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Spotlight on CESERT Pyramid Grant Awardees!

CESERT Pyramid Grant Awardees!

The Association for Surgical Education Foundation was established by the Association for Surgical Education (ASE) as a non-profit foundation in 1993. Its mission is to raise and disseminate funds to support innovative research and education projects and programs which will advance surgical education in North America. The Association and the ASE Foundation are separately-incorporated organizations.

Questions? Please contact our Executive Director and Grant Administrator, Christelle Menetrier @ [email protected].

2025 ASE FOUNDATION CESERT PYRAMID GRANT AWARDS

The Association for Surgical Education Foundation (ASEF) is excited to announce the awardees of surgical education research grants to start July 1, 2025.

Giant Robot ($25,000) Sponsored by Intuitive

The Impact of Gesture Based Feedback on Trainee Intestinal Robotic Anastomosis Skills

Diana Garces Palacios, MD (PI), UT Southwestern

Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, MD (C0-PI), UT Southwestern

Determining the Effectiveness of Tailoring Robotic Surgery Skills Training to Learner Cognitive Load on Skill Acquisition: A Randomized Control Trial

Noosha Deravi, MD, (PI), Indiana University

Dimitrios Stefanidis, MD, (Co-Pi), Indiana University

Platinum ($10,000)

Quality and Equitability of Surgical Subinternships

Jonah Thomas, MD, MS (PI), Mass General/ Harvard

Diamond ($2,500)

Transforming operative notes into large-volume assessment tools using natural language processing

Ruchi Thanawala, MD, MS, (PI), Oregon Health & Science University

Phillip Jenkins MD, (PI), Oregon Health & Science University

Julie Doberne, PhD, (Co-PI), Oregon Health & Science University

Steven Bedrick, PhD, (Co-PI), Oregon Health & Science University

Decoding the Impact of Preference Signals on General Surgery Residency Selection: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Program Directors, Applicants, and Medical Student Advisors

Sarah Lund, MD (PI), Mayo Clinic

Trenton Foster, MD (Co-PI), Mayo Clinic

Gold ($500)

Creation of an Artificial Intelligence Tutor for Promoting Surgical Educator Use of Growth Mindset Language

Rebecca Hoffman, MD (PI), Geisinger Medical Center

Michael Furey, DO (Co-PI), Geisinger Medical Center

Educational scholarship as a pathway for promotion in academic surgery: An assessment 20 years later

Jennifer Yu MD, MPHS, (PI), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Nicole Santucci, MD, MA, (Co-PI), Paul E. Wise, MD, (Co-PI), Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Defining Operative Autonomy: Perspectives from Surgical Residents and Faculty

Nina Zhao MD, MAEd, (PI), University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University

Hayley Baker, MD, (Co-PI), University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Examining national trends of surgery resident participation in patient safety and quality improvement

Jasmine Estrada MD, (PI), University of Iowa

Hassan Aziz, MD, (Co-PI), University of Iowa

Comprehensive Evaluation of the Vascular Surgery Leadership Development Program

Tiffany Bellomo MD, (PI), Mass General/Harvard Medical School

Babak Abai, MD (Co-PI), Roy Phitayakorn, MD, (Co-PI), Mass General/ Harvard Medical School

Development of Robotic Surgery Curriculum for Cardiothoracic Surgery Training

Chase Marso, (PI), Mass General/Harvard Medical School

Roy Phitayakorn, MD, (Co-PI), Mass General/ Harvard Medical School

Behind a Mask of Shame: A Hermeneutic Phenomenologic Exploration of Surgical Residents’ Experiences with Shame

Steven Thornton MD, (PI), Duke University

Jacob A. Greenberg, MD, (Co-PI), William Bynum, MD, (Co-PI), Duke University

Simulation-based Verbal De-escalation Training for Surgery Residents: A Needs Assessment

Melissa Brunsvold MD, FACS, FCCM, (PI), University of Minnesota

Lauren Weaver, MD, (Co-PI), University of Minnesota

From the Perspective of Graduates: Exploring Participation and Impact of the ACS-AEI Accredited Fellowship Program

Michael Healy EdD, (PI), Mass General/Harvard

Dandan Chen, PhD, (Co-PI), Mass General/Harvard

Thank you to Intuitive for sponsoring the Giant Robot Grants,
and to
Surgical Science Simbionix Simulators
for sponsoring a Diamond Grant!

Your support helps fund our grants for ASE Members: https://www.surgicaleducation.com/your-donation/

The Gold, Diamond, Platinum and Giant Robotic grants are described below:

Gold-level grants range from $500-$1000 USD each and ideally suited to fund small surgery education projects such as survey research projects. The timeline for these projects should be within one academic year.

Diamond-level grants are well-suited for mixed methods surgery education projects. The timeline for these projects should be within one to two academic years.

The Platinum level grant is designed to support multi-institutional research projects. The timeline for these projects should be two academic years.

The Giant Robot grant will be funded as two grants of $25,000 USD for 2022. It is designed to support research projects that focus on robotic surgery research questions including curriculum design, training programs, assessment metrics, and patient outcomes. The timeline for these projects should be two academic years. The $25,000 grant will be distributed in two payments (July 2024, and January 2025).

For all grants funds must be used for direct costs or to support a research assistant, statistician, or other study staff. Funds cannot be used for indirect costs, administrative or travel costs, publication costs, or salary support for the Principal Investigator, Co-PIs, or collaborators.

Questions? Please contact our Executive Director and Grants Administrator, Christelle Menetrier @ [email protected]. 

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