Emerging Global Leaders - OTA Women’s Fellowship (EGLOW)

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Emerging Global Leaders - OTA Women’s Fellowship Program (EGLOW)


The fellowship application is now open for 2025! To apply, complete the online application by January 20, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CST.
 

Program Objectives

  • Recognize the achievements of women orthopaedic surgeons who are emerging leaders in their low- and lower-middle-income home countries.
  • Provide educational opportunities that will enhance their practice of orthopaedic trauma and potentially raise the level of trauma care in their local home communities.
  • Offer mentorship, role modeling, and community for these surgeons within the field of orthopaedic trauma.

Fellowship Details

  • Up to two fellows will be selected each year and will be female orthopaedic surgeons from low- or lower-middle-income countries as designated by the World Bank.
  • The Humanitarian and Diversity Committees will review all applications and select the recipients.
  • Application requirements:
    • Application form
    • Personal statement written by the applicant
    • 2 letters of recommendation
    • CV
  • The fellowship includes:
    • A 3–5-day observership at a North American trauma center;
    • Travel expenses to the OTA annual meeting to include:
      • Transportation from home country to the OTA annual meeting
      • All potential travel to the observership site within North America (if in a different city than the Annual Meeting)
      • Hotel stays for the OTA Annual Meeting and the observership
      • Small per diem
    • Paid 2025 OTA Annual Meeting registration
    • Paid one-year OTA membership
    • Recognition at the International Reception
    • Recognition at the Women in Orthopaedic Trauma Reception
To apply, complete the online application by January 20, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. CST.

 

Meet the OTA Fellowship Recipients

Gladys Ngondo

2024 Fellow - Dr. Gladys Ngondo

Malawi Defence Force
Lilongwe, Malawi

Olukemi Lawani

2024 Fellow - Dr. Olukemi Lawani

Cedarcrest Hospitals Group
Abuja, Nigeria