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In 2009, the Virginia Chapter, American College of Surgeons (VA-ACS)established the VA-ACS Humanitarian Surgical Resident Travel Scholarship Program. The purpose of the grant is to offset travel expenses for Surgical Residents in the state who are interested in participating in programs to deliver surgical care as part of Humanitarian missions to under-developed countries.
Two $750 annual grants will be awarded with the monies to be used within the calendar year. This year’s application deadline will be December 31, 2009.
To qualify, an applicant must be a resident or fellow in good standing at an accredited residency/fellowship program within the state of Virginia in either General Surgery, Urology, Orthopedics, Otolaryngology, Ophthalmology, Obstetrics/Gynecology or Plastic Surgery.
Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate affiliation with a mission that will provide surgical care under educational supervision. A sub-committee of the Board of Directors of the VA-ACS will judge applications. A letter of recommendation from the Program director will be required to verify good standing within the training program.
For further information, please contact either Administrator, Susan McConnell or Craig Derkay, MD.
For 2010 travel grants:
Download an Application and a Agreement and Release from Liability. Submissions along with a CV and letter of recommendation should be sent to:
Susan McConnell
VA-ACS
2201 West Broad Street
Suite 205
Richmond, VA 23220
In 2009, three recipients were selected for the travel scholarships:
Sharline Z. Aboutanos, MD (VCU Health System); Chris Campbell, MD (University of Virginia); Jayme B. Stokes, MD (University of Virginia). Each recipient received $500.00 to offset travel expenses.
Sharline Z. Aboutanos, MD will be a part of the VCU Health System Department of Plastic Surgery’s annual surgical mission trip to Guatemala City, Guatemala. The trip sponsored by Operation Kids. This trip is designed to care for underserved patients with the following surgical diseases: cleft lip and palate, burns and burn contracture, polydactyly and other hand disorders, and hemangiomas/vascular malformations.
Chris Campbell, MD will travel to Giridih Jharkhand, India with Physicians for Peace. The project is coordinated through University of Virginia and will focus on the surgical treatment of burn-related complications, cleft lips and palates.
Jayme Stokes, MD will travel to the island of Samoa, where he will provide ultrasound education to the physicians and nurses in the local hospitals as well as participate in the General Surgery service at one of the hospitals.
The Virginia Chapter’s 2010 Annual Meeting, held April 23-25, 2010 at the Hotel Roanoke in Roanoke, VA, will feature a session on Humanitarian Surgical Missions. Each of the three scholarship recipients is invited to give a brief talk about their experiences.
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