LATAM Fellowship

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Purpose

The IHU Strasbourg has set up a LATAM Scholarship program to promote the contact between medical researchers and to expand the scientific cooperation between France and Latin American and Caribbean countries. The French “Instituts Hospitalo-Universitaires” (IHU) are centers of scientific and medical excellence, with a strong focus on image-guided interventions at the IHU-Strasbourg.
This LATAM fellowship offers young professionals from Latin American and Caribbean countries the opportunity to participate for a one-year term at the IHU Strasbourg in several research and education projects in the field of image-guided therapies.
The aim is to select promising candidates and their research projects, thereby targeting to support their academic career. Upon the scholars’ return to their home institution, the acquired skills and experience will promote research and medical education at their home country, as well as the continuation of joint projects.

Requirements

The LATAM fellowship is open to candidates living in Latin American or Caribbean countries at the time of application.
Applicants must be graduated from medical schools and have completed residency training in surgery, radiology or gastroenterology.
Sound English skills are a prerequisite, whereas French language skills are an asset (but not mandatory).
The LATAM Scholarships for Research in Image-Guided Therapy are only valid in the year for which they are designated. They cannot be postponed.
The application forms for IHU fellowship programs are available online, here.
Please refer to the LATAM scholarship when submitting your set of application documents via email to fellowship@ihu-strasbourg.eu
(Fellowship Program Director: Barbara Seeliger).

Selection process

The applicant must submit the complete application documents here, before March 1 for the respective academic year (September to August).

A ranking of candidates will be supported by a panel of LATAM experts associated with IHU Strasbourg. Demonstration of an academic affiliation for continuation of an academic career at the home institution is considered favorably. The top ranked candidates will be invited for a zoom interview during April/May, after which the IHU fellowship committee will select one candidate per year for the LATAM scholarship.

For additional information, Mariano Gimenez is available to connect the applicants with LATAM experts collaborating with IHU Strasbourg, who support this program.

LATAM experts associated with IHU Strasbourg

		Carlos Chan, MD, PhD, Mexico President and Founder of the Mexican Hepatopancreatobiliary Association and Head of the HPB Division in Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

		Felipe José Fernández Coimbra, MD, MsC, PhD, Brazil Director Department of Abdominal Surgery, Head Upper GI & HPB Cancer Reference Center AC Camargo Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil. President Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association – AHPBA – 2019-20. President Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology – BSSO – 2015-17. BSSO, CBC, IHPBA, SSO, FACS.

		Marcos Menezes, MD, PhD, Brazil Director Center of image Guide Intervention at Hospital Sirio Libanes Chief of Intervention Radiology ICESP/INRAD Hospital das Clínicas da Universidade de São Paulo President of SOBRICE 2018 -2020

		Mariano Palermo, MD, PhD, Argentina Assistant Professor at University of Buenos Aires Staff at Minimally Invasive Department at DAICIM Foundation. Past president of ICYLS (International Club of Young Laparoscopic Surgeons)

		Edgardo Serra, MD, Argentina Chief of Bariatric and Mini-Invasive Surgery of CIEN Staff of DIAGNOMED Past Professor of Surgery UNNE.