• Congratulations to the 2022-2023 SAAS Visiting Professors!
  • Lily Cheng, MD is the recipient of the 2022 SAAS Junior Faculty Award!
  • Vivek Pamulapati, MD is the recipient of the 2022 Esther Tsai Sugg Award for the highest scoring SAAS abstract to the Academic Surgical Congress!
  • Romeo Ignacio MD, Chee-Chee Stucky MD, and Hop Tran Cao MD are the recipients of the 2022 SAAS – SUS Mid Career Award!
  • Calvin Chao, MD, is the recipient of the 2022 SAAS Resident/Fellow Development Scholarship!
  • Jaewon Lee is the winner of the 2022 SAAS Annual Meeting Travel Award!
  • Romeo Ignacio, MD is the recipient of the SAAS – SUS Leadership Agility Program Scholarship!

SAAS Annual Meeting Travel Award

The SAAS Annual Meeting Travel Award is a travel grant, awarded to the first author of the highest scoring abstract submitted by a SAAS member to the annual meeting.

Previous Recipients

2022

Jaewon Lee (presenting author)
Paola Guerrero (senior author)
UT MD Anderson

2021

Serena Day (presenting author)
Benzon Dy (senior author)
Mayo Clinic

2019

C Ann Vitous, MA, MPH
University of Michigan

2018

Zhi-Ven Fong, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital

2017

Michael Fenlon, MD
Children’s Hospital, Los Angeles

2016

Julie Goswami, MD
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center