Congratulations to the 2010 Award Recipients

Congratulations to Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles and Mark Hardy, MD, Columbia University Medical Center, as the 2010 recipients of the ASTS Francis Moore Excellence in Mentorship in Transplantation Surgery Award. They will be honored formally during the Annual Vanguard Committee Reception and Awards Ceremony held during the 2010 ASTS State of the Art Winter Symposium this January 15 – 17, 2010. The Vanguard Committee created this award to recognize the outstanding efforts of established surgeons for their mentorship of fellows and junior faculty. The award is designed to foster excellent mentorship and acknowledge the time and effort required to advance the careers of new investigators and clinicians.


Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles

Mentoring (I think) isn’t about telling you what to do or putting you on some committee; it’s about showing you how to do it. He taught me, he showed me, himself, how to do it.  He showed me how you take care of these patients. He showed me that he, and now I, could make these incredibly sick people better.  It changed my whole life.  I’ll just say that he was the most incredible mentor a young person could have.   What he does for fellows is show them the mission and send them out in the world to expand the endeavor as well prepared as they can possibly be. He gives you his confidence and optimism.

          -     Andrew Cameron, MD, PhD, Johns Hopkins University

• The nominator must write a maximum 500 word description of the mentor’s contributions to his/her training and career
  
  
• Provide a current CV for the nominated mentor
    
  
• Junior members of the ASTS (candidate members or junior faculty within 5 years of fellowship) may nominate 1 mentor annually for this award
   
  
• No mentor can win the prize more than once every 5 years

SELECTION

• The Vanguard Committee shall review all nominations and present recommendations to to the ASTS Council for approval
  
  
• Selection will be based upon contributions made by the mentor, clinical or research success of the nominator, and a history of mentorship for other trainees 
  
  
• Please Note: The funding of ASTS research awards is contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of qualified applications.

THE AWARD

• Three nights' hotel accommodations to attend the ASTS State of the Art Winter Symposium
  
  
• Complimentary registration to Pre-Meeting Course and Winter Symposium
  
  
• Reimbursement of travel expenses, according to the ASTS reimbursement policy