SSAT Public Service Award	Deadline September 30, 2010
The SSAT Board of Trustees, at its May 2008 meeting, voted to establish the SSAT Public Service Award, to recognize an individual or organization from the lay community that has impacted the public by promoting or creating awareness of gastrointestinal health. The recipient should have dedicated considerable time and/or expertise to significantly impact the advancement of the lay public to understand or cope with problems of gastrointestinal health. Individuals/Organizations from the public as well as from the private sectors are eligible. Nominations must include: 1) a letter of recommendation from an SSAT member that summarizes the specific accomplishments of the nominee, and 2) the curriculum vitae of the individual or resume of the organization.
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2009 Recipient Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Career Development Award	Deadline January 7, 2011
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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2010 - 2012 Recipient Peter F. Nichol, M.D., Ph.D. University of Wisconsin Madison, WI "Decoding the Signals of Intestinal Growth from Atresias to Develop New Therapies for Short Gut Syndrome" 2009 – 2011 Recipient David Bentrem, M.D. Northwestern University Chicago, IL "Study of 5-Lipoxygenase, an Arachidonic Acid Pathway Enzyme, in Colon Cancer" 2008 – 2010 Recipient Kaye M. Reid Lombardo, M.D. Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN "Inflammation-Related Genes as Risk Factors for Pancreatic Cancer" Kaye Reid Lombardo’s report 2007-2009 Recipient Nicholas J. Zyromski, MD Indiana University Indianapolis, IN "Adipokines and Obesity in the Pathogenesis of Acute Pancreatitis" Nicholas Zyromski’s report 2006-2008 Recipient 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 Recipient 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 Recipient 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 Recipient 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 Recipient 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, 2011
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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2010 Recipient: Clifford S. Cho, MD University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, WI 2009 Recipient: Thomas A. Aloia, MD The Methodist Hospital Houston, TX 2008 Recipient: Charles M. Vollmer, Jr, MD Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA Charles Vollmer's Report 2007 Recipient: Timothy M. Pawlik, MD Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD Timothy Pawlik's Report 2006 Recipient: Michael J. Rosen, MD Case Western Reserve School of Medicine University Hospitals of Cleveland Cleveland, OH Michael Rosen's report 2005 Recipient: Daniel J. Scott, MD Tulane University School of Medicine New Orleans, LA Daniel Scott's report 2004 Recipient: Julianne Bingener, MD University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, Texas Julianne Bingener's report
Carol and Tom R. DeMeester Traveling Fellowship for Surgeons within the U.S. or Canada	Deadline March 1, 2011
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 Recipient: Elijah Dixon, MD University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Center Calgary, AB Elijah Dixon's report 2007 Recipient: George B. Kazantsev First Surgical Consultants Oakland, CA George Kazantsev's report 2006 Recipients: 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 Recipients: 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 Recipient: Marian Passaro McDonald, MD, FACS Keystone Surgical Associates Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Marian McDonald's report