2025 Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

The colleagues and friends of Dr. Gerald B. Healy have established funding for an annual mentoring fellowship program in his honor.

Mentorship is one of the hallmarks of academic and professional success. This program is intended to help young surgeons develop new ideas, innovative approaches, and well-informed attitudes about safety, quality, and professionalism via visits to successful mentors.

The Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship will be used to facilitate visiting and engaging with one or more successful mentors. The award, in the amount of $5,000, will be used by the traveling fellow to cover travel and per diem costs incurred and subsidize lost revenue from days away from clinical duties.

• Table of Content
• About American College Of Surgeons
• Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship
• Aim and Benefits of Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship
• Requirements for Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About American College Of Surgeons

The American College of Surgeons is dedicated to improving the care of surgical patients and safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment. 

Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

Application Deadline	02 Jun 2025
Country to study	United States
School to study	American College of Surgeons
Type	Fellowship
Sponsor	American College Of Surgeons
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

The award, in the amount of $5,000, will be used by the traveling fellow to cover travel and per diem costs incurred and subsidize lost revenue from days away from clinical duties.

Requirements for Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship Qualification

• Applicants must be graduates of schools of medicine who have completed their surgical training.
• Applicants must be U.S./Canadian Fellows or Associate Fellows of the American College of Surgeons no higher than the rank of Associate Professor.
• Mentors must be U.S./Canadian Fellows of the College or, if in a non-surgical field (for example, microbiology, anatomy) or non-medical field (for example, business, law), must be appropriate for the research and education needs of the applicant.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Gerald B. Healy, MD, FACS, Traveling Mentorship Fellowship

• The recipient will submit report/s as requested to the College for submission to the Bulletin of the American College of Surgeons detailing his or her experience, lessons learned, and preserving such thoughts of the week for future generations of surgeons to read about and learn from.
• A financial report also will be provided at the end of the award period. The traveling fellow may use the funds to subsidize travel and per diem for mentor visits, or to replace lost revenue from clinical duties. The latter purpose is taxable.

Application Deadline

June 2, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to American College Of Surgeons on apps.facs.org to apply

For more details, visit ACS Fellowship webpage