SAAS Visiting Professors
2021-2022 SAAS Visiting Professorships
- Duke University (Host: Allan Douglas Kirk, MD, PhD and Shelley Hwang, MD)
- Sudha and Suresh Agarwal – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Jash Datta, MD (University of Miami)
- City of Hope (Host: Yuman Fong, MD)
- City of Hope – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Hari Nathan, MD (University of Michigan)
- University of Chicago (Host: Jeffrey Matthews, MD)
- James and Linda Wong – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Anahita Dua, MD (Massachusetts General Hospital)
- University of Hawaii (Host: Kenric Murayama, MD)
- Murayama Family – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Lindsay Kuo, MD (Temple University)
- University of Tennessee, Memphis (Host: David Shibata, MD)
- Association of Women Surgeons – Helen F. Tsai Visiting Professorship
- Taryne Imai, MD (Cedars-Sinai)
- Vanderbilt University (Host: Carmen Solorzano, MD)
- Lenna Saranti – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Sophie Dream, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
2020-2021 SAAS Visiting Professorships
- University of Texas Medical Branch (Host: Douglas Tyler, MD)
- Tchou and McGovern Visiting Professorship
- Neha Goel, MD (University of Miami)
- City of Hope (Host: Yuman Fong, MD)
- City of Hope – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Aslam Ejaz, MD (The Ohio State University)
- University of California San Diego (Host: Bryan Clary, MD)
- UCSD – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Kamran Idrees, MD, MSCI MMHC (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
- University of Utah (Host: Sam Finlayson, MD, MPH)
- Association of Women Surgeons – SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Jennifer Kuo, MD (Columbia University)
- Dartmouth University (Host: Sandra Wong, MD)
- Sui-An and Shu-Nung Fung Visiting Professorship
- Lyen Huang, MD, MPH (University of Utah)
- University of California Irvine (Host: Ninh Nguyen, MD)
- Masato and Miyeko Tanabe Visiting Professorship
- Tejal Brahmbhatt, MD (Boston University Medical Center)
- Medical College of Wisconsin (Host: Doug Evans, MD)
- Ten Chao and Chen Hu Chu Visiting Professorship
- Eric Sheu, MD, PhD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
2019-2020 SAAS Visiting Professors
- Boston University Medical Center (Host: Jennifer Tseng, MD, MPH)
- Mark and Lenore Kao SAAS Lectureship
- Nancy Cho, MD (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
- City of Hope (Host: Yuman Fong, MD)
- Insoo Suh, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
- University of Miami Medical Center (Host: Nipun Merchant, MD)
- Merchant-Chodha Family SAAS Lectureship
- Susan Tsai, MD (Medical College of Wisconsin)
- Merchant-Chodha Family SAAS Lectureship
- Johns Hopkins Medical Center (Host: Robert Higgins, MD)
- Kuo Family SAAS Visiting Professorship
- Ravi Radhakrishnan, MD (University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston)
- Tulane University (Host: Mary Killackey, MD)
- Peter and Meilin Wang Chen SAAS Lectureship
- Clara Ko Un Park MD (The Ohio State University)
- The Ohio State University (Host: Tim Pawlik, MD)
- Pei-Nan and Lita Tsung SAAS Lectureship
- Arghavan Salles, MD (Washington University)
2018-2019 SAAS Visiting Professorships
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Host: Gerard Doherty, MD)
- Raymond and Rose Tseng SAAS Lectureship
- Daniel Chu, MD (University of Alabama at Birmingham)
- City of Hope (Host: Yuman Fong, MD)
- Anthony Yang, MD (Northwestern University)
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center (Host: Sandra Wong, MD)
- Wen-Hain Wang SAAS Lectureship
- Vikas Dudeja, MD (University of Miami)
- Wen-Hain Wang SAAS Lectureship
- University of Chicago (Host: Jeffrey Matthews, MD)
- Mike and Faye Yang SAAS Lectureship
- Ankush Gosain, MD (University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center)
- University of Colorado (Host: Richard Schulick, MD)
- Teh Ling and Yu Chen Ko Visiting Professorship
- Haejin In, MD (Montefiore Medical Center)
- University of South Florida (Host: Paul Kuo, MD)
- Hong Mo and His Mei Chen SAAS Lectureship
- Wen Shen, MD (University of California, San Francisco)
Applications for the 2022-2023 SAAS Visiting Professorship will be solicited soon.
The application requirements include:
- Letter of interest with summary of past participation and involvement in the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons.
- Curriculum vitae
- Ranking of institutions, in order of preference
Please send application materials to the SAAS Foundation President, Herb Chen, MD (hchen@uabmc.edu). The SAAS Foundation Board of Directors will review all applications and make final determinations regarding the Visiting Professors and matching of the Visiting Professor to a particular institution. Applicants will be notified of a decision by February 1, 2021.
One of the annual Visiting Professorships is co-sponsored by the Association of Women Surgeons. AWS members are encouraged to apply – SAAS membership is not a requirement for initial application. If selected, then receipt of the award will be dependent on becoming an active SAAS member.