Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program
Forecasted
Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Developing Leaders Program supports underrepresented voices in academic surgery with leadership training, coaching, and networking to build a more diverse generation of surgical leaders.
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
Summary: Supports underrepresented voices in academic surgery through leadership training, institutional career development, and expanded professional visibility.
Key Information: Applicants must be SSAT members in good standing and have institutional support for the two-year commitment and specified conference travel.
Description
The Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT) offers this two-year program to help underrepresented voices in academic surgery develop leadership skills, expand professional visibility, and build networks. It supports a personal leadership development plan at the participant’s sponsoring institution, formal training, executive coaching, and enhanced opportunities within SSAT. The program aims to create leadership pathways for a more diverse next generation of surgical leaders, particularly in gastrointestinal surgery.
Participants engage with leaders at their home institution and the wider academic surgical community. Activities include the SUS Leadership Agility Program, SUS Mid-Career Development Course, professional society meetings, and two outside-institution Grand Rounds visits as the Jeffrey and Joan Matthews Visiting Professor. Participants also serve on SSAT’s Diversity and Inclusion Liaison Committee throughout the program.
