2008 Covidien NOSCAR™ Grant Recipients
Edward Auyang, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Improving Patient Safety and Multidisciplinary Team Efficiency in NOTES™
Stacy Brethauer, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Transgastric and transcolonic peritonoscopy and drainage of abdominal abscess in a canine model
David Desilets, MD, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, Endoluminal Stapled Gastrojejunostomy Using a Flexible Stapling Device
David Desilets, MD, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University, Gastric Transmural Pressure Measurements in vivo: Implications for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery™ (NOTES™)
Annette Fritscher-Ravens, MD, Institute for Animal Breeding, Transesophageal NOTES™ for mediastinal lymph node removal and full thickness esophageal wall resection: a comparative study of feasibility and safety
Jeffrey Hazey, MD, Ohio State University Medical Center, Randomized Human Clinical Trial of Diagnostic Laparoscopy Compared to Diagnostic Transgastric Endoscopic Peritoneoscopy for Staging of Pancreatic and Esophageal Cancer
Kai Matthes, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Development of a Pancreatic Tumor Animal Model and Evaluation of the Long-term Safety of NOTES™ Tumor Enucleation as a Multidisciplinary Approach
Robert O'Rourke, MD, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Physiologic Effects of Prolonged Combined Insufflation of the Peritoneal Cavity and Intestine: Validating the Use of Carbon Dioxide as the Insufflating Agent of Choice in NOTES™ and Endoluminal Therapies
Eric Pauli, MD, University of Pennsylvania Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Durability of the Self-Approximating Translumenal Access Technique (STAT) for Transgastric Organ Resection
Cyrus Piraka, MD, University of Michigan. Full thickness luminal resection using the assistance of a novel device: a feasibility study
Benjamin Pulouse, MD, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cost Effectiveness Analysis of Transgastric Cholecystectomy, Transvaginal Cholecystectomy, and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy: Projected Long Term Outcomes and Complications Evaluation
Patricia Sylla, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, Expanding the Application of TEM for NOTES™ Colorectal Resection in a Porcine Model
Philip Wai Yan Chiu, MD, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, The technical feasibility, safety and perioperative outcomes of Transgastric Endoluminal Gastrojejunostomy
Timothy Woodward, MD, Mayo Clinic, Comparison between endoscopic transesophageal and thoracoscopic maintenace of spatial orientation and navigation within the mediastinum and thorax
