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SAAS announces scholarship, AWS award winners

by | Jan 24, 2021 | Lotus Scroll News

Congratulations to the 2020 winners of the SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarships and the Association of Women Surgeons Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

Congratulations to the 2020 winners of the Association of Women Surgeons Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards.

The Society of Asian Academic Surgeons recently announced the 2020 winners of the SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarships and the Association of Women Surgeons Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards. Congratulations to this year’s winners!

SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarship Awards

This award supports registration and travel to attend the Association for Academic Surgery “Fundamentals of Surgical Research” course.

  • Nikhil Panda, MD
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Linda Pak, MD
    Brigham and Women’s Hospital
  • Selena Li, MD
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Bhuwan Giri, MD
    University of Miami

AWS/SAAS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

This inaugural award was granted in partnership with AWS to sponsor SAAS members to attend the annual AWS conference.

  • Connie Shao, MD
    University of Alabama at Birmingham
  • Abra Shen
    Harvard Medical School
  • Ya Zhou, MD
    Bay State Medical Center
  • Isheeta Madeka
    Wake Forest School of Medicine

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