J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;131:1217-1218
© 2006 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery
Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship, 2007-2008
The Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship was established in 1951 by The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. Administered through the Graham Education and Research Foundation, Fellowship grants support study by young cardiothoracic surgeons from outside North America at sites of their choice within North America and include travel between sites. Goals of the program are to broaden overall training and increase international contacts. Each Fellow should plan to have one primary center for his/her activities where he/she should spend six to nine months. The Fellow should have identified an individual at that center who will act as his/her sponsor and assist in planning the course of study at the host institution and at other institutions. In addition to the primary center, the Fellow is encouraged to plan to spend shorter periods of time at other secondary centers to enhance the Fellowship experience.
Awards are made to surgeons of unique promise who have been regarded as having the potential for later international thoracic surgical leadership. Since the inception of the Graham Fellowship, 54 young surgeons from 27 countries have been named for the Fellowship.
The Fellowship provides a stipend of $75,000, a major portion of which is intended for travel expenses incurred when visiting other medical centers. The Fellowship also provides two round-trip coach air fares from the recipient's country to his/her primary center. The dates of the beginning and ending of the Fellowship year should be scheduled to coincide with the Annual Meetings of The American Association for Thoracic Surgery. The Fellow will be introduced at the May 2007 meeting, which will take place at the Washington DC Convention Center in Washington, DC, May 5-9. The Fellow will be expected to provide a written summary of his/her year's experience to the membership prior to its 2008 Annual Meeting, which will take place at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, May 10-14.
The Fellow should become involved predominantly with observation, consultation, teaching and research at a variety of thoracic surgical training centers during the twelve months. Patient contact will be determined by the sponsoring surgeon and will conform to the regulations and licensing requirements of the state, province, or country in which he/she is studying.
A candidate should have completed his/her formal training in general surgery and in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, but he/she should not have reached a senior position. Candidates must be sufficiently proficient in English to realize the full benefits of the fellowship. Candidate should not have had extensive clinical training in North America prior to making application, and should be planning to return to their native country following the completion of their fellowship. "Extensive" clinical training shall mean any period of clinical training which exceeds a total of six months in duration.
The online application submission site will be available beginning in March 2006 at www.aats.org. All applications must be submitted electronically via the online application submission site no later than July 1. The selected candidate will be notified by November 1.
