Awards and Scholarships

Provided by the
Society for Vascular Surgery®

Women's Leadership Training Award

W.L. Gore, Inc. has generously provided SVS with a grant of $10,000 for leadership training for women vascular surgeons under the age of 45 and who have been in practice a minimum of three years and a maximum of 10. The award will be presented at the 2009 Vascular Annual Meeting, June 11-14 in Denver. The individual must be present at the meeting to receive the award.

Examples of leadership training opportunities include personal leadership coaching, traveling to meet women leaders, or specific training programs such as:

  • The Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic MedicineSM (ELAM) Program for Women. Click here for details.
  • The Institute for Women’s leadership. Click here for details.
  • The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) offers programs in professional development for women early in their career and mid-career faculty. Click here for details
  • Leadership programs targeted for leaders in medicine, higher education and health care found on the AAMC Web site.

Eligibility for Selection

  1. Be age 45 or under at the time of the award.
  2. Have been in practice a minimum of three years and a maximum of 10.
  3. SVS members will be given priority, all else being equal.

Application Procedure

  1. Applicants must submit a completed application form.
  2. The application and accompanying materials must be typewritten.
  3. Letter of intent (two pages or less) that indicates how you would use this award to advance your personal leadership training and what your specific career goals are.
  4. Curriculum vitae must be provided.
  5. Applicants must submit three complete publications (reprints or manuscripts).
  6. Applicants must submit two letters of recommendations. One letter must be from the chair of the department in which they hold academic appointment, and one from a colleague.

Completed applications for the Women's Leadership Training Award and all of the supporting documentation must be received by March 2, 2009 in order for an applicant to receive consideration by the Women's Issues Committee.

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 312-334-2308 or Email communications@vascularsociety.org.

Past Award Winners

2008
Amy B. Reed, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Vascular Surgery
University of Cincinnati
College of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

2007
Kellie R. Brown, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Vascular Surgery
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI

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