The Future of Bariatric Surgery Scholarship

1000

2 per year

Students irrespective of their age are eligible to apply as long as they are presently majoring in any degree or certification program related to medicine. To apply, students must fill out an online application and present an essay of a minimum of 2,000 words describing how the field of bariatric surgery will evolve over the next five years. For more information, please visit The Future of Bariatric Surgery Scholarship website.

Bariatric Surgery Source created The Future of Bariatric Surgery Scholarship to: - Increase awareness of the life-changing and potentially society-changing benefits of weight lo surgery - Encourage bright, motivated students to enter and influence the direction of the bariatric field More than one out of three individuals in the U.S. are seen as obese, which negatively affects the health and quality of life of people with obesity and on the country's healthcare costs. The undeniably great gastric sleeve, alongside a few other, generally acknowledged sorts of bariatric surgery, drastically improves and regularly fixes numerous genuine health conditions for individuals with morbid obesity, including diabetes, asthma, cardiac conditions, sleep apnea, and innumerable others. In two years after surgery, weight loss surgery likewise lessens total healthcare costs by about $11,000 every year, per patient.

Bariatric Surgery Society is happy to announce a bi-annual (Jan and Jul) $1,000 scholarship (on a total of $2,000 per year) to increase awareness and motivate new work and perception in the field.

United States