Research & teaching

SAGES talks & surgical teaching

Surgeons learn from one another through talks and operative videos. Dr. Speer has contributed to surgical education through SAGES, the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons.

Draft for Dr. Speer’s review — not yet reviewedLast updated September 29, 2026

About these materials. The videos listed here were made for surgeons and are hosted by SAGES. Operative videos contain real surgical footage. Each entry describes Dr. Speer’s specific role. Dates shown as “posted” are when SAGES put an item online, which can differ from when it was first presented.

Talks delivered by Dr. Speer

Nissen fundoplication: how I do it

Series: SAGES Foregut Facebook Livestream — “Techniques in Hiatal Surgery from the SAGES Video Library”
Organizer: SAGES (Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons)
Role: Speaker for the Nissen fundoplication segment
Date: Posted to the SAGES video library on May 15, 2020. SAGES does not list the original broadcast date.

One of four “how I do it” segments in a livestream moderated by Alia Qureshi, MD, alongside segments on Toupet fundoplication, paraesophageal hernia repair, and Heller myotomy.

Watch on SAGES.org

Surgical videos co-authored by Dr. Speer

These operative videos were produced with surgical teams in Portland, Oregon, where Dr. Speer completed her fellowship. Being listed as an author means she contributed to the work; the presenter is noted only where SAGES identifies one.

Operative video — contains surgical footage

Repair of large band slip into a giant paraesophageal hernia (V103)

Speer E, Dunst C, Shada A, Reavis K, Swanstrom L

Collection: SAGES video library — SAGES 2015 Meeting collection
Institutions: Providence Portland Medical Center; The Oregon Clinic
Dr. Speer’s role: First author
Presenter: The SAGES page does not identify a presenter.
Posted by SAGES: September 30, 2015

View on SAGES.org (surgical footage)

Operative video — contains surgical footage

Paraesophageal hernia repair in situs inversus (V064)

Shada AL, Sharata A, Dunst C, Speer E, Swanstrom LL, Reavis KM

Collection: SAGES video library — SAGES 2015 Meeting collection
Institutions: Providence Portland Medical Center; The Oregon Clinic
Dr. Speer’s role: Co-author
Presenter: The SAGES page does not identify a presenter.
Posted by SAGES: September 29, 2015

View on SAGES.org (surgical footage)

Operative video — contains surgical footage

Paraesophageal hernia associated with posterior slippage of gastric band

Shepard WR, Speer E, Halpin V, Dunst CM, Swanstrom LL, Reavis KM

Collection: SAGES video library
Institutions: Legacy Good Samaritan; The Oregon Clinic
Dr. Speer’s role: Co-author
Presenter: Presented by William R. Shepard, DO, in the Exhibit Hall Theater at the 2018 SAGES Annual Meeting / 16th World Congress of Endoscopic Surgery on April 12, 2018 (per the SAGES video page).
Posted by SAGES: September 17, 2018

View on SAGES.org (surgical footage)

Panels, webinars & livestreams

SAGES Foregut Facebook Livestream — Techniques in Hiatal Surgery from the SAGES Video Library

A multi-speaker livestream on hiatal surgery technique, moderated by Alia Qureshi, MD. Dr. Speer presented the Nissen fundoplication segment, listed under talks above.

Posted to the SAGES video library May 15, 2020.

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