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Elisa C. Calabrese is a SAGES Guidelines Committee research fellow supported by both the SERF grant and RACS. Dena Shehata is a SAGES Guidelines Committee research fellow supported by the SERF grant. Bethany J. Slater receives consulting fees from Hologic and serves as the Guidelines Committee Chair on a volunteer basis. Lucas R. Beffa is currently collecting data on FLIP and is a member of the SAGES Foregut Committee. He holds the Mandel Accelerator Grant ($400,000) and DDI Chief Innovator Award ($50,000). He receives consulting fees from Abbvie. He has also received honoraria from GORE, Medtronic, and BG Medical for lectures\/presentations. Dr. Beffa is on the Advisory Board for Vertex Pharmaceuticals and the Committee Chair for ACHQC QI. Dustin Carlson is an ongoing consultant and educational speaker for Medtronic, Inc., for the use of FLIP and HRM. He has multiple publications on the use of FLIP. He has a license agreement with Medtronic, Inc related to AI FLIP classifier (under development; product not in clinical use). Related, he has a patent pending, \u201cClassification of FLIP Data.\u201d He also serves on Medtronic\u2019s Advisory Board. Dr. Carlson also serves as a consultant for Diversatek, Inc. for a fee. He holds a grant NIDDK-R01 DK137775. Kevin El-Hayek has published on the use of FLIP. He holds leadership positions as a volunteer for the SAGES Board of Governors and the SAGES Education and Research Foundation (SERF) Board of Directors. Romeo Ignacio is a research consultant for a fee with Critical Innovations. He is also a stockholder in Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, with annual dividends. Sumeet Mittal was invited to participate in a surgical use of FLIP course, paid for by Medtronic. He has received honoraria from Medtronic to attend a conference and as a speaker. He is a consultant for a fee with ATTRACT LLC and ENDOSTIM LLC. He is on the advisory board for BIOSTAGE LLC. Aung Myint Oo has leadership\/fiduciary roles in the following organizations: Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society of Singapore (President), College of Surgeons Singapore (Chapter Chairman- Chapter of General Surgeons), International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders Communication Committee Member), European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (Education and Training Committee Member), Endoscopic and Laparoscopic Surgeons of Asia Communication and Information Committee (cochair), Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (General Surgery Specialty Board Member), Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Singapore (President-Elect and Board Member), and Medicolegal Society of Singapore (Vice-President (Medical) and Board Member). Brett Parker has published on the use of FLIP. He has provided consulting services to Medtronic and Merit Medical and is a scientific advisor to Symphera. He has received consulting fees from Merit Medical and Symphera, as well as payment for manuscript writing and lecturing. Dr. Parker also owns stock in Symphera. Dr. Alia Qureshi has received support for travel and lodging from Medtronic and Intuitive to participate in their respective courses. Sabine Roman has published on the use of FLIP. She receives support from Medtronic for Bravo and HRM. She serves as a consultant for a fee with Dr. Falk Pharma and Sanofi. She has received payment for lectures from Dr. Falk Pharma and serves on its Advisory Board. Dr. Roman is also the General Secretary of the French Society of Gastroenterology. She has received gifts from Diversatek Healthcare. Michael Ujiki has given educational lectures on FLIP sponsored by Medtronic and has research grant funding for further investigation of FLIP. He also has multiple publications on this topic. He consults for a fee for both Boston Scientific and Olympus. He has received honoraria from GORE. 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