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Congratulations to our learning and development grant recipients This year’s grants provide an opportunity to exchange knowledge, gain further clinical experience and generate outcomes that contribute to improving surgical care. The Foundation for Surgery is proud to announce the recipients of the 2022 RACS Learning and Development Grants round of the Scholarships and Grants Program. Thank you to all applicants and congratulations to our recipients. RACS offers learning and development grants in August each year for RACS Fellows, SET Trainees, junior doctors, and other health professionals to pursue professional development, training, and short-term research activities. The Foundation for Surgery and the Australia and New Zealand Scholarships and Grants Committee are pleased to support this year’s recipients in their professional development endeavours. The grants provide these outstanding individuals with the opportunity to exchange knowledge, gain further clinical experience, and generate outcomes that contribute to improving surgical care.
Anwar and Myrtha Girgis SIMG Grant Dr Fernando Picazo Pineda, SIMG
Aziz Hamza Rural Surgery Grant Dr Yuchen Luo, SET Trainee
Bongiorno National Network Younger Fellows Travel Grant Dr Ruth Mitchell, FRACS
Hugh Johnston Travel Grant Dr David Coker, FRACS Dr Connor O’Meara, SET Trainee
The 2023 RACS Learning and Development Grants round opens for applications in August 2022. For more information visit surgeons.org/scholarships Bongiorno National Network Younger Fellows Travel grant “The Bongiorno National Network is proud to support the advancement of surgical care through our annual Bongiorno National Network Younger Fellows Travel Grant, developed in partnership with the Younger Fellows Committee.
Medtronic Younger Fellows Travel Grant Dr Yogeesan Sivakumaran, FRACS Dr Varun Harish, FRACS
“Congratulations to the well-deserving recipient of this year’s grant—Dr Ruth Mitchell—whose overseas Fellowship promises to provide valuable surgical experiences. We wish Dr Mitchell the very best with her Clinical Fellowship in Paediatric Neurosurgery at the British Columbia Children’s Hospital in Vancouver.”
Morgan Travel Fellowship Grant Dr Andrew Gray, FRACS Dr Kasmira Wilson, FRACS
Tony Bongiorno, Director and Founding Partner of the Bongiorno Group
Murray and Unity Pheils Colorectal Travel Grant Dr Liesel Porrett, FRACS Dr Jonathan Chua, FRACS
Pickard Robotic Training Grant Dr Tarik Sammour, FRACS
Queensland Younger Fellows Grant Dr Annelise Cocco, FRACS
Rural Junior Doctor Surgical Skills Course Grant Dr Sarah Cowan
Rural Surgery Fellowship for Provincial Surgeons Dr Jared White, FRACS Dr Mohammed Khaleel, FRACS Dr Emily Davenport, FRACS
Skills Training Faculty Grant Dr Bhavik Patel, FRACS
Stuart Morson Neurosurgery Grant Dr Phoebe Matthews, FRACS
Younger Fellow Leadership Exchange Fellowship Dr Eugenia Ip, FRACS