AHPBA Fellowship

The Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association is pleased to announce three AHPBA Research Awards, an AHPBA Physiology/Biology Research Grant, an AHPBA Oncology Research Grant, and an AHPBA Surgical Technology Assessment and Outcomes Research Grant. The purpose of these awards is to provide the opportunity for a resident or fellow to spend one year of full time research under the mentorship of an AHPBA member. Residents or fellows who have completed at least two years of post-graduate training in a surgical discipline are eligible to apply. The research can be clinical or basic science, but must focus on the liver, pancreas, or biliary tree. The amount of the awards is $30,000 each. Application deadline is TBD.

Click here for the AHPBA Fellowship Description (pdf)

Click here for the AHPBA Fellowship Application Instructions (pdf)

Past Fellowship Recipients

2008

Surgical Technology Assessment and Outcomes Research Grant
Peter Nau, MD
Development of a Novel Repair Technique for latrogenic Common Bile Duct Injuries with a Biosynthetic Absorbable Graft
The Ohio State University Medical Center
Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery
Supported by: Covidien and AHPBA

2008

Physiology/Biology Research Grant
Kendra D. Conzen. MD
The Role of HMGB1 in Steatotic Livers following Ischemia/Reperfusion
Washington University
Supported by: Ethicon, Inc. and AHPBA

2008

Oncology Research Grant
Wigdan Al-Sukhni
An analysis of germline genomic copy-number variation to identify disease-associated gene(s) in familial pancreatic cancer
University of Toronto
Supported by: Sanofi Aventis and AHPBA

2007

Covidien Surgical Technology Assessment
Lia Roque Assumpcao, MD
Application of Novel, High Resolution, and Freehand Ultrasound Elasticity Imaging in Liver Surgery
Johns Hopkins University Hospital

2007

Sanofi-anventis HPB Oncology
Bedabrata Sarkar, MD
Characterization of Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells
University of Michigan Medical School

2007

Ethicon HPB Physiology/Biology
Lee Ocuin, MD
Immune Activation of Human Liver Dendritic Cells
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

2006

Ethicon HPB Physiology/Biology
Luis Garcia, MD
Targeted Inhibition of VEGF Prevents Development of Tumor Antigen-Specific T-Cell Tolerance in the Murine Liver
The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

2006

Sanofi-aventis HPB Oncology
Jon Cardinal, MD
Crossroad in Cancer Signaling: Regulation of Human iNOS Expression by the WNT B-Catenin Path
University of Pittsburgh

2005

Ethicon HPB Physiology/Biology
Sunil K. Geevarghese, MD
The Role of Mitochondrial Calcium Management in Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury following Syngeneic Rat Liver Transplantation
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2005

Sanofi-aventis HPB Oncology
Jon Dorfman, MD
Positron Emission Tomography to Monitor HSV-2 Viral Oncolysis
Massachusetts General Hospital

2004

Ethicon HPB
Jennifer Lynn Irani, MD
The Role of CEACAM6 in Pancreatic Cancer Invasion
Brigham and Women's Hospital

2003

Ethicon HPB
Shiva Sarraf-Yazdi, MD
Anti-angiogenic Therapy of Murine Liver Metastases by Tie2 Inhibition
Duke University Medical Center

2002

Ethicon HPB
Charles M. Vollmer, MD
Characterization of a Novel Translocation Breakpoint in Pancreatic Cancer
University of Toronto

2001

Ethicon HPB
Nicole Chandler, MD
Overcoming Chemoresistance in Human Pancreatic Cancer
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center