Through the generosity of Fellows as well as corporate and foundation sponsorship, the College is able to offer a variety of surgical scholarships and fellowship awards to assist young surgeons with their study and research aspirations. Several donors have created a named award or scholarship at the College. A named fellowship award or scholarship not only aids surgeons in their ongoing educational pursuits but also provides the donor with recognition for their gift or an opportunity to memorialize a colleague or family member.
American College of Surgeons Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients for 2009
Scholars-in-Residence earn one- or two-year awards to engage in concentrated study of subjects that are of vital interest to the College, to the scholars, to the profession, and to our patients. The results of their studies are published and disseminated to the surgical community for purposes of improving the quality of surgical care. Two-year scholars earn a master’s degree in their area of concentration from an accredited university
The following Scholars are currently pursuing their studies:
ACS-Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar:
Stanley Frencher, MD, University of California, Los Angeles
ACS Clinical Scholar in Residence
Angela Ingraham, MD
Dr. Ingraham’s scholarship is supported by an educational grant from Sanofi-Aventis
ACS Clinical Scholar in Residence
Mehul Raval, MD
ACS-Emerson Scholar in Medical Ethics
Jason Keune, MD, Washington University in St. Louis
Dr. Keune’s scholarship is supported by an educational grant from Emerson
A new scholarship has also been established through an educational grant from Genentech. The ACS Scholar in Residence in Surgical Oncology will receive a one-year fellowship to be announced this fall and begin in July 2010. Working with the ACS Cancer Program, the Scholar will focus on utilizing the power of the National Cancer Data Base to devise studies that will impact patient care by contributing to the surgical quality programs of the College, including the Commission on Cancer’s National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
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Resident Scholarships support promising surgical residents who intend to pursue careers in academic surgery. 2009-2011 awards have been approved at $30,000 for each of two years. Subcommittees of the Scholarships Committee considered 48 applications for the 2009 ACS Resident Scholarships in January 2009. They voted to recommend the following recipients and alternates:
Matthew D. Neal, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Projected specialty: Surgery; Research project: The Role of Enterocyte Toll-Like Receptor Signaling in the Pathogenesis of Intestinal Barrier Failure after Trauma/Hemorrhagic Shock. Dr. Neal’s scholarship is supported by an educational grant from Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
Yi Lu, MD, Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Children’s Hospital Boston
Projected specialty: Neurosurgery; Research project: Promoting axon regeneration and functional recovery after spinal cord injury by modulating the PTEN/mTOR pathway. Dr. Lu’s scholarship is supported by an educational grant from Ethicon.
Pragatheeshwar Thirunavukarasu, MD, University of Pittsburgh
Projected specialty: Surgery; Research project: Construction and Pre-clinical Development of an A34R Deleted Mutant Vaccinia Virus for Virotherapy of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
Barbara Zarebczan, MD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Projected specialty: Surgery; Research project: Notch1 as a Tumor Suppressor in Neuroendocrine Cancers
Fateh Entabi, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Projected specialty: Surgery; Research project: Danger signals in ischemia-induced angiogenesis
Erica N. Proctor, MD, University of Michigan
Projected specialty: Surgical Oncology; Research project: Targeting Notch Signaling in Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
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Faculty Research Fellowships support surgeons entering academic careers, allowing recipients to undertake new and independent research programs. 2009-2011 awards are currently approved at $40,000 for each of two years. These funds may be utilized by the recipient for surgical research or academic enrichment in a fashion that the recipient deems most supportive of his/her investigative activities. Subcommittees of the Scholarships Committee considered 18 applications for the 2009 Franklin Martin Faculty Research Fellowship and four applications for the C. James Carrico Faculty Research Fellowship in Trauma and Critical Care in conference call meetings held in January 2009. They voted to recommend the following recipients and alternates:
Franklin Martin Faculty Research Fellow:
Tippi C. MacKenzie, MD, Assistant Professor, University of California San Francisco
Specialty: Pediatric Surgery; Research project: In utero hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for tolerance induction
C. James Carrico, MD, FACS Faculty Research Fellow:
Gregory Borschel, MD, Assistant Professor, Washington University School of Medicine
Specialty: Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery; Research project: Controlled growth factor delivery for motor nerve injury
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The
Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons supports attendance at the Clinical Congress by a Fellow or Associate Fellow under the age of 45 who is a surgeon serving a rural North American community of approximately 15,000 or less. One Oweida Scholar is selected each year. The 2009 awardee was selected by members of the Executive Committee of the Board of Governors in January 2009 from a candidate pool of six.
The 2009 Nizar N. Oweida, MD, FACS, Scholar will be:
Nathan C. Kanning, MD, Sandpoint, Idaho
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Traveling Fellowships are designed to encourage the international exchange of surgical scientific information. These fellowships are available to young Fellows of the College who have demonstrated an interest and accomplishment in clinical and basic science and hold current full-time academic positions in Canada or the U.S. Awardees receive opportunities to travel to Japan, Germany, or Australia and New Zealand, participating in the annual meeting of the respective nation’s surgical society, attending the ACS chapter meeting, and visiting at least two medical centers. Traveling Fellowship recipients are designated by the scholar selection subcommittee of the International Relations Committee.
Japan Traveling Fellowship
One Japan Traveling Fellow and one Alternate are selected annually. The 2009 Japan Traveling Fellow is:
Lorenzo Ferri, MD, FRCSC, FACS, Montreal, Quebec – Thoracic Surgery
Germany Traveling Fellowship
One Germany Traveling Fellow and one Alternate are selected annually. The 2010 Germany Traveling Fellow is:
Gregory J. Landry, MD, FACS, Portland, Oregon – Vascular Surgery
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International Guest Scholarships enable surgeons between the ages of 35 and 45 and from countries outside of North America to visit clinical, academic, and research institutions in the United States and Canada and to participate in the ACS Clinical Congress. The following surgeons have been appointed International Guest Scholars in 2009:
Latin America (Central America, South America and Caribbean)
| Patricio R. Andrades, MD, FACS |
Chile |
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery |
Jacqueline Cruz Vargas, MD |
Peru |
Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery |
Worldwide except Latin America, United States and Canada
Andrew P. Barbour, MBBS, PhD, FRACS |
Australia |
General Surgery |
Fernando Burdio, MD |
Spain |
General Surgery |
Lohfa B. Chirdan, MBBS, FWACS |
Nigeria |
Pediatric Surgery |
Grant Christey, BSc, MBChB, FRAC |
New Zealand |
General/Trauma Surgery |
Sanjeev Misra, MBBS, MChir |
India |
Surgical Oncology |
Kelvin K. Ng, MBBS, MS, Phd, FRCS(Ed) |
Hong Kong, China |
General Surgery |
Paisarn Vejchapipat, MD |
Thailand |
Pediatric Surgery |
Abdol Islami Scholar
Through gifts from the Abdol H. Islami, MD, Foundation, the Islami Fund was established in memory of Abdol H. Islami, MD, FACS, of New Jersey to benefit International Guest Scholars. Each year since 1995, one Abdol Islami International Guest Scholarship has been awarded from the Fund’s earnings.
The 2009 recipient of the Abdol Islami Scholarship is:
| Giuseppe R. Nigri, MD, PhD, FACS |
Italy |
General/Vascular Surgery |
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Health Policy Scholarships are co-sponsored by eight specialty societies and allow surgeons who are interested in health policy issues and their effects on surgical practice to participate in the Leadership Program in Health Policy and Management at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Scholars participate in the week-long intensive course, followed by a year’s service as a pro tem member of the College’s Health Policy Steering Committee and the equivalent body for the co-sponsoring society. The 2009 recipients are:
ACS/American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Health Policy Scholarship
Brian A. Moore, MD, FACS, Eglin Air Force Base Regional Hospital, Pensacola, FL
ACS/American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Health Policy Scholarship
Ernest F.J. Block, MD, MBA, FACS, Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL
ACS/American Association of Neurological Surgeons Health Policy Scholarship
John K. Ratliff, MD, FACS, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
ACS/American Pediatric Surgical Association Health Policy Scholarship
Dennis P. Lund, MD, FACS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
ACS/American Society of Breast Surgeons Health Policy Scholarship
Scott H. Kurtzman, MD, FACS, Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT
ACS/American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Health Policy Scholarship
Stephen M. Sentovich, MD, FACS, Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
ACS/American Society of Plastic Surgeons Health Policy Scholarship
Anthony P. Tufaro, DDS, MD, FACS, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
ACS/American Surgical Association Health Policy Scholarship
David A. Spain, MD, FACS, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
ACS/American Urogynecologic Society Health Policy Scholarship
George Lazarou, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
ACS/American Urological Association Health Policy Scholarship
Christopher S. Saigal, MD, FACS, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
ACS/Society of Thoracic Surgeons Health Policy Scholarship
Jennifer L. Ellis, MD, FACS, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
ACS/American Society for Vascular Surgery Health Policy Scholarship
Charles J. Shanley, MD, FACS, Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak, MI
ACS Health Policy Scholarship for General Surgeons I
John Maa, MD, FACS, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
ACS Health Policy Scholarship for General Surgeons II
Amy Wyrzykowski, MD, FACS, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
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The Wound Care Management Award is offered to acquire knowledge leading to new clinical applications or projects that will provide the medical community with a better understanding of the use of advanced wound healing therapies. The award is supported by an educational grant from KCI USA.
The applicant selected by the College to receive the Wound Care Management Award is:
George P. Yang, MD, PhD, FACS, Assistant Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine,
Stanford, California
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The ACS/American Association of Neurological Surgeons-Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation Faculty Career Development Award provides two years of funding to a young faculty-level neurosurgeon performing research that is intended to lead to a “K” or “R” grant from one of the National Institutes of Health in the near future.
The Year 2009-2011 ACS/AANS-NREF awardee chosen by a specially constituted selection committee will be Daniel Lim, MD, of University of California San Francisco, for his project entitled “Gene therapy-based induction of neurogenesis from adult human neural precursor cells.”
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