American Surgical Association: Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant

The American Surgical Association's Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant aims to develop future academic surgical leaders while promoting diversity in leadership roles. The program includes shadowing experiences and skill development, allowing fellows to assess their readiness for leadership positions in surgery. Each fellowship provides $5,000 in funding for visits to two academic institutions, enhancing professional growth through mentorship with established leaders in the field.

Purpose
As academic surgical associations, we have the opportunity to prepare future academic surgical leaders. In addition, the promotion of diversity in leadership is imperative. As such, the ASA has established an American Surgical Association Surgical Leaders Fellowship Grant (ASA SLF-Grant) in partnership with the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS), Society of Asian Academic Surgeons (SAAS), Society of Black Academic Surgeons (SBAS), and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS).
Program Description
Participation in the ASA SLF-Grant Program provides Fellows with a shadowing experience of being a surgical leader and exposes them to the competencies and responsibilities unique to these positions. Participating Fellows will be able to identify gaps in their professional experience, knowledge, and skills, that, if bridged, will better prepare them for serving as a surgical leader in the role of a Department Chair, Center Director, CEO, or Dean.
Upon completion of the Fellowship, the surgeon will be expected to:
Assess professional readiness to take on responsibilities of the academic surgical leader;Develop new skills and knowledge to advance his/her leadership goals; andAcquire perspectives from current leaders in academic surgery on critical leadership competencies specific to the medical school, teaching hospital, and health system.
Program Details
Each ASA Future Leader Fellowship consists of one-week visits to two academic institutions during the Fellowship year. Each visit must be with a different academic host and surgical leader. Host leaders must be ASA members who have volunteered to participate. The host must be currently serving as a Chair of a surgery department, Center Director, Dean, or CEO, or an equivalent position. The academic leaders will be contacted by the Fellow and mutually agreed upon by the invited ASA host member. The program specifics of each visit will be determined by the host faculty and the Fellow.
Funding
Each year up to four Fellowship grants of $5,000 ($2,500 each from the ASA and the sponsoring society) will be awarded to the Fellow's home institution upon receipt and confirmation of the itinerary. The home institution and/or Fellow will be responsible for any additional expenses incurred during the Fellowship.

Ineligibility

Past recipients are ineligible to submit an application.