TSFRE Accepting CT Surgery Research Grant Applications - October 15, 2015 Deadline

TSFRE 2016 Awards Program

The Thoracic Surgery Foundation for Research and Education (TSFRE) is offering several 2016 awards to qualified surgeons. Please visit the TSFRE Awards Page or www.tsfre.org for more information and to download applications. The application deadline for the following grants is October 15, 2015.

Questions about eligibility can be directed to Priscilla Kennedy, TSFRE Executive Director. 

TSFRE Research Grant

Provides operational support for original research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $40,000 per year for up to two years are granted to support the work of an early-career cardiothoracic surgeon (within five years of first faculty appointment at time of application deadline).

Acelity Wound Care Research Grant

TSFRE, through the generosity and philanthropy of Acelity, is offering support of up to $25,000 to support the research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking support and recognition for their research program related to wound care management. This is the first year this award is being offered, and is focused on wound healing, care, and infection improvement.

TSFRE/Edwards Lifesciences Every Heartbeat Matters Award

TSFRE, through the generosity and philanthropy of the Edwards Lifesciences Foundation via its Every Heartbeat Matters Campaign, is offering support of up to $37,500 for qualified surgeons who conduct charity work in underserved regions. This award is designed to provide support for programs that educate, screen, and/or treat underserved populations to reduce the global burden of heart valve disease, or to support other programs that advance health care and address underserved populations.

Nina Starr Braunwald Research Grant

Nina Starr Braunwald, MD was the first woman to both be certified by the ABTS and conduct open heart surgery. This award in her name provides operational support of original research efforts by women cardiac surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Since inception, recipients of this award have gone on to become established leaders within our field and it is one of our specialty’s most prestigious research grants. Awards of up to $40,000 per year for up to two years are made each year to support the work of an early career woman cardiac surgeon (within five years of first faculty appointment at the time of application deadline).

Southern Thoracic Surgical Association (STSA) Research Grant

TSFRE, through the generosity and philanthropy of STSA, is offering this award that will provide operational support of original research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $25,000 for one year will be granted to support the work of an early-career cardiothoracic surgeon (within seven years of first faculty appointment at the time of application deadline). STSA membership is not required; however, applicants must meet STSA membership eligibility requirements.

Carolyn E. Reed Traveling Fellowship

Carolyn E. Reed, MD was a thoracic surgeon, an educator, and a successful researcher, who died early while still in her prime. She served as the first female Chair of the ABTS and was also President of the STSA and STS. This award in her name provides support of $10,000 for a clinically-established woman thoracic or cardiac surgeon, or woman resident in her last year of cardiothoracic surgery residency, to travel to another institution for the purpose of learning a new skill or technology.

Nina Starr Braunwald Research Fellowship

Nina Starr Braunwald, MD was the first woman to both be certified by the ABTS and conduct open heart surgery. This award in her name supports up to $30,000 per year for up to two years for a woman resident working in a cardiac surgical clinic or laboratory research program who has not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training. Recipients of this award have gone on to become established leaders within our field and it is one of our specialty’s most prestigious research fellowships.

2016 Research Committee

Thomas K. Waddell, MD. 2016 Chair 
Richard Battafarano, MD, PhD
Juan A. Crestanello, MD
James L. Donahue, MD
Pirooz Eghtesady, MD, PhD
Arnar Geirsson, MD
Thomas G. Gleason, MD
Sunjay Kaushal, MD, PhD
Edward H. Kincaid, MD
Paul M. Kirshbom, MD
Daniel Kreisel, MD, PhD
Alexander S. Krupnick, MD
Christine L. Lau, MD
Scott A. LeMaire, MD
Jules Lin, MD
Mark W. Onaitis, MD
Kalpaj R. Parekh, MD
T. Brett Reece, MD
Brendon M. Stiles, MD
Elaine E. Tseng, MD
Dennis A. Wigle, MD, PhD

2016 Research Awards Timeline*

• Grant Applications Available - 07/15/15
• Application Deadline - 10/15/15
• Research Committee Meeting - 01/23/16
• TSFRE Board Meeting - 01/24/16
• Awards Announcement - 02/01/16

*Subject to change