The Korean Association of Hepato-Biliary and Pancreatic Surgery
(KAHBPS) has a 1-month International Observership Program for candidates from
the around the world. The KAHBPS will select an institution according to the
candidate’s preference, contact the chairman of the institution and provide
financial support. The amount of the scholarship is 2,000,000 won.
The following are the conditions for the 2019 scholarship:
1. The candidate should be a member of either the
Korean Association of HBP Surgery, Asian-Pacific Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary
Association (A-PHPBA) or International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
(IHPBA).
(A junior member of either A-PHPBA or IHPBA is also acceptable.)
2. The candidate should be less than 40 years old.
3. The scholarship includes accommodation,
transportation, and airfare. (The amount of the scholarship is 2,000,000
won per candidate)
4. The term of the observership is 1
month.
5. A CV is required.
6. Recommendation letters from the president of either A-PHPBA or
IHPBA and chairman of the candidate’s institution are required.
7. It is desirable that the candidates have a paper
published in the Annals of Hepato - Pancreatic Surgery (AHBPS) in the
past as either the first or co-author.
8. Accepted candidates should write a report entitled “Korea Observership: What I experienced in Korea and what
I will practice in my country” after finishing the observership program.
(The report will be published in a Newsletter of KAHBPS.)
9. Accepted candidates encourage submit an abstract to HBP
Surgery Week which is the KAHBPS annual meeting.
To apply for this observership program, please send the below
documents to the KAHBPS secretariat (khbps@khbp.or.kr) by 25 July
2019.
- Application Form
- A Copy of CV
- Recommendation Letters
- Copy of Passport
- Title page of the
published paper in AHBPS (if applicable)
When you apply, choose a schedule and training hospital.
[Schedule]
- 1st
Option: 1 month from August to September in 2019
including A-PHPBA 2019
in Seoul
- 2nd
Option: 1 month from October to November in 2019
including ACKSS 2019 in
Seoul
- 3rd
Option: 1 month from March to April in 2020
including HBP Surgery
Week 2020
[List of Training Hospitals]
Hospital |
P.I. |
Ajou University
Medical Center |
Bong-Wan Kim |
Chonbuk National
University Hospital |
Hee Chul Yu |
Jae Do Yang |
|
Chonnam National
University Hwasun Hospital |
Yang Seok Koh |
Daejeon Sun
Hospital |
Si Eun Hwang |
Ewha Womans
University Mokdong Hospital |
Hyeon Kook Lee |
Gyeongsang National
University Hospital |
Chiyoung Jeong |
Konyang University
Hospital |
In-Seok Choi |
Korea University
Anam Hospital |
Dong-Sik Kim |
Kyungpook National
Universtiy Hospital |
Sang-Geol Kim |
National Cancer
Center |
Sang-Jae Park |
Sung-Sik Han |
|
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital |
Ho-Seong Han |
Yoo-Seok Yoon |
|
Seoul National University
Hospital |
Nam-Joon Yi |
Jin-Young Jang |
|
Sungkyunkwan
University Samsung Medical Center |
Jin-Seok Heo |
The Catholic
University of Korea Daejeon St. Mary"s Hospital |
Sang Kuon Lee |
Ulsan University
Asan Medical Center |
Ki-Hun KIM |
Shin Hwang |
|
Deok-Bog Moon |
|
Ulsan University
Hospital |
Yang Won Nah |
Yeungnam University
Medical Center |
Dong Shik Lee |
Yonsei University
Gangnam Severance Hospital |
Joon Seong Park |
Yonsei University
Severance Hospital |
Kyung Sik Kim |
Chang Moo Kang |
|
Gi Hong Choi |
In the body of the email, please also inform us if you
have already contacted a chief of an institution in Korea in which you prefer
to pursue this program. In this case, please inform us of the name of the chief
and institution in the body of your email.
The KAHBPS will send a decision letter to each applicant by the end of July. The
institutions where accepted candidates will pursue this observership program
will be informed by the end of November.
Ho-Seong Han President of the Korean Association of HBP Surgery
Hee Chul Yu Chairman of the Korean Association of HBP Surgery