Open AATS Graham Foundation Awards

The AATS Graham Foundation is pleased to announce its current grant opportunities. In addition to existing fellowships, scholarships, and programs, new initiatives have been added that are designed to enhance and grow leadership, learning, and innovation in the field. Below are the awards that are currently open for applications:

Marc de Leval Fellowship

This new “Honoring Our Mentors” fellowship is for North American trainees and early career congenital heart surgeons. It provides them with the opportunity to spend four to six weeks receiving an international surgical experience at a UK or European institution. Its first class will launch in the fall.
Deadline: January 15, 2016

F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship

The first “Honoring Our Mentors” fellowship is for surgeons who have finished their residencies. The fellowship allows them to advance their clinical techniques at a North American host institute. Each fellow will receive $3,500 to defray living expenses during four to six weeks of training.
Deadline: January 15, 2016

North America Clinical Immersion in Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery

Young Chinese surgeons: Take advantage of this opportunity to spend up to three months at a North American institution. The program focuses on obtaining expertise in advanced minimally invasive thoracic surgery, comprehensive care screening, and diagnosis. Sponsored by Medtronic.
Deadline: January 15, 2016

Summer Intern Scholarship

The scholarship — for first- and second- year medical students — is an eight-week summer internship in the CT surgery department of an AATS member. To date, 286 North American students from 86 medical schools have received almost one million dollars in scholarships. Interns receive a $2,500 grant for living expenses. 
Deadline: January 15, 2016

Eligibility requirements and application details for the above awards can be obtained by visiting the activities page of the AATS Graham Foundation website prior to their deadlines. 

Academic Excellence Award

This award recognizes distinction in scientific presentations at annual meetings around the world. This award will be presented to the best “thoracic” paper presented at the 2016 ASCVTS Annual Meeting. It will be presented at the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic (ASCVTS) Annual meeting in Taipei, Taiwan. The application guidelines can be found here, and the application can be completed here. 
Deadline: November 30, 2015

AATS Graham Foundation Congratulates New 2015 Awardees

Evarts A. Graham Traveling Fellowship

Dr. Konrad Hoetzenecker of the University of Vienna was selected as the 2016-2017 AATS Graham Traveling Fellow, starting at the AATS Annual Meeting. His fellowship will take place at Toronto General Hospital in Canada under the primary sponsorship of Dr. Thomas K. Waddell.

Third Robert E. Gross Research Scholarship

Dr. Matthew D. Taylor has been selected as the Third Robert E. Gross Research Scholarship. His two- year research scholarship will be at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, beginning July 2016.

Advanced Valve Disease Educational Fellowship - Sponsored by Medtronic

Govind Chetty, MD
Home Institution – University Hospital of Wales, United Kingdom
Host Mentor – John Conte, MD
Host Institution – Johns Hopkins University

Andrea Colli, MD
Home Institution – University of Padua, Italy
Host Mentor – David Adams, MD
Host Institution – Mount-Sinai Medical Center

Evaldas Girdauskas, MD
Home Institution – Central Hospital Bad Berka, Germany
Host Mentor – Joseph Sabik, MD
Host Institution – Cleveland Clinic

Francisco Guzmán, MD
Home Institution – Hospital Español De Mendoza, Argentina
Host Mentor – Joseph Sabik, MD
Host Institution – Cleveland Clinic

Paradorn Jetwanna, MD
Home Institution – Suratthani Hospital, Thailand
Host Mentor – David Adams, MD
Host Institution – Mount-Sinai Medical Center

Vasily Kaleda, MD
Home Institution – Kuban State Medical University, Russia
Host Mentor – Aubrey Galloway, MD
Host Institution – New York University

Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship - Sponsored by Ethicon

Ki Wan Kim, MD
Home Institution – NorthShore University Health System, Evanston, IL
Host Mentor – Robert Mckenna, Jr, MD and Harmik Soukiasian, MD
Host Institution –Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA

John F. Lazar, MD
Home Institution – Pinnacle Health Cardiovascular Institute, Harrisburg, PA
Host Mentor – Thomas D’Amico, MD
Host Institution – Duke University, Durham, NC

Gholam R. Mohammadzadeh, MD
Home Institution – Los Robles Hospital, Thousand Oaks, CA
Host Mentor  – Thomas D’Amico, MD
Host Institution – Duke University, Durham, NC

James L. Cox Fellowship in Atrial Fibrillation Surgery - Sponsored by AtriCure

Safak Alpat, MD
Home Institution  – Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey
Host Mentor – Dr. Gorav Ailawadi
Host Institution – University of Virginia

Chadrick Cross, MD
Home Institution – Advocate Christ Medical Center, US
Host Mentor – Dr. Marc Gerdisch
Host Institution –  Franciscan St. Francis Hospital

Atsushi Hiromoto, MD
Home Institution – M.M. Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan
Host Mentor – Dr. Vinay Badhwar
Host Institution – University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Dong Seop Jeong, MD
Home Institution – Samsung Medical Center, Republic of Korea
Host Mentor – Dr. Vigneshwar Kasirajan
Host Institution – Pauley Heart Center at Virginia Commonwealth University Health System

Paradorn Jetwanna, MD
Home Institution – Suratthani Hospital, Thailand
Host Mentor – Dr. Niv Ad
Host Institution – Inova Fairfax

Justin Reeves, MD
Home Institution – University of Colorado School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus
Host Mentor – Dr. Glenn Barnhart
Host Institution  – Swedish Medical Center