American Association for Thoracic Surgery Graham Foundation Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship

American Association for Thoracic Surgery Graham Foundation Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship Fellowship Goal To enable general thoracic surgeons an advanced training opportunity in Robotic surgery. Program Overview The AATS Graham Foundation Intuitive Surgical Robotics Fellowship provides an advanced educational experience for 8 North American general thoracic Fellows and their attending surgeons to spend a two-day period at Intuitive Surgical’s Atlanta, GA facility to experience an advanced training course on Intuitive Surgical’s da Vinci System. Successful applicants will receive a mixture of didactic and hands-on lectures to maximize the value of the Fellowship. The Fellowship is funded and administered by the AATS Graham Foundation and provides successful applicants a grant of $2,500 to defray the costs of roundtrip travel and accommodations to the center in Atlanta, GA. Eligibility To be eligible for an award, applicants must meet the following minimum requirements: Applicants should be a senior Fellow in thoracic surgical training or a young junior faculty member in the first five years of an academic appointment. The attending surgeon joining the fellow should have reached a senior level position in thoracic surgery and has quarterly or monthly robotics minimum case volume. To be completed prior to attending the 2-day course Da Vinci Technology Online Modules: Complete a set of interactive online modules...
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