1. The Foundation for Surgical
Fellowships
Applicant & Award Statistics
2014-2015

2. FSF Board of Directors
 Greg Stiegmann, MD
 Bruce Wolff, MD
 Ravi Chari, MD
 Patrick O’Leary, MD
 Kenneth Forde, MD
 Dennis Fowler, MD
 Donald Risucci, MD
 Jonathan Sackier, MD (Term ending 2013)
 Harvey Sugerman, MD

3. FSF Board of Directors Cont.
 Andrew Resnick, MD
 Edward Felix, MD
 Anthony Senagore, MD
 Thomas D’Amico, MD
 Richard Satava, MD
 Harmik Soukiasian,MD
 Alice Wei, MD

4. FSF Application Cycle
2014-2015
 Application Process Opens: January 21. 2014
 Application Process Closes: February 25, 2014
 Allocation of Awards: April 3rd, 2014
 Notification of Awards: May 5, 2014
 Deadline for Award Acceptance: June 16, 2014

5. FSF Funding Cycle 2011-2014
 Fellowships Begin: July 1st of the following year from
acceptance
 First Award Installment: 3rd week of October of the
following year
 Case Log Review: Every 2 months with a
comprehensive review at the end of the fellowship
year
 Second Award Installment: 3rd week of April of the
following year after program summary submission

6. FSF Donor’s Payments
Covidien:
 First monetary Installment: October 15, 2014
 Second monetary Installment: April 15, 2015
Ethicon:
 First monetary Installment: April 15, 2014
 Second monetary Installment: September 15, 2015

7. Overall Totals
2014-2015
Total Number of Individual Institutions that applied: 92
Total Number of Applications: 112
Total Fellowship positions applied for: 158
Total Fellowship positions awarded: 100.8
Total Fellowship positions returned: 4.5 (funds reallocated for 2013)
2014-2015
Total Number of Individual Institutions that applied: 91
Total Number of Applications: 120
Total Fellowship positions applied for: 166
Total Fellowship positions awarded: 150

8. Overall Totals
2014-2015
Total Fellowship position requests not awarded: 8
(encompasses all programs)
Total applicants that received no-fellowship grants at all: 8
Total applicants that received at least one (1) Position: 104
Total applicants that received multiple awards: 9
2013-2014
Total Fellowship position requests not awarded: 14
(encompasses all programs)
Total applicants that received no-fellowship grants at all: 4
Total applicants that received multiple awards: 29

9. Fellowship Positions Awarded
2013-2014
 Bariatric: 34
 Thoracic: 14
 HPB: 11
 MIS: 38
 Colorectal: 15
 MIS/BAR: 38
Total: 150
2014-2015
 Bariatric: 24
 Thoracic: 11
 HPB: 11
 MIS: 27
 Colorectal: 11
 MIS/BAR: 26
Total: 110

10. Programs That Received No Amount
of Funding(that qualified to apply)
2013-2014
 Bariatric: 0
 BAR/MIS:0
 Thoracic:0
 HPB 0
 MIS: 0
 Colorectal:0
2014-2015
 Bariatric: 2
 BAR/MIS:0
 Thoracic:0
 HPB: 2
 MIS: 4
 Colorectal:0
Total 8

11. Requested Positions Not
Funded
2013-2014
 Bariatric: 3
 BAR/MIS:6
 Thoracic:0
 HPB: 1
 MIS: 3
 Colorectal:1
Total: 14
2014-2015
 Bariatric: 2
 BAR/MIS:0
 Thoracic:0
 HPB: 2
 MIS: 5
 Colorectal:0
Total: 9

12. Percentage of Total Requested
Positions Funded
2013-2014
 Total: 90%
 Bariatric: 91%
 BAR/MIS: 86%
 Thoracic: 100%
 MIS: 93%
 HPB: 92%
 Colorectal: 88%
2014-2015
 Total: 81%
 Bariatric: 91%
 BAR/MIS: 85%
 Thoracic: 100%
 MIS: 81%
 HPB: 45%
 Colorectal:100%

13. Multiple Awards Received by
Discipline
2013-2014
 Bariatric: 7
 BAR/MIS:4
 Thoracic:5
 HPB: 1
 MIS: 6
 Colorectal:4
2014-2015
 Bariatric: 0
 BAR/MIS:0
 Thoracic:4
 HPB: 0
 MIS: 0
 Colorectal:4

14. Other Statistics
The FSF Class of 2014-2015:
 Has 7 private practice programs
 Represents 33 different states.
 Has 7 programs who applied in 2012 but
chose not to apply this year for a variety of
reasons.
 Has 6 ACGME Programs and 112 FC Programs