1. Volume 4, Issue 3, Pages 95-98 (March 2019)
Karen L. Woods, MD 
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2. Author photo 1 Future Dr Karen Woods, age 1.
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Karen pictured with parents and sister in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1963.
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At age 12, having decided to become a doctor, Karen asked for and received a microscope for Christmas. She was very proud of this gift and excited for her future in the medical field.
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Graduation from the University of Missouri, Kansas City School of Medicine, pictured with her mother, Jan Woods, in 1983.
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On her wedding day, married to Michael S. Osato, PhD, in Houston, Texas, in 1987.
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Family photo with Mike and their 2 beautiful children, ages 12 and 5, in 2005.
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Passionate about diving, pictured here in Belize with a dive buddy enjoying the underwater world in 2012.
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Dr Woods (3rd from left) with the women in gastroenterology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Also pictured, Dr Carol Burke, president of the American College of Gastroenterology 2017 (3rd from right).
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In June 2017 at DDW, an historic event in that all 4 major GI societies in the U.S. had women presidents (left to right: Dr Karen Woods [ASGE], Dr Ana Lok [AASLD], Dr Carol Burke [ACG], and Dr Sheila Crowe [AGA]).
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Dr Woods’ ASGE presidential initiative was focused on developing more realistic advanced endoscopic simulators for training, not only GI fellows, but also practicing physicians. Pictured here with ASGE staff at CAE Montreal, Canada in September 2017, exploring the CAE 787 Dreamliner flight simulator.
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Dr Woods with distinguished GI faculty and endoscopists at the annual JGES meeting (May 2018 in Tokyo, Japan).
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Annual JGES meeting, hosted by JGES President Dr Hisao Tajiri and JGES Board member Dr Haruhiro Inoue, with JGES Secretariat and Pat Blake, former CEO of ASGE (May 2018 in Tokyo, Japan).
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Dr Woods with her husband and 2 adult children, ages 26 and 19, in December 2018.
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