The colleagues and friends of Dr. Gerald B. Healy have
established funding for an annual mentoring fellowship
program in his honor.
Purpose
Mentorship is one of the hallmarks of academic and
professional success. This program is intended to help
young surgeons develop new ideas, innovative approaches,
and well-informed attitudes about safety, quality, and
professionalism via visits to successful mentors.
Basic Requirements
The Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship
Fellowship will be used to facilitate visiting and engaging
with one or more successful mentors. The award, in the
amount of $5,000, will be used by the traveling fellow to
cover travel and per diem costs incurred and subsidize
lost revenue from days away from clinical duties.
- Applicants must be graduates of schools of medicine
who have completed their surgical training.
- Applicants must be U.S./Canadian Fellows or Associate
Fellows of the American College of Surgeons no
higher than the rank of Associate Professor.
- Mentors must be U.S./Canadian Fellows of the College
or, if in a non-surgical field (for example, microbiology,
anatomy) or non-medical field (for example, business,
law), must be appropriate for the research and education
needs of the applicant.
Responsibility of Awardee
- The recipient will submit report/s as requested to
the College for submission to the Bulletin of the
American College of Surgeons Bulletin detailing his
or her experience, lessons learned, and preserving
such thoughts of the week for future generations
of surgeons to read about and learn from.
- A financial report also will be provided at the end
of the award period. The traveling fellow may
use the funds to subsidize travel and per diem
for mentor visits, or to replace lost revenue from
clinical duties. The latter purpose is taxable.
How to Apply
The application deadline is June 30. Applications should include the following items as PDF documents:
- A one- to two-page essay by the applicant, describing why he or she wishes to participate in this program
- A joint statement from the mentor and mentee about their commitment to the relationship, including a description of the anticipated plan for the mentorship and approximately how the funds will be utilized
- A brief CV (10 or fewer pages) for the applicant and a biosketch for the mentor
Questions may also be submitted to scholarships@facs.org.
A single traveling fellow will be selected.
All applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by August 2020.