Looking to the Future Scholarship Program

Since 2006, 610 Looking to the Future scholarships have been awarded to underwrite expenses for attendance at the STS Annual Meeting and provide mentorship to aspiring cardiothoracic surgeons.

The following scholarship recipients received complimentary registration for the STS 56th Annual Meeting and Tech-Con 2020 in New Orleans, a 3-night stay at an STS-designated hotel, reimbursement of up to $500 in related travel expenses, an assigned mentor for one-on-one insights, and the ability to participate in exclusive events at the Annual Meeting.

If you have questions about the LTTF Scholarship Program, contact Rachel Pebworth.

2020 Medical Student Recipients

Elorm Agra Emory University	Christopher Hurtado University of Central Florida College of Medicine
Saira Alex Baylor College of Medicine	Niveditha Jagadesh The Ohio State University College of Medicine
Fares Alghanem Central Michigan University College of Medicine	Jimmy Kang University of Alberta, Canada
Edgar Aranda-Michel University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Jackson King Washington State University College of Medicine
Ryan Azarrafiy University of Miami Miller School of Medicine	Lauren Levy University of Maryland School of Medicine
Sameer Bhalla Rush University	Josef Madrigal University of California, Los Angeles
Jenny Bui University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Connor Magura Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine - Atlanticare Campus
Carolyn Chang Case Western Reserve School of Medicine	Nicholas Mayne Duke University School of Medicine
Emily Durbak Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine	Elizabeth Norton Creighton University School of Medicine
Molly Elson Emory University School of Medicine	Mohammad Noubani SUNY-Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook
Ioana Florea Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis	Jacqueline Russell Georgetown University School of Medicine
Eleanor Gerhard The George Washington University School of Medicine	Jessica Santos-Parker University of Michigan
Joe Heiler University of Arizona, Tucson	Lena Trager University of Minnesota Medical School - Twin Cities
Matthew Henry Wayne State University School of Medicine	Jack Zakrzewski University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago
Ahmad Hider University of Michigan Medical School	Jasmine Zhao Keck School of Medicine

2020 General Surgery Resident Recipients

Ammar Asban University of Alabama At Birmingham	Myriam Martinez Aguilar New York University Winthrop Hospital
Katelynn Bachman Case Western University/University Hospitals	Cynthia Miller Massachusetts General Hospital
Brandon Bacon University of Missouri-Kansas City	David Miranda University of Washington
Shawn Barker Indiana University	Hiroko Nakahama Loyola University Medical Center
Kevin Chen Cedars Sinai Medical Center	Michael Napolitano George Washington University Hospital
Renee Cholyway Virginia Commonwealth University	Serena Pham New York University
Jeff Conner Madigan Army Medical Center	Eric Quintana Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Chase Corvin University of Chicago	Caroline Ricard Tufts Medical Center
Amber Duda Mercy Health the Jewish Hospital	Alley Ronaldi Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Zachary Enumah Johns Hopkins Hospital	John Sadeghi NSLIJ General Surgery/Hofstra-Zucker School of Medicine
Erik Green Tulane University	Alainna Simpson Oklahoma State University
Karishma Kodia Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami	Lise Tchouta Columbia University Medical Center
Anthony Kronfli Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center	Chidinma Tiko-Okoye Lankenau Medical Center
Brenda Lin Boston University	Charles Vasquez University of Pennsylvania
Reid Mahoney University of Hawaii	Elizabeth Yates Brigham and Women's Hospital

Qualified applicants included:

Medical students at an institution in the US or Canada
Clinical PGY1, PGY2, or PGY3 general surgery residents at an institution in the US or Canada
General surgery residents on dedicated research time who have not started their PGY4 clinical year at an institution in the US or Canada

Priority was given to applicants who have not attended a national cardiothoracic surgery meeting or received another CT surgery meeting scholarship (such as recipients of an AATS Member for a Day Scholarship, a STSA Brooks Scholarship, or a WTS Scholarship to attend the STS Annual Meeting). Previous Looking to the Future Scholars are not eligible; however, previous applicants are encouraged to re-apply.