Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program
Forecasted
Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program supports underrepresented academic surgeons with training, coaching, and networking to build leadership skills and expand professional visibility.
Funder: Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Due Dates (Anticipated): March 2027 (Application submission)
Funding Amounts: Two-year leadership development program with training, executive coaching, and professional networking opportunities
Summary: Supports underrepresented academic surgeons in developing leadership skills, professional visibility, and networks through SSAT.
Key Information: Department Chair and institutional support must include a two-year time commitment and specified conference travel costs.
Description
The Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program, run by the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), provides formal leadership development for SSAT members who identify as underrepresented voices in academic surgery. The program aims to expand participants’ professional visibility and networks through a personal leadership development plan at their sponsoring institution, leadership training, executive coaching, and engagement with the academic surgical community.
The two-year experience includes the SUS Leadership Agility Program and SUS Mid-Career Development Course, one-on-one meetings with the participant’s Department Chair and Dean, and two outside-institution Grand Rounds visits as a Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Visiting Professor. Participants also engage through professional meetings and service on the SSAT Diversity and Inclusion Liaison Committee.
