Traveling Fellowship Program

Applications for the 2025 AOFAS Traveling Fellowship Program are now closed. Applicants will be notified in early 2025.

The Traveling Fellowship Program offers a special opportunity for mid-career AOFAS members to attend the AOFAS Annual Meeting and visit leading foot and ankle research and educational institutions. The program is open to AOFAS Active, Candidate, Associate, and International Members who are 49 years old or younger at the time of application. 

At host sites, Traveling Fellows will observe operating rooms, learn new surgical techniques alongside accomplished surgeons, and present their own research and clinical experiences. The program aims to promote professional relationships, exchange ideas, and encourage new thinking on research and clinical care topics.

The 2025 Traveling Fellows will travel from September 8-25, 2025, attending the AOFAS Annual Meeting in Savannah, Georgia; and visiting University of South Carolina/Prisma Health in Columbia, South Carolina; Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland; and University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Questions? Contact the AOFAS at membership@aofas.org or +1-847-698-4654.

Past Traveling Fellowship Award Recipients

2024

• Jordanna Bergamasco, MD, Brazil

• Alessio Bernasconi, MD, PhD, Italy

• Seth O'Donnell, MD, United States

• Takahisa Ogawa, MD, PhD, MPH, Japan

• Chul Hyun Park, MD, PhD, South Korea

2023

• Jorge Filippi, MD, MBA, Chile

• Lucky Jeyaseelan, MBBS, BSc, FRCS(Tr&Orth), United Kingdom

• Yoon-Chung Kim, MD, PhD, South Korea

• Maria Gala Santini Araujo, MD, Argentina

• Monika Volesky, MDCM, FRCSC, Canada

2022

• Nasef Mohamed Nasef Abdellatif, MD, Egypt

• Cesar de Cesar Netto, MD, PhD, United States

• Young Koo Lee, MD, PhD, South Korea

• N. Jane Madeley, MBChB, MRCS, FRCS (Tr&Orth), United Kingdom

• Paul G. Talusan, MD, United States

2019

• Mohamed M. Abd-Ella, MD, Egypt

• Daniel S. Baumfeld, MD, Brazil

• Jun Young Choi, MD, South Korea

• Constantine A. Demetracopoulos, MD, United States

• Daniel Guss, MD, MBA, United States

• Hui Zhang, MD, PhD, China

2018

• Jinsong Hong, MD, China

• Kaan S. Irgit, MD, Turkey

• Charles R.J. Jowett, MBBS, MRCS, United Kingdom

• Dong-Oh Lee, MD, South Korea

• Pradeep Moonot, MBBS, MS(Orth), India

• Satoshi Yamaguchi, MD, PhD, Japan

2017

• Chayanin Angthong, MD, PhD, Thailand 

• Amgad M. Haleem, MD, PhD, United States

• Gillian E. Jackson, MBChB, United Kingdom

• Kevin D. Martin, DO, United States 

• Sjoerd Stufkens, MD, PhD, Netherlands 

2016

• Young-uk Park, MD, PhD, South Korea 

• Sudheer Reddy, MD, United States 

• Chamnanni Rungprai, MD, Thailand 

• Martin Wiewiorski, MD, Switzerland 

• Yuan Zhu, MD, China

2015

• Wesley Bevan, MBChB, FRACS, New Zealand 

• Adam Groth, MD, US Military, Germany 

• Umile Giuseppe Longo, MD, Italy

• Sampat Dumbre Patil, MBBS, India 

• Yunfeng Yang, MD, China

2014

• Jinsu Kim, MD, South Korea

• D. Joshua Mayich, MD, Canada 

• Phinit Phisitkul, MD, United States 

• Balvinder Rana, MS(Orth), India 

• Weidong Song, MD, PhD, China 

• Federico G. Usuelli, MD, Italy 

2013

• Samuel B. Adams, MD, United States

• Peter Bock, MD, Austria

• Jose C. Cohen, MD, Brazil 

• Kenneth J. Hunt, MD, United States 

• Bom Soo Kim, MD, South Korea 

• Kevin L. Kirk, DO, United States 

2012

• Arno Frigg, MD, Switzerland

• Hyong Nyun Kim, MD, PhD, South Korea

• Tahir Ögüt, MD, Turkey

• Christopher Jon Pearce, MBChB, FRCS(Tr&Orth), Singapore

• Xu Wang, MD, China

2011

• Umur Aydogan, MD, Turkey

• Felipe Oliveira Delocco, MD, Brazil

• Ravindra Kamath, MS(Orth), FRCS(Tr&Orth), United Kingdom 

• Xin Ma, MD, China

• Selim Mugrabi, MD, Turkey 

2010

• Woo Jin Choi, MD, PhD, South Korea

• Andrew J.L. Jowett, MBBS, FRCS(Tr&Orth), United Kingdom

• Wesley J. Milazzo, MD, Brazil 

• Panagiotis Symeonidis, MD, PhD, Greece 

• Geoffrey M. Tymms, MBBS, Australia 

2009

• Roberto Bevoni, MD, Italy 

• Scott J. Ellis, MD, United States

• Daniel C. Farber, MD, United States

• Fabian Krause, MD, Switzerland

• Zhongmin Shi, MD, China 

2008

• Markus Knupp, MD, Switzerland 

• Ian L.D. Le, MD, FRCSC, Canada

• Nicholas Savva, FRCS(Tr&Orth), United Kingdom

• Eloisa Patricia Parra Téllez, MD, Mexico

• José Elías Vergara, MD, Panama

2007

• Malhar H. Dave, MS(Ortho), India

• Palanisamy Ramesh, MS, MCh, United Kingdom

• Yousef R. Salameh, MD, Israel 

• Jose A.V. Sanhudo, MD, Brazil 

• Francesca Vannini, MD, Italy 

2006

• Francisco Javier Garcia Bermudez, MD, Colombia 

• James D.F. Calder, MD, FRCS(Tr&Orth), United Kingdom

• Mark A. Glazebrook, MD, MSc, PhD, Canada 

• Peter Stavrou, MD, FRACS, Australia 

• Alicia Lasalle Vignolo, MD, Uruguay 

2005

• Su-Young Bae, MD, PhD, South Korea

• Christopher W. DiGiovanni, MD, United States

• Hong-Geun Jung, MD, PhD, South Korea

• Rhys H. Thomas, MBBS, United Kingdom

• Markus Walther, MD, PhD, Germany