The Women's Leadership Committee periodically awards a women's leadership training grant for women vascular surgeons age 50 and under who have been in practice a minimum of five years and a maximum of 15. The grant is presented at the Vascular Annual Meeting.
The Women’s Leadership Training Grant is supported by a grant from W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
Examples of leadership training opportunities include personal leadership coaching, traveling to meet women leaders, or specific training programs such as:
Selection Criteria
Application Procedure
Supporting materials and questions should be directed to:
Submit all materials by email to communications@vascularsociety.org, or
Mail all materials to: Women’s Leadership Award, SVS, 633 N. Saint Clair St., 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, or
Fax all materials to: 312-334-2320
Call 312-334-2309 or Email communications@vascularsociety.org.
A report covering your experience should be prepared and forwarded to the Women’s Leadership Committee within three months of completion of your training grant. This report should be one to two double-spaced typewritten pages and should summarize your activities during the leadership training period. Although factual statements of activities should be included, you are encouraged to place these within an overall context of their impact on your professional and personal development. Any publication of the leadership training activities should acknowledge W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. and the SVS Women’s Leadership Committee.
Past Award Winners
2008
Amy B. Reed, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH
Read a report of Dr. Reed's experiences as the 2008 SVS Women's Leadership Training Award recipient.
2007
Kellie R. Brown, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Vascular Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI