Career Development Award	Deadline January 8, 2009
This award for young faculty members ($50,000 per year for two years) is to assist in the establishment of investigators, basic or clinical, in digestive diseases.
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2008 – 2010 Winner Kaye M. Reid Lombardo, M.D. Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN "Inflammation-Related Genes as Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer" 2007-2009 Winner Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD Indiana University Indianapolis, IN "Adipokines and Obesity in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis" 2006-2008 Winner Rosa F. Hwang, MD University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX "The Role of Tumor-Associated Stroma in the Regulation of Pancreatic Cancer Progression" Rosa Hwang's report 2005-2007 Winner Timothy A. Pritts, MD, PhD University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH "Regulation of Toll-Like Receptors in the Gastrointestinal Tract by the Inflammatory Response to Injury" Timothy Pritts's report 2004-2006 Winner Robert C. G. Martin, II, M.D University of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky "Oxidative Stress in the Progression of Barrett's Esophagus to Adenocarcinoma Utilizing a Novel External Esophageal Profusion Model." Robert Martin's report 2003-2005 Winner David Shibata, MD H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, Florida "Effects of HPP1 Gene Modulation in Gastrointestinal Cell Lines" David Shibata's report 2002-2004 Winner Ming Pan, MD Penn State College of Medicine Hershey, Pennsylvania "Regulation of Intestinal Glutamine Absorption in Sepsis" Ming Pan's report
Karen and Josef E. Fischer International Traveling Fellowship for Surgeons in Academic Practice	Deadline February 1, 2009
The goal of this traveling fellowship is to promote interaction and learning among junior academic surgeons in the SSAT with surgical units overseas. One awardee each year will be funded to visit International GI Surgery units and an International Meeting. A stipend of up to $5,000 will be provided to the Traveling Fellow to defray reasonable costs for travel, lodging, and meals.
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2008 Winner: Charles M. Vollmer, Jr, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA 2007 Winner: Timothy M. Pawlik, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD 2006 Winner: Michael J. Rosen, MD Case Western Reserve School of Medicine University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, OH Michael Rosen's report 2005 Winner: Daniel J. Scott, MD Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA Daniel Scott's report 2004 Winner: Julianne Bingener, MD University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas Julianne Bingener's report
Traveling Fellowship for Surgeons within the U.S. or Canada	Deadline February 1, 2009
The goal of this traveling fellowship is to promote interaction and learning among SSAT members within the United States or Canada. The travelling fellow will visit a University-affiliated or academic practice of his/her choosing, within the United States or Canada, for a period of 6 to 10 days, under the sponsorship of a Society member at the hosting institution. A stipend of up to $3,500 will be provided to the Traveling Fellow, to defray reasonable costs for travel, lodging and meals.
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2008 Winner: Elijah Dixon, MD University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Center Calgary, AB

2007 Winner: George B. Kazantsev First Surgical Consultants Oakland, CA George Kazantsev's report

2006 Winners: Thomas S. Helling, MD Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown, PA Thomas Helling's report Mark H. Whiteford Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR Flexible Endoscopy Fellowship Mark Whiteford's report

2005 Winners: Shaikh A. Hai, MD Wake Medical Center Raleigh, NC Shaikh Hai's report Sadik Yildirim, MD Sisli Etfal Teaching & Research Hospital Etiler, Istanbul, Turkey Sadik Yildirim's report

2003 Winner: Marian Passaro McDonald, MD, FACS Keystone Surgical Associates Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Marian McDonald's report