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In 2013, the AATS Graham Foundation established the “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship Program to honor eminent cardiothoracic and thoracic surgeons. The Foundation recently announced the second fellowship in the series, which will honor Marc de Leval.
Honoring Our Mentors recognizes physicians who have demonstrated longstanding leadership and dedication throughout their careers in both their clinical practices and their commitment to training the future generation. The F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship was the first in the program.
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
About: Currently, there is only limited funding available for North American surgeons to receive specified training at international congenital heart surgery centers. The Fellowship will give young North American trainees and early career congenital heart surgeons the opportunity to spend four (4) to six (6) weeks studying congenital CT surgery techniques at UK/European institutions. Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend to help cover travel and living costs while abroad.
The Mentor: For over 40 years, Marc de Leval has practiced pediatric cardiothoracic surgery in London. Throughout that time, he has had a close relationship with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), starting with his two-year time as a Graham Traveling Fellow (1973-1974). Retired from Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), today de Leval is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Harley Street Clinic and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of London.
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
About: Created in 2013, the Pearson Fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies to advance their clinical thoracic techniques at a North American host institute. Each fellow receives $3,500 to defray living expenses during four (4) to six (6) weeks of training. The first two awardees were named in 2014.
The Mentor: F. Griffith Pearson practiced thoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital from 1950-1999. Considered one of the fathers of modern tracheal surgery, he was AATS’s 79th President. Under his leadership, University of Toronto established a separate division of thoracic surgery in 1968. Pearson introduced mediastinoscopy to North America in the early 1960s and demonstrated the importance of mediastinal staging for lung cancer, which led to a more rational approach to the diagnosis, staging and treatment of the disease. After retirement, Pearson continued to pioneer as a “surgeon in residence” in Boston and Pittsburgh. Many say that his greatest contribution to thoracic surgery over 50+ years has been his influence on generations of thoracic surgeons.
In 2013, the AATS Graham Foundation established the “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship Program to honor eminent cardiothoracic and thoracic surgeons. The Foundation recently announced the second fellowship in the series, which will honor Marc de Leval.
Honoring Our Mentors recognizes physicians who have demonstrated longstanding leadership and dedication throughout their careers in both their clinical practices and their commitment to training the future generation. The F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship was the first in the program.
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
About: Currently, there is only limited funding available for North American surgeons to receive specified training at international congenital heart surgery centers. The Fellowship will give young North American trainees and early career congenital heart surgeons the opportunity to spend four (4) to six (6) weeks studying congenital CT surgery techniques at UK/European institutions. Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend to help cover travel and living costs while abroad.
The Mentor: For over 40 years, Marc de Leval has practiced pediatric cardiothoracic surgery in London. Throughout that time, he has had a close relationship with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), starting with his two-year time as a Graham Traveling Fellow (1973-1974). Retired from Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), today de Leval is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Harley Street Clinic and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of London.
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
About: Created in 2013, the Pearson Fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies to advance their clinical thoracic techniques at a North American host institute. Each fellow receives $3,500 to defray living expenses during four (4) to six (6) weeks of training. The first two awardees were named in 2014.
The Mentor: F. Griffith Pearson practiced thoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital from 1950-1999. Considered one of the fathers of modern tracheal surgery, he was AATS’s 79th President. Under his leadership, University of Toronto established a separate division of thoracic surgery in 1968. Pearson introduced mediastinoscopy to North America in the early 1960s and demonstrated the importance of mediastinal staging for lung cancer, which led to a more rational approach to the diagnosis, staging and treatment of the disease. After retirement, Pearson continued to pioneer as a “surgeon in residence” in Boston and Pittsburgh. Many say that his greatest contribution to thoracic surgery over 50+ years has been his influence on generations of thoracic surgeons.
In 2013, the AATS Graham Foundation established the “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship Program to honor eminent cardiothoracic and thoracic surgeons. The Foundation recently announced the second fellowship in the series, which will honor Marc de Leval.
Honoring Our Mentors recognizes physicians who have demonstrated longstanding leadership and dedication throughout their careers in both their clinical practices and their commitment to training the future generation. The F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship was the first in the program.
Marc R. de Leval Fellowship
About: Currently, there is only limited funding available for North American surgeons to receive specified training at international congenital heart surgery centers. The Fellowship will give young North American trainees and early career congenital heart surgeons the opportunity to spend four (4) to six (6) weeks studying congenital CT surgery techniques at UK/European institutions. Awardees will receive a $5,000 stipend to help cover travel and living costs while abroad.
The Mentor: For over 40 years, Marc de Leval has practiced pediatric cardiothoracic surgery in London. Throughout that time, he has had a close relationship with the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), starting with his two-year time as a Graham Traveling Fellow (1973-1974). Retired from Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), today de Leval is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at the Harley Street Clinic and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of London.
F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship
About: Created in 2013, the Pearson Fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies to advance their clinical thoracic techniques at a North American host institute. Each fellow receives $3,500 to defray living expenses during four (4) to six (6) weeks of training. The first two awardees were named in 2014.
The Mentor: F. Griffith Pearson practiced thoracic surgery at Toronto General Hospital from 1950-1999. Considered one of the fathers of modern tracheal surgery, he was AATS’s 79th President. Under his leadership, University of Toronto established a separate division of thoracic surgery in 1968. Pearson introduced mediastinoscopy to North America in the early 1960s and demonstrated the importance of mediastinal staging for lung cancer, which led to a more rational approach to the diagnosis, staging and treatment of the disease. After retirement, Pearson continued to pioneer as a “surgeon in residence” in Boston and Pittsburgh. Many say that his greatest contribution to thoracic surgery over 50+ years has been his influence on generations of thoracic surgeons.
