| Hosting the Traveling Fellows |
The Traveling Fellowship Program serves as a vital link between the Society and its counterparts
in Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America. During odd-numbered years, European Fellows tour North
America, while Asia-Pacific Fellows visit during even-numbered years. The tours between the Society and
Latin America will take place every three years. Almost 200 individuals have participated in the program,
which often results in a positive impact on their careers and lives.
Each year, the Society hosts three young and promising orthopaedic sports medicine specialists and
one senior surgeon who acts as Godparent from either Europe, the Asia-Pacific, or Latin America. These four
Traveling Fellows usually tour six to eight sports medicine centers in North America and attend the AOSSM
Annual Meeting during their three to four-week stay.
Individual hosts are responsible for the costs of lodging,
meals, local transportation, entertainment and associated
costs of the Fellows. Hosts ensure that the Fellows are
met at the airport when they arrive and arrangements are
made for taking them to the airport for departure. The
typical visit blends time spent in scientific endeavors
(clinics, operating rooms, lectures and labs), a tour of
the host facility, social functions and recreation.
Hosts are encouraged to use their creativity to plan a
unique and exciting experience. For example, hosts have
taken the Fellows on special tours of historic sites, gone
to all kinds of sporting events, and arranged shopping
trips and outdoor activities unique to their locations.
The Traveling Fellowship Committee also encourages
members to group host, with several institutions in one
area sharing the hosting duties and costs, thus adding to
the diversity of the tour. However, since the tour is of
short duration, the Committee asks that group hosts be
cognizant of the amount of travel involved and to schedule
some downtime.
In order to be a host, a member should:
- Work in a facility that is conducting varied and different research in orthopaedic sports medicine.
- Be willing and able to spend a significant amount of time with the Fellows.
- Have experience and interest in hosting international guests.
- Be able to create a unique experience for the Fellows.
In order to provide a varied rotation, and promote participation
among North American sites, hosts may only be asked once every few
years. The Committee strongly encourages facilities that have never
before hosted to apply.
If you are interested in hosting the Traveling Fellows, please complete the attached
application (below). Also, please provide a sample itinerary showing how you would
blend time spent in scientific endeavors, a tour of the host facility, tours of other
sports medicine and research facilities in the area, social functions, sightseeing
and recreation. Please contact Debbie Turkowski at the Society office at debbie@aossm.org or
at (847) 292-4900.
Download the Host Application
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