Surgery 

• Contact Teayra Dillard (Surgery Interest Group Research Director) for access to SIG research documents and research opportunities (dillard.25@wright.edu)

Summer Research Opportunities: 

• List of Various Specialty Research Opportunities 

Specific Opportunities in Surgical-Related Fields

• American Association of Thoracic Surgery Summer Intern Scholarship Program

  • 8-week summer scholarship

  • Application Deadline: December 2nd, 2024

• American Vascular Association - Student Research Fellowship

  • $3000 to work on a project of 2-12 months 

  • Application Deadline: February 15th, 2024

• American Association of Neurological Surgeons Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • Summer research program for students interested in neurosurgery 

  • Application Deadline: Passed (possible future deadline December 2024)

• Hospital for Special Surgery - Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • 8-week summer research program for orthopedic surgery

  • $5,000 stipend

  • Application Deadline: Passed (possible future deadline January 2025)

• Summer Oncology Research Fellowship - Children's Hospital LA Division of Hem-Onc

  • 8-15 weeks for students who are considering a biomedical career that involves cancer research

  • Application Deadline: Passed (possible future deadline January 2025)

• Medical Student Summer Research Experience in Radiation Oncology

  • 10-week summer program for M1 students interested in Radiation Oncology 

  • Application Deadline: Passed (possible future deadline January 2025)

• Plastic Surgery Summer Program - NYU Grossman School of Medicine

  • 8-week summer program that allows basic science or clinical research with NYU faculty 

  • Application Deadline: February 2nd, 2024

• General Thoracic Surgery Service Summer Scholars Program (Mass Gen)

  • 8-week clinical and research program to give exposure to the specialty of thoracic surgery; students also have the opportunity to publish and conduct research

  • Application Deadline: March 1st, 2024

• Medical Student Summer Research Programs (UAB)

  • Various programs 

  • Application Deadline: March 31st, 2024

• MSK 2024 Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship

  • This program aims to enhance the students' knowledge about cancer and to stimulate research careers in this discipline

  • Application Deadline: February 2nd, 2024

• Medical Student Summer Scholars Program

  • The Ross Student Research Internship is a 9-week long paid internship designed to expose first-year medical students, undergraduate and post-graduate students to clinical surgery, trauma, and research.

  • Application Deadline: February 28th, 2024

• Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation - Summer Externship

  • This program offers unique and early clinical exposure related to the care of those with acute and chronic disabilities for comprehensive rehabilitation with clinical and research opportunities.

  • Application Deadline: Passed (will re-open in November 2024)

Priti Parikh, Ph.D | priti.parikh@wright.edu | General Surgery

Anil Krishnamurthy, MBBS | anil.krishnamurthy@wright.edu |Orthopaedic Surgery - Miami Valley

Catherine Sherwin, Ph.D | sshertwinC@childrensdayton.org,  cc: kovermanL1@childrensdayton.org | Pediatric Surgery

Michael Johnson, M.D. | michael.johnson774@gmail.com,  cc: nlbates@premierhealth.com |Plastic Surgery

• Annual Academic Surgical Conference

  • February 6th-8th, 2024, Washington D.C.

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: Open June 2024

• Clinical Congress 2024

  • October 19th-22nd, 2024, San Francisco, CA

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: now accepting

• American Transplant Congress

  • June 1st-5th, 2024, Philadelphia, PA

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: late breaking - February 9, 2024

• The American Journal of Surgery

• Annals of Surgery

• The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

• The Annals of Vascular Surgery