APSA Foundation

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APSAF Research Support Grants
APSA Foundation Scholarship Winners

The American Pediatric Surgical Association Foundation (APSAF) was founded to encourage the enrichment of APSA members by providing support for research projects that encompass the humanities, medical ethics, education, clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, health-care delivery, computer sciences, as well as clinical or laboratory research as they relate to the surgical sciences or to the delivery of pediatric surgical care.

These research development programs would be impossible to accomplish without the generous financial support and trust from the members of APSA and the general public.

How Your Donation Pays Off
Four of the nine recipients of the annual foundation enrichment grant award (see winners below) have subsequently received external funding from the NIH following their preliminary research accomplished with APSAF funds. Your tax-exempt contributions to APSAF have energized young and deserving pediatric surgeons to become some of the leading surgeon-scientists of the future.

Levels of Support
All contributions, large and small, are very much appreciated. We have a number of pre-set contribution levels starting under $100 dollars up to the $1000 Gold Supporter level and the $5000 Robert E. Gross Benefactor level. Read on…

The Robert E. Gross Contribution Level
To make your planning more streamlined, we have developed a new category of support – the Robert E. Gross Benefactors – recognizing those people who have demonstrated a high level of commitment by contributing $5000 or more to the fund.

Dr. Gross was one of the forefathers of our profession and served as the first president of APSA. He trained many leaders in the field and promoted the establishment of pediatric surgery as a specialty. We believe this is an appropriate way to honor his considerable accomplishments.

Your prior contributions to the APSAF can be counted toward the Gross Benefactor status. You may submit the entire amount, the balance based on previous contributions, or pledge the remaining amount over a three-year period.

Recognition
Those people achieving Gross Benefactor status will be recognized in the annual APSA meeting program.

APSAF hopes you will remember the fund in your annual giving program, and looks forward to recognizing its sustaining contributors each year.

How to Donate
Download the donation form (PDF Format - 81 KB)

List of APSA Foundation Scholarship Winners

2008 Winner: Doug Miniati, M.D.
"Role of Notch4 signaling in aberrant pulmonary vascular development."

2007 Winner: Alan Goldstein, M.D.
“Role of Sonic Hedgehog in enteric nervous system development” 

2006 Winner: James Dunn, M.D.
"Enteric Nervous System Regeneration for Hirschsprung's Disease”

2005 Winners: Elizabeth Beierle, M.D.
"Focal Adhesion Kinase and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-3 in Human Neuroblastoma"

and

Kerilyn Nobuhara, M.D.
"Intestinal Dysmotility in Fetal Repair of Gastroschisis"

2004 Winners: Karl G. Sylvester, M.D.
"Liver Regeneration and Stem Cell Regulation via the WNT Signaling Pathway”

and

Christopher K. Breuer, M.D.
"Do Tissue Engineered Venous Conduits Grow? Investigating the Growth Potential of Tissue Engineered Venous Conduits in a Juvenile Lamb Model”

2003 Winner: Peter F. Ehrlich, M.D.
"Injury Prevention through Brief Intervention: A Novel Approach to Pediatric Injury Prevention”

2002 Winner: Mary Beth Madonna, M.D.
"Growth Factor Receptor Signaling and its Relationship to Cell Proliferation and Differentiation in a Neuroblastoma Cell Line”

2001 Winner: Anthony Stallion, M.D.
"Intestinal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Contributes to the Initiation of the Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome”

2000 Winner: Edward Barksdale Jr., M.D.
"The Therapy of Neuroblastoma-Induced Disorders of Dendropoiesis of Dendritic Cell Development”

1999 Winner: Gail Besner, M.D.
"Heparin-Binding EGF-Like Growth Factor (HB-EGF) and Intestinal Ischemia Reperfusion Injury”