SVS Announces Several New Award Programs

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2008 SVS International Scholars Program

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2007

The 2008 SVS International Scholars Program provides scholarships to qualified young vascular surgeons from countries other than the U.S. or Canada. Three scholarships in the amount of $7,000 each will provide scholars with an opportunity to participate in the 2008 Vascular Annual Meeting and to visit clinical, teaching, and research activities in North America.

Scholars will receive gratis admission to the postgraduate course, plus admission to all lectures, demonstrations, and exhibits at the 2008 Vascular Annual Meeting. Following the Vascular Annual Meeting, the SVS International Relations Committee will assist scholars in arranging visits to various clinics and universities of their choice.

Completed applications for the 2008 International Scholars Program and all of the supporting documentation must be received by March 1, 2007, in order for an applicant to receive consideration by the International Relations Committee. All applicants will be notified of the committee's decision by July 15, 2007, for the subsequent Vascular Annual Meeting (11 months in advance) to allow sufficient time for arranging time off, travel, and visits to clinic and university sites in North America.

Applicants are urged to submit their completed application and their supporting documents as early as possible in order to provide sufficient time for processing.

To view the scholarship requirements/download an application, visit www.VascularWeb.org in the SVS and AVA section/Awards.

Women's Leadership Training Award

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2007

W. L. Gore, Inc. has generously provided SVS with a grant of $10,000 for leadership training for female vascular surgeons.

If you are a female vascular surgeon interested in applying for this award, please forward a letter of intent (no more than two pages) that indicates how you would use this award to advance your own personal leadership training and what your specific career goals are.

Please also include a copy of your CV (NIH short version is preferred). Send this information electronically to Susan Burkhardt at vascular@vascularsociety.org by March 1, 2007. The award will be presented at the 2007 Vascular Annual Meeting.

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

Leadership Training Programs

(For women surgeons/leaders)

PIThe Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) Program for Women (www.drexelmed.edu/elam/home.html) is the nation's only in-depth program focused on preparing senior women faculty (Associate Professor level with a leadership position) at schools of medicine and dentistry to move into positions of institutional leadership where they can effect positive change.

ELAM is a year-long program that develops the professional and personal skills required to lead and manage successfully in today's complex healthcare environment, with special attention to the unique challenges facing women in leadership positions.

PIThe Institute for Women's Leadership (www.womensleadership.com) offers programs for all women interested in creating change in their environment (Women Leading Change, 3-day program) and Executives Leading Sustainable Change (ELSC, a 4-month program for women executives).

These programs focus on the person as a leader and provide opportunities to create networks with leaders across the country such as women executives from Fortune 500 companies, Academia and Science and Technology.

PIThe Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) (www.aamc.org/members/wim/meetings) offers programs in professional development for women early in their career and mid-career faculty. The AAMC programs are focused on career development for women in academic surgery.

Leadership Programs

(For leaders in medicine, higher education, and health care)

Found at the Association of American Medical Colleges Web site www.aamc.org/members/facultydev/facultyvitae/leadershipprograms.

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