Awards and Scholarship
The 2012 Scholarship Award is now closed
Description: Two scholarships of $10,000 each will be awarded for travel and training in liver transplantation. One scholarship will be for basic science and one for clinical research. The awards helps fund the recipient for training in liver transplantation (either transplant hepatology or transplant surgery, anesthesia/critical care or basic science) under the tutelage of an ILTS member. The goal is to encourage a career in clinical or translational science related to liver transplantation.
The 2012 International Travel Scholarship Award site is now closed and will re-open September 2012.
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD
The ILTS Distinguished Service award is presented annually to a member who has demonstrated outstanding service to ILTS and is a recognized leader in the area of liver transplantation.
Distinguished Service Award Winners
1993: Thomas Starzl, MD
1995: Sir Roy Calne
2002: David Thiel, MD
2003: Paul McMaster, MD & William Wall, MD
2004: Koichi Tanaka, MD, PhD
2005: Byers W. Shaw, MD & Michael F. Sorrell,MD
2006: Jean-Bernard Otte, MD, PhD
2007: YooGoo Kang, MD
2008: Russell Wiesner, MD
2009: John Fung, MD, PhD & William Merritt, MD, MBA
2010: Sue V. McDiarmid, MD & Federico Villamil, MD
2011: Ronald W. Busuttil, MD, PhD and Professor Roger Williams, CBE, MD, FRCP, FRCS, FRCPE, FRACP, FMedSci, FRCPI(Hon), FACP(Hon)
INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR AWARD
This award from the International Liver Transplantation Society provides $10,000 dollars for travel and training in liver transplantation. The award helps fund the recipient for training in liver transplantation (either transplant hepatology or transplant surgery ,anesthesia/critical care or basic science) under the tutelage of an ILTS member. The goal is to encourage a career in academic liver transplantation.
Scholarship Recipients
2008: Karina Rando, MD, Uruguay
2009: Jiunn Chang Lin, MD, Taiwan
2010: Vikram Raut, MBBS, MD, India
2011: Ahmed Elsabbagh, MD, MS
VANGUARD AWARD
The Vanguard Awards are designed to recognize two outstanding ILTS members who are age 42 and younger. These awards of $1,500 each (one clinical and one basic) will be awarded for best papers published in any journal from January 2011 through December 2011. Click here to view the application
