Young Scholars Memorial Fellowship Award

This is an international award to promote an enriching and supportive climate that shines a spotlight on brilliant young shoulder and elbow surgeons and encourage the pursuit of academic excellence and involvement.  This award is to be given out yearly to “young scholars,” defined as shoulder/elbow surgeons in their first (5) years of clinical practice or Shoulder & Elbow Fellows. This award was created to honor some of the young shoulder & elbow surgeons we have lost prematurely, including Doug Harryman, Alexandra “Sandy” Kirkley, Birgit Werner, and Dominik Meyer.  Two awards will be given annually.  The award will provide the recipient $2500.00 USD to assist with their attendance to the ASES Annual Meeting.  One award will be specifically targeted each year to an under-represented group in shoulder / elbow surgery. This is an international award and is open to all nationalities.

Applications for the 2025 YSMF Award are due by December 1st, 2024.

For more information on this award, interested applicants may contact Steve Mlodoch (smlodoch@ases-assn.org), Dr. Vani Sabesan (sabes001@gmail.com) or Dr. Oke Anakwenze (oke.anakwenze@duke.edu).

Mission Statement

  • The mission of the Young Scholars Memorial Scholarship is to promote an enriching and supportive climate that shines a spotlight on brilliant young surgeons and encourage the pursuit of academic excellence.
  • This award strives to transform our academic community into a place where all will thrive and succeed in an ever-changing global community of shoulder and elbow surgeons.

Daniel Goltz
Shahbaz Malik

Mariano Menendez, MD
Gabrielle Ode, MD

William Aibinder, MD
Michael Fu, MD

Allison Rao, MD
Jean Werthel, MD

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