The IRCAD Visiting Fellowship Award is generously funded through an unrestricted educational grant from Karl Storz Endoscopy since 2005
DESCRIPTION:
- The award is available to an Active or Candidate member of SAGES, who is enrolled in a Fellowship Council recognized program.
- The purpose of this fellowship is to give a fellow the opportunity to visit IRCAD, a private institute that is dedicated to the advancement of minimally invasive surgery through research and education.
- IRCAD trains more than 5,000 surgeons each year at its world-renown center in Strasbourg and is the home of WebSurg, the leading internet surgical website (WebSurg.com).
- The visiting fellow will be integrated into the Fellowship programs of the IRCAD and IHU-Strasbourg Institut Hopitalo Universitaires) and offered the opportunity to conduct original research in the state-of-the-art image guided interventional lab of the IHU and to attend course offerings of the IRCAD.
- This “mini-Fellowship” can be for between 3 and 7 days according to the scope of the Fellow’s interest and research plans.
- Past winners include: Eric Hungness, MD (2005); Carlos Galvani, MD (2006); Kevin Reavis, MD (2007); Patricia Sylla, MD (2008); Timothy Kennedy, MD (2009); Basil Yurcisin, MD (2010); Konstantinos Makris, MD (2011); Omar Kudsi, MD (2012); Melanie Lynette Hafford, MD (2013); Eran Shlomovitz, MD (2014); Yulia Zak, MD (2015); Paul Colavita, MD (2016); Iswanto Sucandy, MD (2017); Tyler Cohn, MD (2018); Maria Altieri, MD (2019); Brett Parker, MD (2020); Gad Marom, MD (2021); Eduardo Vega, MD (2022); Jonathan DeLong, MD (2023); Trevor Crafts, MD (2024)
AWARD REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS:
- Nominations may come from any SAGES member.
- The Award is available to an Active or Candidate member of SAGES, who is enrolled in a Fellowship Council recognized fellowship program.
- The winner will be chosen by the SAGES Awards Committee based on merit and their desire to attend.
- This “mini-Fellowship” can take place between 3 and 7 days according to the scope of the Fellow’s interest and research plans.
- Karl Storz Endoscopy will provide 3 to 7 days of room/board, transportation and the cost of any labs or courses to the recipient of this award.
- The winner will receive complimentary registration for SAGES 2025.
APPLICATION:
Please complete this nomination form for your proposed recipient