TSFRE/Edwards Lifesciences New And Emerging Technology Fellowship provides support of up to $30,000 per year for each fellow to allow for travel, temporary relocation and training costs associated with one identified center where the Fellow will spend approximately 3 months learning new and emerging technology and skills.
	Andrea Colli, M.D., Leipzig Heart Center "Endovascular Stents"
	Cosmin Dobrescu, M.D., Arizona Heart Center "Endovascular Stents"
	Robert Smith, M.D., Leipzig Heart Center "Minimally Invasive/Percutaneous Valve"
Simulation Grants provides grants to support the demonstration study for the application of simulation in thoracic surgery education.
	Emile Bacha, M.D., Children's Hospital of Boston "Improving Performance of Emergent ECMO Cannulation in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Using High-Fidelity Simulation"
	Yvonne Carter, M.D., Georgetown University Medical Center "Development of a Minimally Invasive Simulator for Thoracic Surgery Training"
	James I. Fann, M.D., Stanford University Medical Center "Simulation in Cardiac Valve Surgery and Cardiac Surgery Crisis Management "
	Richard H. Feins, M.D., University of North Carolina School of Medicine "Thoracic Resection Simulation "
	Eugene A. Grossi, M.D., New York University School of Medicine "Cognitive Task Training for Right Upper Lobe Resection Simulator "
	Nabil Rizk, M.D., Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center "Thoracic Endoscopic Surgery Simulator"
	Ashish Shah, M.D., Johns Hopkins Hospital "Simulation Training for Post Operative Cardiac Instability and Collapse "
TSFRE Research Fellowship provide support of up to $35,000 a year for up to 2 years for surgical residents who have not yet completed cardiothoracic surgical training.
	Onkar Khullar, M.D., Brigham & Women's Hospital "Prevention of Nodal Metastasis in Lung Cancer via Lymphatic Trafficking of Paclitaxel-Loaded Expansile Nanoparticles"
	Karen M. Kim, M.D., Massachusetts General Hospital "The Effect of Donor Brain Death and Prolonged Cold Ischemia on Cardiac Allograft Tolerance in Miniature Swine"
	Alykhan Nagji, M.D., University of Virginia "Effect of Combined Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors and Proteasome Inhibitors on Epithelial-Mesenchymal-Transition in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells"
TSFRE Research Grants provide operational support of original research efforts by cardiothoracic surgeons who have completed their formal training, and who are seeking initial support and recognition for their research program. Awards of up to $30,000 a year for up to 2 years are made each year to support the work of an early-career cardiothoracic surgeon (within 5 years of first faculty appointment).
	Ashish Shah, M.D., Johns Hopkins University "Consequences of Phosphodiesterase Type 5 Inhibition on Nitric Oxide Synthase Biochemistry in Experimental Lung Transplantation"
	Sai Yendamuri, M.D., Roswell Park Cancer Institute "A MicroRNA Profile to Predict Recurrence After Surgical Resection of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer"
TSFRE Career Development Award salary support of up to $50,000 a year for up to 2 years for applicants who have completed their residency training and who wish to pursue investigative careers in cardiothoracic surgery.
	Arnar Geirsson, M.D., Yale University "Role of Micro RNA in Cardiac Ischemia and Heart Failure"