The ACR Foundation Goldberg-Reeder Resident Travel Grant awards grants each year to qualified radiology and radiation oncology residents and fellows seeking to spend at least one month assisting health care in a developing country. The grant was created to further encourage international volunteer service among members-in-training.
Apply by June 30.
How to Apply
- Submit the application form no later than June 30.
- Attach a current curriculum vitae
- Include a statement of how the fellowship relates to your career goals
- Provide a letter from your chair or group president expressing support for and agreeing to release you for the time necessary to complete grant-related activities
Responsibilities of the Fellow
- All grant applications must be submitted using the online form
- The grant is restricted to radiology and radiation oncology residents and fellows
- Two letters should accompany the application:
- A statement of intent by a sponsor, faculty or staff member of the health care organization abroad. Please include details about the goals of the visit in the letter.
- A statement of approval for participation and for time away from the applicant’s training program from the applicant’s program director (the director during the time of intended travel). Please include details about the goals of the visit in the letter.
- All submissions must be received no later than June 30
- Travel plans must be confirmed (i.e., plane tickets purchased, itinerary set) by no later than December 31 of the same year
- Travel must be to a developing country as defined by the World Bank
- Travel must be in conjunction with improving health care in the developing country
- Travel must be a minimum of one month of dedicated service in improving health care in the developing country
- Awardees must sign a waiver releasing the ACR of any liability or responsibility related to or in conjunction with their travel and stay
- Recipients will provide photos of their experience and agree to be interviewed about their experience for various ACR publications
- Recipients will provide a report summarizing the impact of their visit on them and on the facility. The summary should focus on what goals were met and/or what needs are still ongoing for the program at that institution
Past Recipients
Since 2008, the following residents have volunteered at medical facilities to help improve radiologic care for patients across the developing world.
2018
Maria Bedoya Valez, MD — Gaborone, Botswana
Jennifer Gillman, MD — Gaborone, Botswana
Shekinah Elmore, MD — Harare, Zimbabwe
Kaleigh Burke, MD — Lilonge, Malawi
Trenton Dittmer, MD — Masindi, Uganda
Lara Hewett, MD — Masindi, Uganda
Jeffrey Waltz, MD — Masindi, Uganda
2017
Naim Ali, MD — Uganda, Malawi and Namibia
Chika Nwachukwu, MD — Nigeria
Andrew Olsen, MD — Zambia
Krishna Patel, MD — Tanzania
2016
Lauren Saling, MD — Guatemala
Camilo James, MD — Ethiopia
Sonya Khan, MD — Pakistan
2015
Teodora Bochnakova, MD — Guyana
Judy Gichoya, MD — Kenya
Wojciech Kapalczynski, MD — Nepal
Frances Perez, MD — Peru
2014
Julie Greenwalt, MD — Nicaragua
Sahil Mehta, MD — Botswana
Kareem Rahbar, MD — Uganda
Karan Shah, MD — India
2013
Claire Alleyne, MD — Kenya
Maud Morshedi, MD — Mozambique
Kara-Lee Pool, MD — South Africa
Kosj Yamoah, MD — Ghana
2012
Surbhi Grover, MD — Botswana
Ifeanyi Onyeacholem, MD — Mozambique
Robin Sobolewski, MD — Cape Verde
Mary Wood, MD — Chile
2011
Nnenna Agoucha, MD — Nigeria
David Douglas, MD — Kenya (selected)
Peter Lokken, MD — Bangladesh
Ginger Merry, MD — Uganda
Barbara Nickel, MD — Kenya
2010
Rebecca Gerber, MD — Rwanda
Morlie Wang, MD — Cambodia
2009
Aarti Sekhar, MD — Tanzania
Sonia Bobra, MD — Tanzania
Dan Cooke, MD — Tanzania
Matthew Kogut, MD — Tanzania
The Road Well Traveled
Three 2017 awardees look back on their experience with the ACR Foundation’s Goldberg-Reeder Travel Grant.
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