Advances in medicine are achieved by collaboration. By facilitating international partnerships, we are creating opportunities to improve patient care through education and innovation. The Panamerican Trauma Society has worked tirelessly for the last 26 years providing opportunities for collaboration between the Americas.
The objective of the fellowship is to improve surgical training for traveling fellows and to bring opportunities to the host institution regarding research and exchange.
What the Panamerican Trauma Society Will Do:
We will arrange your experience by coordinating your visit to a center of excellence in South or Central America. This is a mentor-mentee model. There will be a local expert hosting your visit. The Panamerican Trauma Society (PTS) will provide options for your choice of housing and it will connect you with a local coordinator who will provide all information regarding lodging options, and necessary forms for access to the health care facilities and privileges. In the case where the local coordinator is not available, the PTS may assist in all necessary travel details and logistics. The PTS does not take responsibility for your international health insurance, logistics overseas, or any local and political circumstances of the host country.
Dr. Rao Ivatury discusses PTS fellowships
Objectives for the visiting fellow
To provide exposure to a vast volume of cases in trauma and emergency surgery
To enhance operative experience of complex cases
To provide cultural exchange
To augment understanding of different trauma systems worldwide
Objectives for the host institution
To help create relationships between host institutions and traveling fellow institutions
To foster research and development of collaborative programs
To provide networking opportunities
To promote involvement between your institution and our international association, in order to create support for your local initiatives.
Applicants are required to present a log of core cases performed during (or after) their fellowship overseas.
Application Process
Eligible Applicants must submit the documents described above.
Traveling surgeons are responsible for their traveling fees, housing, local fees to the hospital and administrative fees to the society when applicable
All documents must be sent to PTS HQ by email to: Gladys S. Shanklin, Program Coordinator gladys.shanklin@vcuhealth.org
Once the application is approved, the applicant must sign an MOU before traveling overseas.
After the site has been chosen, local requirements might apply to each visitor.
DISCLAIMER: The PTS is not responsible for the local and political conditions of the host country to which the fellows will travel nor for their health and safety.
The PTS is not responsible for arranging or subsidizing lodging, food, international or in-country transportation, or any other expenses related to his/her travel and training.
Who Should Apply?
Surgery Residents, Trauma and Acute Care Surgery Fellows, and Surgical Faculty with a desire to gain exposure to a large volume of cases.
Individuals who believe in international collaboration as a pivotal component to improving patient outcomes.
