What People Are Saying about the Foundation

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We started the first lung transplant program for insured and uninsured patients in Africa in 2017. The opportunity to visit a high-volume center in Phoenix helped capacitate our team and improve our experience.

Greg Calligaro, MD
2018 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
Groote Schuur Hospital | Cape Town, South Africa

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Owing to this grant, I was able to develop my career in lung transplantation, and now I am a surgical director of lung transplantation in our hospital.

Seiichiro Sugimoto, MD, PhD
2008 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Recipient
Okayama University Hospital | Okayama, Japan

Headshot of Saptharishi Ganesan

The ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship exposed me to ECLS support for advanced heart and lung failure. As a Pediatric intensivist, this helped me appreciate the immense impact this has on children and their families.

Saptharishi Ganesan, MD
2015 International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
The University of Western Ontario | London, ON Canada

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This ISHLT grant allowed me to begin, run, complete, and prepare a novel feasibility trial for publication in the area of physiotherapy management during postoperative lung transplant recovery.

Ben Tarrant, PhD
2019 Nursing Research Grant Recipient
Alfred University | Melbourne, VIC Australia

Headshot of Tereza Martinu

The ISHLT career development award was a very important grant for me, allowing me to move towards an independent research career. Even though it was not a huge sum of money, it was enough to afford me some scientific independence.

Tereza Martinu, MD
2008 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Recipient
Toronto General Hospital | Toronto, ON Canada

Headshot of Arezu Aliabadi-Zuckermann

Based on training by Peter McDonal and Kumud Dhital on starting and running a DCD heart transplant program, I built up a program in Vienna and did the first DCD heart transplant in Austria with my team. The award was an absolute game changer!

Arezu Z. Aliabadi-Zuckermann, MD
2015 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
Medical University of Vienna | Vienna, Austria