NOTES/NOSCAR® Grants Awarded
Olympus Supports Groundbreaking Research
Juliane Bingener-Casey, MD
Randomized Double-Blinded Trial Comparing Laparoscopy and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic
Surgery Procedures in a Porcine Model
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Badih Joe Elmunzer, MD
Endoscopic full thickness resection of gastric lesions using a novel grasp-and-snare technique:
evaluation in a porcine survival model
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
Jeffrey Hazey, MD
Feasibility of Diagnostic Translumenal Endoscopic Peritoneoscopy for Abdominal Insufflation,
Adhesiolysis and Trocar Placement in Patients Who Require Laparoscopic Access
Ohio State University Hospital
Columbus, OH
Michael Marohn, DO
Immune & Baseline Alterations on the Physiologic Response to Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic
Surgery (NOTES®): A comparison between human transvaginal and laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Erica Moran, MD
Randomized controlled trial evaluating NOTES repair of hollow viscus perforation
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Erica Moran, MD
Assessment of Methodology and Extended Outcome of Submucosal Endoscopy with
Mucosal Flap (SEMF) Myotomy for Treatment of Achalasia
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN
Kiyokazu Nakajima, MD, PhD
Comprehension of current limitations in endoscopic automatic CO2 insufflation: Towards pure NOTES®
Osaka University School of Medicine
Osaka, Japan
Brant K. Oelschlager, MD
Assessment of a Simple, Novel Endoluminal Method for Gastrotomy Closure in NOTES®
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
Adrian Park, MD
Quantitative ergonomic assessment of notes techniques: A study of physical and mental workload,
body movement and posture
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD
Richard Rothstein, MD
Patient Quality of Life and Utility for Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH
Ward J. Dunnican, MD
Transgastric endoscopic pneumoperitoneum versus laparoscopy: Effects on host systemic and peritoneal inflammatory response
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY
Annette Fritscher-Ravens, MD
Endoscopic colon to colon anastomosis. A comparative study of different methods, their feasibility and safety
Homerton University Hospital, London, England
Eric S. Hungness, MD
Comparison of early systemic cytokine response in a laparoscopic versus transgastric porcine salpingo-oophrectomy model
Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Rabi Kundu, MD, FRCS
Endoscopic Gastrojejunostomy in porcine model using full thickness Plicator device: The anastomosis study
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Michael McGee, MD
Diagnostic NOTES® Peritoneoscopy in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU):Quantitative Comparison of Diagnostic Accuracy between Transgastric NOTES, Laparoscopy, and Laparotomy
Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH
Brent W. Miedema, MD
Trans-gastric ventral abdominal wall placement of a biologic mesh
University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO
Sandeep N. Patel, DO
A Randomized Blinded Prospective Trial Comparing Transgastric Approaches in NOTES: Cut vs Dilate
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, TX
Emad Rahmani, MD, FACP
Comparison of Intra-operative Complications, Postoperative Pain and Surgical Stress Following Open, Laparoscopic, and NOTES® Ovariectomy in Dogs
Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
Christopher C. Thompson, MD, MSc
Optimal Sterile Technique for NOTES®
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA