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AATS Foundation Evarts A. Graham Memorial Traveling Fellowship Awardees

2026-2027

Nabil Hussein, MD
Rotherham, United Kingdom
  • Host Mentor: Osami Honjo, MD
  • Host Institution: SickKids Hospital
Abubakar Ibn Sidik, MD
Moscow, Russia
  • Host Mentor: Marc R. Moon, MD & Joseph S. Coselli, MD
  • Host Institution: Texas Heart Institute / Baylor College of Medicine

2025-2026

Miia Lehtinen, MD
Helsinki, Finland
  • Host Mentor: Douglas R. Johnston, MD & Victor Pretorious, MD
  • Host Institution: Northwestern Memorial Hospital & UCLA San Diego
Wang Shuai, MD
Shanghai, China
  • Host Mentor: Stephen D. Cassivi, MD
  • Host Institution: Mayo Clinic Thoracic Surgery

2024-2025

Hao Li, MD
Beijing, China
  • Host Mentor: Scott J. Swanson, MD
  • Host Institution: Brigham and Women's Hospital
Hiroaki Osada, MD
Kyoto, Japan
  • Host Mentor: Marc Moon, MD
  • Host Institution: Texas Heart Institute/Baylor College of Medicine

2023-2024

Giovanni Comacchio, MD
Padova, Italy
  • Host Mentor: Daniela Molena, MD
  • Host Institution: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Chengming Fan, MD
Changsha, China
  • Host Mentor: Bo Yang, MD
  • Host Institution: Frankel Cardiovascular Center

2022-2023

Jiang Long, MD, PhD
Guangzhou, China
  • Host Mentor: Yolonda Colson, MD
  • Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital
Syed Rehman, MD
London, United Kingdom
  • Host Mentor: Marc Gillinov, MD
  • Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic

2021-2022

Francesca D’Auria, MD
Novara, Italy
  • Host Mentor: Marc R. Moon, MD
  • Host Institution: Baylor College of Medicine
Victor A. Paz Flores, MD
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
  • Host Mentor: Victor O. Morell, MD
  • Host Institution: Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

2020-2021

Omar A. Jarral, MD
London, United Kingdom
  • Host Mentor: Joseph E. Bavaria, Jr., MD
  • Host Institution: University of Pennsylvania

2019-2020

Laura Besola, MD
Padova, Italy
  • Host Mentor: Anson Cheung, MD
  • Host Institution: St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver

2018-2019

Khurshid Saitazizov, MD
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
  • Host Mentor: Pedro J. del Nido, MD
  • Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital

2017-2018

Taylan Adademir, MD
Istanbul, Turkey
  • Host Mentor: Ralph J. Damiano, Jr., MD
  • Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis

2016-2017

Konrad Hoetzenecker, MD
Vienna, Austria
  • Host Mentor: Thomas K. Waddell, MD
  • Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital

2015 - 2016

Yaxing Shen, MD
Shanghai, China
  • Host Mentor: Thomas A. D'Amico, MD
  • Host Institution: Duke University

2014 - 2015

Joon Bum Kim, MD
Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Host Mentor: Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
  • Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

2013 - 2014

Haifeng Wang, MD
Shanghai, China
  • Host Mentor: Douglas J. Mathisen, MD
  • Host Institution: Massachusetts General Hospital

2012 - 2013

Stephane Collaud, MD
Zurich, Switzerland
  • Host Mentor: Shaf Keshavjee, MD
  • Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital

2011 - 2012

Zhi - gang Li, MD
Shanghai, China
  • Host Mentor: Thomas W. Rice, MD
  • Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic

2010 - 2011

Mohsen Ibrahim, MD
Rome, Italy
  • Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
  • Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis

2009 - 2010

Juan Fibla, MD
Barcelona, Spain
  • Host Mentor: Mark S. Allen, MD
  • Host Institution: Mayo Clinic

2008 - 2009

Sachin Talwar, MD
New Delhi, India
  • Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
  • Host Institution: Children's National Medical Center

2007 - 2008

Ioannis Toumpoulis, MD
Athens, Greece
  • Host Mentor: Sidney Levitsky, MD
  • Host Institution: Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston

2006 - 2007

Ari Mennander, MD
Tampere, Finland
  • Host Mentor: Christopher G. A. McGregor, MD
  • Host Institution: Mayo Clinic

2005 - 2006

Zsolt Tóth, MD, PhD
Pécs, Hungary
  • Host Mentor: Thoralf M. Sundt, III, MD
  • Host Institution: Mayo Clinic

2004 - 2005

Smruti Ranjan Mohanty, MD
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
  • Host Mentor: Edward L. Bove, MD
  • Host Institution: University of Michigan

2003 - 2004

Edvin Prifti, MD
Tirana, Albania
  • Host Mentor: Bernard S. Goldman, MD
  • Host Institution: Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Center

2002 - 2003

Cliff K.C. Choong, MD
Auckland, New Zealand
  • Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
  • Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis

2001 - 2002

Anna Maria Ciccone, MD
Rome, Italy
  • Host Mentor: G. Alexander Patterson, MD
  • Host Institution: Washington University, St. Louis

2000 - 2001

Albertus M. Scheule, MD
Tuebingen, Germany
  • Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
  • Host Institution: Children's National Medical Center

1999 - 2000

Anders Franco - Cereceda, MD
Sweden
  • Host Mentor: Delos M. Cosgrove, MD, & Patrick M. McCarthy, MD
  • Host Institution: Cleveland Clinic

1998 - 1999

Christian Kreutzer, MD
Buenos Aires, Argentina
  • Host Mentor: Richard A. Jonas, MD
  • Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital

1997 - 1998

Jun Wan, MD
P.R. of China
  • Host Mentor: Mark K. Ferguson, MD
  • Host Institution: University of Chicago

1996 - 1997

Monica Robotin-Johnson, MD
France
  • Host Mentor: James L. Cox, MD
  • Host Institution: Georgetown University

1995 - 1996

Cornelius McKown Dyke, MD
United States
  • Host Mentor: Andrew S. Wechsler, MD
  • Host Institution: Drexel University College of Medicine

1993 - 1994

Alain Serraf, MD
Morocco
  • Host Mentor: Aldo R. Castaneda, MD
  • Host Institution: Boston Children's Hospital

1992 - 1993

Timothy E. Oaks, MD
United States
  • Host Mentor: John A. Waldhausen, MD
  • Host Institution: Hershey Medical Center

1991 - 1992

Ko Bando, MD, PhD
Japan
  • Host Mentor: Bartley P. Griffith, MD
  • Host Institution: University of Maryland

1989 - 1990

Christopher Knott - Craig, MD
South Africa
  • Host Mentor: Gordon K. Danielson, MD
  • Host Institution: Mayo Clinic

1980-1989

1988 - 1989

Wang Cheng, MD
P R China

1987 - 1988

Byung - Chul Chang, MD
Korea

1986 - 1987

Ari L.J. Harjula, MD
Finland

1985 - 1986

Florentino J. Vargas, MD
Argentina

1984 - 1985

Aram Smolinsky, MD
Israel

1983 - 1984

Georg S. Kobinia, MD
Austria

1982 - 1983

Yasuhisa Shimazaki, MD
Japan

1981 - 1982

Claudio A. Salles, MD
Brazil

1981 - 1982

Richard Firmin, MD
England

1970-1979

1978 - 1979

Eduardo Otero Coto, MD
Spain

1977 - 1978

Alan William Gale, MD, FRACS
Australia

1976 - 1977

Bum Koo Cho, MD
Korea

1975 - 1976

Mieczyslaw Trenkner, MD
Poland

1974 - 1975

J.J. DeWet Lubbe, MD
South Africa

1973 - 1974

Marc Roger deLeval, MD
England

1972 - 1973

Yasuyuki Fujiwara, MD
Japan

1971 - 1972

Severi Pellervo Mattila, MD
Finland

1970 - 1971

Michel S. Slim, MD
Lebanon

1969 - 1970

Peter Bruecke, MD
Austria

1960-1969

1967 - 1968

Claus Jessen, MD
Denmark

1966 - 1967

G.B. Parulkar, MD
India

1966 - 1967

C. Peter Clarke, F.R.A.C.S.
Australia

1965 - 1966

Ary Blesovsky, MD
England

1965 - 1966

Gerhard Friehs, MD
Austria

1964 - 1965

Elias Carapistolis, MD
Greece

1964 - 1965

Stuart C. Lennox, MD
England

1963 - 1964

Adar J. Hallen, MD
Sweden

1963 - 1964

Masahiro Saigusa, MD
Japan

1962 - 1963

Theodor M. Scheinin, MD
Finland

1961 - 1962

Fritz Helmer, MD
Austria

1960 - 1961

Godrej S. Karai, MD
India

1950-1959

1958 - 1959

N.G. Meyne, MD
Holland

1957 - 1958

Peter L. Brunnen, F.R.C.S.
Scotland

1956 - 1957

Mathias Paneth, F.R.C.S.
England

1955 - 1956

Raymond L. Hurt, F.R.C.S.
England

1954 - 1955

Lance L. Bromley, M.Chir, F.R.C.S.
England

1953 - 1954

W.B. Ferguson, M.B., F.R.C.S.
England

1951 - 1952

L.L. Whytehead, MD, F.R.C.S.
Canada