Award Recipients

Bakri Kaakeh, MD

Covenant HealthCare

Underserved Area: Syria

Mentor:

Jeffrey D. McNeil, MD

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons, Austin

Underserved Area: Nigeria

Mentor:

Mubashir A. Mumtaz, MD

UPMC Harrisburg

Underserved Area: Pakistan

Mentor:

Robert C. Neely, MD

Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons

Underserved Area: Kenya

Mentor:

William M. Novick, MD

University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Underserved Area: Rwanda

Mentor:

Jay D. Pal, MD, PhD

University of Washington

Underserved Area: Nepal

Mentor:

Parth Bhargav Patel, MD

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Underserved Areas: Mozambique and Rwanda

Mentor:

Aldo Elmer Rafael, MD

Baylor University Medical Center

Underserved Area: Lima, Peru

Mentor:

Craig H. Selzman, MD

University of Utah School of Medicine

Underserved Area: Honduras

Mentor:

Shaun P. Setty, MD

Stanford University

Underserved Area: Fiji/South Pacific

Mentor:

Fawwaz Ridwan Shaw, MD

Emory University/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Underserved Area: Tanzania

Mentor:

Pranava Sinha, MBBS

University of Minnesota

Underserved Area: Uganda

Mentor:

Thomas Theologou, MD

HYGEIA Hospital, Athens, Greece

Underserved Area: Vietnam

Mentor:

Joseph W. Turek, MD, PhD

Duke University

Underserved Area: Ghana

Mentor:

Adam R. Williams, MD

Duke University Medical Center

Underserved Area: Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Mentor:

Humanitarian Outreach Award

Arega Fekadu Leta, MD

Tenwek Hospital

Funded by TSF Donors • Underserved Area: Malawi

Mentor:

Dominique L. DeGraaff, MD

The University of Washington

Joining Aldo Rafael, MD in Peru

Mentor:

Ioana B. Florea, MD, MPHS

Cooper University Hospital

Joining Joseph Turek, MD in Ghana

Mentor:

Valerii Iaprintsev, MD

Murdoch Children's Research Institute (Melbourne, Australia)

Joining William Novick, MD in Rwanda

Mentor:

SunYoung Kim, MD

University of Nebraska Medical Center

Joining Robert Neely, MD in Kenya

Mentor:

Juan Andres Montero Venturino, MD

Hospital Clínic de Barcelona

Joining Mubashir Mumtaz, MD in Pakistan

Mentor:

Chadi C. Nahal, MD

HCA Florida JFK Hospital

Joining Mubashir Mumtaz, MD in Pakistan

Mentor:

Vernon Dike De Mesa Obiakor, MD

Advocate Health

Joining Robert Neely, MD in Kenya

Mentor:

Anna Hollembeak Olds, MD, MSc

University of Southern California

Joining Jay D. Pal, MD in Nepal

Mentor:

Victor Daniel Ortiz, MD

Hospital Alemán de Buenos Aires

Joining Pranava Sinha, MD in Uganda

Mentor:

Zena Saleh, MD

Cooper University Hospital

Joining Joseph Turek, MD in Ghana

Mentor:

Erik J. Scott, MD, MS

University of Virginia

Joining Adanna Akujuo, MD in Nigeria

Mentor:

Conference Scholarships

Azhar Salim Ahmed Sayyed, MBBS

Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences (RTIICS)

2025 Saha Scholarship to attend the 2025 STS Annual Meeting

Mentor:

Kesha Kiranbhai Shah, MBBS

SMS Medical College & Hospital

2025 Saha Scholarship to attend the 2026 STS Annual Meeting

Mentor:

Karana Shekar, MBBS

Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences

2025 Saha Scholarship to attend the 2025 STS Annual Meeting

Mentor:

Rajeev Thilak C., MBBS

SRM Medical College Hospital & Research Centre

2025 Saha Scholarship to attend the 2026 STS Annual Meeting

Mentor:

Douglas Anderson, MD

United States Air Force/University of Maryland

Mentor:

Ankit Dhamija, MD

Stony Brook University

Mentor:

Meghan Halub, MD

Saint Anthony Hospital

Mentor:

Jesse Madden, MD

Novant Winston Salem

Mentor:

Raghav Murthy, MD

Medical City Children's Hospital, Dallas

Mentor:

STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery Resident Scholarship

Jesus A. Enriquez, MD

Oregon Health and Sciences University

Mentor:

Pooja Patel, MD

Western University

Mentor:

STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery Resident Scholarship

Brian M. Till, MD

University of California, San Francisco

Mentor:

STS Workshop on Robotic Thoracic Surgery Resident Scholarship

Andrea Amabile, MD

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Mentor:

Michael A. Catalano, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Mentor:

Guilherme C. de Oliveira, MD

University of Utah

Mentor:

Romulo Andre Fajardo, MD

University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics

Mentor:

Claire Flatermeier, MD, PhD

University of Washington

Mentor:

Ariana Goodman, MD

University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital

Mentor:

Amit Iyengar, MD

University of Pennsylvania

Mentor:

Jimmy Kang, MD

University of Alberta

Mentor:

Chelsea M. Loria, MD

Indiana University

Mentor:

Myriam Monserrat Martinez Aguilar, MD

Mayo Clinic

Mentor:

Obieze Nwanna-Nzewunwa, MBBS, MS

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas

Mentor:

Joseph Mounir Obeid, MD

Temple University Hospital

Mentor:

Bailey S. Su, MD

Duke University

Mentor: