What People Are Saying about the Foundation
![Headshot of Greg Calligaro](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/calligaro-greg_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=3e171dd0_3)
We started the first lung transplant program for insured and uninsured patients in Africa in 2017. The opportunity to visit a high-volume center in Phoenix helped capacitate our team and improve our experience.
Greg Calligaro, MD
2018 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
Groote Schuur Hospital | Cape Town, South Africa
![Headshot of Sugimoto Seiichiro](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/sugimoto-seiichiro_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=4f51481e_1)
Owing to this grant, I was able to develop my career in lung transplantation, and now I am a surgical director of lung transplantation in our hospital.
Seiichiro Sugimoto, MD, PhD
2008 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Recipient
Okayama University Hospital | Okayama, Japan
![Headshot of Saptharishi Ganesan](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/ganesan-saptharishi_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=6fd98426_3)
The ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship exposed me to ECLS support for advanced heart and lung failure. As a Pediatric intensivist, this helped me appreciate the immense impact this has on children and their families.
Saptharishi Ganesan, MD
2015 International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
The University of Western Ontario | London, ON Canada
![Headshot of Ben Tarrant](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/tarrant-ben_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=9933dd64_1)
This ISHLT grant allowed me to begin, run, complete, and prepare a novel feasibility trial for publication in the area of physiotherapy management during postoperative lung transplant recovery.
Ben Tarrant, PhD
2019 Nursing Research Grant Recipient
Alfred University | Melbourne, VIC Australia
![Headshot of Tereza Martinu](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/martinu-tereza_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=3af0fe9c_1)
The ISHLT career development award was a very important grant for me, allowing me to move towards an independent research career. Even though it was not a huge sum of money, it was enough to afford me some scientific independence.
Tereza Martinu, MD
2008 ISHLT Research Fellowship Grant Recipient
Toronto General Hospital | Toronto, ON Canada
![Headshot of Arezu Aliabadi-Zuckermann](https://www.ishlt.org/images/default-source/headshots/aliabadizuckermann-arezu_headshot_square.jpg?sfvrsn=f1c2f4de_1)
Based on training by Peter McDonal and Kumud Dhital on starting and running a DCD heart transplant program, I built up a program in Vienna and did the first DCD heart transplant in Austria with my team. The award was an absolute game changer!
Arezu Z. Aliabadi-Zuckermann, MD
2015 ISHLT International Traveling Scholarship Recipient
Medical University of Vienna | Vienna, Austria