, USA
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2009
James C. “Butch” Rosser, MD
General Surgery
Spring, Texas, USA
2008
Harrith M. Hasson, MD
Gynecology
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
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
Maurice A. Bruhat, MD
Clermont-Ferrand, France
Gynecology
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