F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship Awardees Named

The AATS is proud to announce the awardees of the F. Griffith Pearson Fellowship, the first “Honoring Our Mentors” Fellowship. The program acknowledges the leadership and dedication of surgeons in the field.

The awardees are James L. Lubawski, Jr., and Pablo Sanchez.

The fellowship supports surgeons who have finished their residencies, allowing them to advance their clinical techniques at a North American institution. Each winner will receive $3,500 to defray living expenses during his four to six weeks of training.

James L. Lubawski, Jr., MD

Institution: Central DuPage 
Hospital (Illinois)

Host Institution: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Fellowship Focus: Advanced lung cancer cases

Pablo Sanchez, MD

Institution: University of Maryland

Host Institution: Toronto General Hospital, Toronto Lung Transplant Program

Fellowship Focus: Build Ex Vivo Perfusion skills