The STS Looking to the Future Scholarship program is a best-in-class education and workforce development program that helps general surgery residents and medical students pursue careers in cardiothoracic surgery. STS works directly with the country’s most talented residents and students from diverse backgrounds and provides education and mentorship to help them navigate this exciting and complex medical specialty.
The primary goal of the scholarship is to provide mentorship for the best and brightest medical students or general surgery residents in hopes of encouraging them to pursue careers in cardiothoracic surgery.
Since 2006, 845 aspiring cardiothoracic surgeons have received LTTF scholarships.
Oluwamuyiwa Adebayo, Rush University - Rush Medical College
Anderson Amador Corea, Drexel University College of Medicine - Philadelphia
Grace Patrice Anyetei-Anum, Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine (Minnesota)
Batool Barodi, Central Michigan University
Parnia Behinaein, Wayne State University School of Medicine
Meredith Brown, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Jessica Carducci, University of Michigan
Samantha Colon, CUNY School of Medicine
Michael Denning, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Augustine Kang, Stanford University School of Medicine
Shineui Kim, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Joiliana Lecointe, Meharry Medical College
Renxi Li, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Cassidy Lounsbury, University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jean-Luc Maigrot, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Arian Mansur, Harvard Medical School
Crystal McLeod, University of British Columbia
Meagan McNicholas, Carle Illinois College of Medicine
Ekene Nwajei, University of Toronto
Hecong Qin, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Kavya Rajesh, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
Siddhartha Sahai, Albany Medical College
Shane Scott, The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Maximilian Selbst, McGovern Medical School at University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth Houston).
Betemariam Sharew, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
Catherine Stauber, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
Ali Syed, Medical College of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Lauren Tatina, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Andrew Vogel, Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tarik Whitham, Northeast Ohio Medical University
Adeel Ahmad, MD, Sparrow/Michigan State University
Raza Ahmad, MD, Atrium Health/Carolinas Medical Center
Debolina Banerjee, MD, Brown University/Rhode Island Hospital
Alison Baskin, MD, University of California San Francisco
Christina Boutros, DO, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University
Blake Bulard, MD, University of South Florida
Rolando Calderon, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Philip Coffey, MD, Augusta University Medical College of Georgia
Kelly Drozdowicz, MD, New York University Grossman School of Medicine - Manhattan Campus
Madison Grasty, MD, MS, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Tyler Holm, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Bright Huo, MD, McMaster University
Marie Jacobs, MD, University of Rochester
John (Asher) Jenkins, MD, Mayo Clinic-Arizona
Phillip Jenkins, MD, Oregon Health Sciences University
Bayley Jones, MD, University of Texas Southwestern
SunYoung Kim, MD, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital Center
Katherine Lin, MD, Mayo Clinic Rochester
Odelle Ma, MD, University of Alberta
Uzoma Okere, MD, MPH, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
Dominic Recco, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Shanique Ries, MD, Howard University Hospital
Yaiel G. Rodríguez-Avilés, MD, Hospital Episcopal San Lucas/Ponce School of Medicine
Daniel Romary, MD, MSBME, Swedish First Hill, Seattle, WA
Justin Smith, MD, Summa Health
Haley Tupper, MD, MS, MPH, UCLA
Alyssa Tutunjian, MD, MS, MPH, University at Buffalo
Isaac Wenger, MD, MM, South Shore University Hospital
Amelia Wong, DO, University of Hawaii
Emily June Zolfaghari, MD, MS, Yale New Haven Hospital
Mara B. Antonoff, MD, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Ian Bostock Rosenzweig, MD, Medical University of South Carolina
Alejandro Bribriesco, MD, Cleveland VA Medical Center
Joanna Chikwe, MD, FRCS, Cedars-Sinai
David Tom Cooke, MD, University of California, Davis Medical Center
Robert J. Dabal, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Elisabeth U. Dexter, MD, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
Aaron W. Eckhauser, MD, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital
Amy G. Fiedler, MD, University of California San Francisco
Erin A. Gillaspie, MD, MPH, Creighton University Medical Center
Lawrence E. Greiten, MD, Arkansas Children's Hospital
Tara B. Karamlou, MD, MSc, The Cleveland Clinic
Nahush Mokadam, MD, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Tom C. Nguyen, MD, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute
David D. Odell, MD, MMSc, University of Michigan
Sara Jane Pereira, MD, University of Utah
Joseph D. Phillips, MD, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Michael F. Reed, MD, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Scott I. Reznik, MD, UT Southwestern Medical Center
Derek Ray Serna-Gallegos, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Matthew Allen Steliga, MD, University of Arkansas
Ram Kumar Subramanyan, MD, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nicholas R. Teman, MD, University of Virginia
Elaine E. Tseng, MD, University of California San Francisco/San Francisco VA
Robert M. Van Haren, MD, MSPH, University of Cincinnati
Panayotis Vardas, MD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jeffrey B. Velotta, MD, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center
Stephanie G. Worrell, MD, University of Arizona
Stephen C. Yang, MD, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Pyongsoo D. Yoon, MD, University of Pittsburgh
2025 STS LTTF Scholarship Benefits
- Complimentary registration for the 2025 STS Annual Meeting, January 24-26, 2025, in Los Angeles, CA
- Scholars will be expected to arrive at the hotel on Thursday, January 23 by 5 p.m. PT and depart the meeting no earlier than 12 p.m. PT Sunday, January 26.
- General Surgery residents: If you are selected for a scholarship, there will be no exceptions made to accommodate the ABSITE exam. Scholarship recipients are expected to make arrangements with their institutions to take the exam before/after attending the STS Annual Meeting.
- A 3-night stay at an STS-designated hotel (check-in January 23, check-out January 26).
- Participation in exclusive events.
- Reimbursement of up to $700 in related travel expenses.
- Scholars will be responsible for making their own travel arrangements (i.e., flights).
- Expenses will be reimbursed after the meeting, which could take up to two months.
Eligibility
- Medical students training at an institution in the United States or Canada
- Clinical PGY1, PGY2, or PGY3 general surgery residents training at an institution in the United States or Canada
- General surgery residents on dedicated research time who have not started their PGY4 clinical year training at an institution in the United States or Canada
Priority is given to applicants who have not attended a national cardiothoracic surgery meeting or received another CT surgery meeting scholarship. Please do not apply if you have received any of the following scholarships: AATS Member for a Day or Medical Student Diversity Scholarships, STSA Brooks Scholarship, or WTS Carpenter, Thistlethwaite, or Annual Meeting Scholarships.
Application Requirements
- A current CV
- A letter of recommendation from a Program Director, cardiothoracic surgery mentor, or faculty member
- A letter of commitment from a Dean (medical student) or Program Director (general surgery resident)
Applications for the 2025 LTTF Scholarship will open in August 2024.
Questions?
Email Maureen Ewing.