The Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship Fund was established to support the CHSS Data Center Research Fellow. In 2008, the Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society (CHSS) changed the name of the John W. Kirklin Fellowship Endowment Fund to the John W Kirklin/David A. Ashburn Fellowship Endowment Fund. This change was made in recognition of Dr. David Ashburn, the very first Kirklin Fellow, who was tragically killed when his flight crashed on June 4, 2007 after procuring a donor organ for transplantation.
The CHSS Data Center, located at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, plays a crucial role in recording, analyzing and tracking the data of many patients with congenital heart disease. Moreover, the Research Fellow is critical to furthering the goals of both the CHSS and the Data Center while providing an outstanding research experience for a young trainee. In order to recruit the very best talent available, we must ensure that the John W. Kirklin/David Ashburn Fellowship Fund is fully supported.
The CHSS Executive Council appreciates the financial commitment of the following:
Platinum - $10,000 and Above
James K. Kirklin, M.D. and Terry Kirklin
Marshall L. Jacobs, M.D., Ryan A. Kaiser Memorial Fund
James S. Tweddell, M.D. and Robert Jaquiss, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Leonard Bailey, M.D. and Anees Razzouk, M.D., Loma Linda University
Mayo Clinic, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Eric N. Mendeloff, M.D., Cardiopulmonary Research Science and Technology Institute (C.R.S.T.I.)
Gold - $5,000 - $9,999
Edward Bove, M.D., University of Michigan
Christian Pizarro, M.D., Nemours
Constantine Mavroudis, M.D. and Carl Backer, M.D., Children’s Memorial Hospital
William Williams, M.D., Hospital for Sick Children
L’institut De Recher
Christo Tchervenkov, M.D.
David Overman, M.D.
Ivan M. Rebeyka, M.D., University of Alberta & Stollery Children's Hospitals
Peter Manning, M.D.
Kim F. Duncan, M.D., University of Nebraska Medical Center
Ross Ungerleider, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
Richard Jonas, M.D.
Children’s National Medical Center
Andrew Fiore, M.D., St. Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital
Victor Morell, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
S. Bert Litwin, M.D.
David Ross, M.D., University of Alberta
Gordon Cohn, M.D., Children’s Hospital & Regional Medical Center
Henry L. Walters, III, M.D.
James Anthony Quintessenza, M.D., Jeffrey Phillip Jacobs, M.D., and Paul Jubeong Chai, M.D., The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida (CHIF)
Silver - $1,000 - $4,999
Children’s Hospital Boston
Kirk Kanter, M.D., Emory University
Andrew Fiore, M.D., St. Louis University
For more information about the Kirklin/Ashburn Fellowship Fund or to make your own donation, please call the administrative offices at 978-927-8330.