Beyond Our Walls Campaign

The vision of the Beyond our Walls: The Future of Endoscopic Education and Practice campaign was to build upon the success of the ASGE Institute for Training and Technology (IT&T) and to move beyond its physical walls to deliver visionary and innovative clinical education and practice improvement resources to meet the needs of ASGE’s members.

With help from our generous donors, ASGE now offers a variety of delivery methods to meet the needs of the modern learner including live learning, hands-on, live simulcast, webinars and on-demand learning. So, whether you’re looking for convenience, flexibility or cost-effective options in your professional development, ASGE has a style of learning to meet your needs!

Many thanks to the ASGE members and corporate supporters who donated to the Beyond Our Walls campaign. This is the future of learning at ASGE. You made it possible! 

Campaign Donors

The ASGE Governing Board and ASGE Foundation Board of Trustees would like to thank the following ASGE members for their support of the Beyond Our Walls Campaign:

Diamond  |  Emerald  |  Ruby  |  Sapphire  |  Amethyst  |  Jade

Diamond - $50,000 or more
  • Annemarie & Steven Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE 
  • Mary & John J. Vargo II, MD, MPH, FASGE 
Emerald - $25,000-$49,999
  • Ravi S. Chittajallu, MD
  • Gerard A. Isenberg, MD, MBA, FASGE
  • Rosemary & Kenneth McQuaid, MD, FASGE
  • Mick S. Meiselman, MD, FASGE
  • Nieto Family
  • Karen C. & Bret T. Petersen, MD, FASGE
  • Maryella & John Petrini, MD, FASGE
  • Leslie & Douglas Rex, MD, FASGE
  • Clint & Colleen Schmitt, MD, MHS, FASGE
  • Timothy J. Wilmott

  • Karen L. Woods, MD & Michael S. Osato PhD

Ruby - $15,000-$24,999
  • Drs. John & Alison Baillie
  • Subhas Banerjee, MD, FASGE
  • Deborah & Tom Deas Jr., MD, MMM, FASGE
  • Angela B. & John A. Martin, MD, FASGE
  • Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE & Sabine Endrigkeit, MD
  • V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, FASGE
  • Carey B. Strom, MD, FASGE
  • Lisa B. & William M. Tierney, MD, FASGE
  • Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE
  • Phaedra & Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH, FASGE
Sapphire - $10,000-$14,999
  • Anonymous
  • Firas H. Al-Kawas, MD, FASGE
  • Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc, FASGE
  • Timothy J. Cornnell, MD, FASGE
  • Mia & David L. Diehl, MD, FASGE
  • John A. Dumot, DO, FASGE
  • Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE
  • Ashley L. Faulx, MD, FASGE
  • Mo & M. Brian Fennerty, MD, FASGE
  • Patrick D. Gerstenberger, MD, FASGE
  • Ferga C. Gleeson, MD, FASGE
  • David A. Greenwald, MD, FASGE
  • Chris & Rob Hawes, MD, FASGE
  • Gordon C. Hunt, MD, FASGE
  • Laith H. Jamil, MD, FASGE
  • Jason B. Klapman, MD, FASGE
  • Ryan Law, DO
  • Michael J. Levy, MD
  • Faris M. Murad, MD, FASGE
  • Sarah 'Betsy' Rodriguez, MD, FASGE
  • Dr. & Mrs. Bennett E. Roth, FASGE
  • Niki R. & Raj J. Shah, MD, FASGE
  • Vanessa M. Shami, MD, FASGE
  • Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE
  • Scott M. Tenner, MD, MPH, FASGE
  • Mihir S. Wagh, MD, FASGE & Sujata Wagh, MD
  • Natalie, Jacob, Esther & Andrew Y. Wang, MD, FASGE
Amethyst- $7,500-$9,999
  • Neena S. Abraham, MD, FASGE
  • Mohammad A. Al-Haddad, MD, FASGE
  • Harry R. Aslanian, MD, FASGE
  • Dale R. Bachwich, MD
  • Beatrice A. & Todd H. Baron Sr., MD, FASGE
  • Tamir Ben-Menachem, MD, MSc
  • Edward S. Bentley, MD
  • The Berk Society
  • Brett B. Bernstein, MD, MBA, FASGE
  • Brian P. Bosworth, MD, FASGE
  • Maurice A. Cerulli, MD, FASGE
  • Jonathan Cohen, MD, FASGE
  • Vinay K. Dhir, MD, FASGE
  • Jason Dominitz, MD, MHS, FASGE & Josephine Young, MD, MPH, MBA
  • Kulwinder S. Dua, MD, FASGE
  • Glenn M. Eisen, MD, MPH, FASGE
  • Grace H. Elta, MD, FASGE
  • Laurel R. Fisher, MD, FASGE
  • Lawrence S. Friedman, MD, FASGE
  • Andres Gelrud, MD, MMSc, FASGE
  • Victoria Gomez, MD
  • Deepak V. Gopal, MD, FASGE
  • Frank G. Gress, MD, FASGE
  • Nalini Guda, MD, FASGE
  • Douglas A. Howell, MD, FASGE
  • Shakir A. Hyder, MD
  • Vidya & Prasad G. Iyer, MD, MS, FASGE
  • F. Wilson Jackson III, MD, FASGE
  • Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, FASGE & Beverly Moy, MD, MPH
  • Charles J. Kahi, MD, FASGE
  • Tonya R. Kaltenbach, MD, MS, FASGE
  • Esther & Franklin Kasmin, MD, FASGE
  • Ashvini & Rajesh Keswani, MD
  • Richard A. Kozarek, MD, FASGE
  • Dawn & Arnold Markowitz, MD, FASGE
  • Girish Mishra, MD, MSc, FASGE
  • Bhupinder & Daniel Mullady, MD, FASGE
  • Mohamed Othman, MD
  • Mohammed Abdul Qadeer, MD
  • Jason N. Rogart, MD, FASGE
  • John R. Saltzman, MD, FASGE
  • Brian J. Schwender, MD, FASGE
  • Reem Z. Sharaiha, MD, MSc
  • Uzma D. Siddiqui, MD, FASGE
  • Daniel S. Strand, MD
  • Joseph Vicari, MD, MBA, FASGE & Susan Vicari, PharmD
  • Kenneth K. Wang, MD, FASGE
  • Jerome D. Waye, MD, FASGE
  • Richard C.K. Wong, MD, FASGE
  • Kevin E. Woods, MD, MPH
  • Marc J. Zuckerman, MD, FASGE
Jade - Up to $7,499
  • Augustin R. Attwell, MD, FASGE
  • Ishfaq Bhat, MD, FASGE
  • David J. Bjorkman, MD, MSPH, FASGE
  • Patricia & Raymond Blake
  • Lawrence J. Brandt, MD, FASGE
  • Lisa Cassani, MD
  • Amitabh Chak, MD, FASGE
  • Roger J. Charles, MD, FASGE
  • Krishnavel V. Chathadi, MD
  • Jennifer A. Christie, MD, FASGE
  • Gregory S. Cooper, MD
  • Gregory A. Cote, MD, MS, FASGE
  • Walter J. Coyle, MD, FASGE
  • Kathryn Dattomo
  • John M. DeWitt, MD, FASGE
  • Syed M. Abbas Fehmi, MD, MSc, FASGE
  • David E. Fleischer, MD, FASGE
  • Norio Fukami, MD, FASGE
  • Moamen Gabr, MD, MSc
  • Lisa Gangarosa, MD & Jim Harrison
  • Stephanie L. Hansel, MD, FASGE
  • Lyndon V. Hernandez, MD, MPH, FASGE
  • Amy E. Hosmer, MD
  • Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda, MD, FASGE
  • Sergey V. Kantsevoy, MD, PhD
  • Vivek Kaul, MD, FASGE
  • Prashant S. Kedia, MD
  • Louis Y. Korman, MD, FASGE
  • Richard S. Kwon, MD
  • Ali M. Lankarani, MD
  • Linda S. Lee, MD
  • John G. Lieb II, MD, FASGE
  • Charles J. Lightdale, MD, FASGE
  • Gene K. Ma, MD
  • Pramod Malik, MD, FASGE
  • Mariam Naveed, MD
  • Keith L. Obstein, MD, MPH, FASGE
  • Elizabeth O'Keefe
  • Bergein F. Overholt, MD, FASGE
  • Walter G. Park, MD
  • Cyrus R. Piraka, MD, FASGE
  • Doug K. Pleskow, MD, FASGE
  • Francisco C. Ramirez, MD
  • Amit Rastogi, MD, FASGE
  • Alessandro Repici, MD
  • Andrew S. Ross, MD, FASGE
  • Thomas J. Savides, MD, FASGE
  • Ali Siddiqui, MD
  • Chandrasekhar Thukral, MD, FASGE
  • George Triadafilopoulos, MD, FASGE
  • Jacques Van Dam, MD, PhD, FASGE
  • Brian R. Weston, MD, FASGE
  • Louis M. Wong Kee Song, MD, FASGE
  • Julie Yang, MD, FASGE

Corporate Supporters

The ASGE Governing Board and ASGE Foundation Board of Trustees would like to thank the following companies for their support of the Beyond Our Walls Campaign:

Launch Partner- $1,000,000

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Emerald Supporter- $250,000
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Ruby Supporter- $100,000
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Physicians Endoscopy

Sapphire Supporter- $50,000
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Jade Supporter- Up to $24,999
Merit Endotek Olympus

Campaign Leadership

CAMPAIGN CHAIRS 

Colleen M. Schmitt, MD, FASGE - Co-Chair
John J. Vargo II, MD, FASGE - Co-Chair
Steven A. Edmundowicz, MD, FASGE - Honorary Co-Chair

STEERING COMMITTEE

Subhas Banerjee, MD, FASGE
Thomas M. Deas, MD, FASGE
John A. Martin, MD, FASGE
Kenneth R. McQuaid, MD, FASGE
V. Raman Muthusamy, MD, FASGE
John L. Petrini, MD, FASGE
Douglas K. Rex, MD, FASGE

ADVANCED PHASE COMMITTEE 
Klaus Mergener, MD, PhD, MBA, FASGE - Chair
Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc, FASGE
Kulwinder S. Dua, MD, FASGE
Douglas O. Faigel, MD, FASGE
Brian C. Jacobson, MD, MPH, FASGE
Arnold J. Markowitz, MD, FASGE
Gottumukkala S. Raju, MD, FASGE
Sarah "Betsy" Rodriguez, MD, FASGE
Prateek Sharma, MD, FASGE
Carey B. Strom, MD, FASGE
Michael B. Wallace, MD, MPH, FASGE
Karen L. Woods, MD, FASGE
Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH, FASGE


GENERAL PHASE COMMITTEE 

Michelle A. Anderson, MD, MSc, FASGE – Co-Chair
Patrick Yachimski, MD, MPH, FASGE– Co-Chair
Mohammad Al-Haddad, MD, FASGE
Brian C. Brauer, MD, FASGE
Victoria Gomez, MD
Charles J. Kahi, MD, FASGE
Laith H. Jamil, MD, FASGE
Ryan Law, DO
Faris M. Murad, MD, FASGE
Andrew Y. Wang, MD, FASGE
Richard C.K. Wong, MD, FASGE