THE ISSLS CLINICAL TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP – SPONSORED BY NIPPON ZOKI
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2023 Clinical Travelling Fellowship recipient announced
Congratulations to Dr Hong-Jae Lee of South Korea, who has been awarded the 2023 Clinical Travelling Fellowship, sponsored by Nippon Zoki. Dr Lee will travel to Boston, USA, to complete his Fellowship with Professor James Kang.
The ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship, sponsored by Nippon Zoki, carries prize money of US$5,000 towards travel and accommodation costs. It is open to junior faculty members (in practice for fewer than 10 years) from any country or part of the world. It is judged by the ISSLS Fellowship Committee, who review each application and make a decision, which is based on merit and qualifications, with an emphasis on scholarly activities and clinical experience. The winner is announced during the Fellowship Ceremony at the ISSLS Annual Meeting.
Judged by the Fellowship Committee:
Miho Sekiguchi (Chair)
Fabio Galbusera
Nam Vo
Kazuhiro Chiba (ISSLS President)
Daisuke Sakai (ISSLS Secretary)
Applications for the 2024 Fellowship are now closed.
Submission Deadline: Closed for 2024
Application criteria
Please provide the following:
Curriculum vitae
Two letters of reference from active ISSLS members
Invitation letter from the ISSLS member you wish to visit during your fellowship – duration of fellowship: one to four weeks
Description of the reasons for seeking the fellowship that includes:
The candidate’s background, training, practice type and hospital appointment(s)
Identified goals of the fellowship and post-fellowship plans.
Following completion of Fellowship
The recipient must prepare a report for submission to the ISSLS Fellowship Committee and attend the ISSLS Annual Meeting in the following year to present their report at the Fellowship Ceremony.
Send completed application documents to the ISSLS Secretariat: ISSLS@asnevents.net.au.
Previous Fellowship winners
The 2020 ISSLS Clinical Travelling Fellowship was awarded to Dr Peng Yin from the Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China. He will visit Dr Richard Guyer at the Texas Back Institute in Plano, Texas, USA. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and associated travel restrictions, Dr Yin will complete his fellowship when international travel is again possible.
2020 – Peng Yin, Department of Orthopaedics, Beijing Chao-Yang Hospital, China, visiting Richard Guyer, Texas Back Institute, Plano, USA,
2019 – Shashidhar Bangalore Kantharajanna, Bangalore, India, visiting Christoph Siepe, Munich, Germany Read the report
2018 – Xiao-Long Chen, Beijing, China visiting Ashish Diwan, Sydney Australia Read the report
2017 – Gianluca Vadalà, Italy, visiting Daisuke Sakai, Japan Read the report