The Humes Visiting Professorships
Mrs. Late Jean S. Humes
The Humes Visiting Professorships are a bequest by Dr. Jean Humes` - estate in memory of her husband, John P. Humes, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria and the first president of The American Austrian Foundation.
The AAF annually awards joint professorships to leading physicians in the United States and Austria, who have directed or co-directed at least one of the Open Medical Institute's Salzburg Medical Seminars.
Since the program began in 1990, 33 Humes Visiting Professorships have been awarded in the areas of orthopedics, anesthesiology, urology, molecular biology, surgery, neurology, cardiology, pediatrics, radiology, oncology, gynecology and family medicine.
The Humes Visiting Professorships led to the establishment of the Andlinger Residency Exchange Program.
Purpose
Eligibility
Selection Process
Professorships are awarded by the Medical Steering Committee of The American Austrian Foundation and the AAF Board of Trustees.
2002 Award Ceremony
at the Residence of the the Honorable W. L. Lyons Brown, then
American Ambassador to Austria
l-r: Wolfgang Aulitzky, M.D., Director Medical Programs, Thomas J. McGrath
Esq., President AAF;
Humes Professors: Peter Husslein, M.D. (Vienna), Frank Chervenak, M.D.
(New York);
The Honorable W. L. Lyons Brown
Details
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The award is bilateral exchange and must be completed within five years of the award being accepted.
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Humes Professors visit each other's institutions and conduct (as a minimum) two state-of-the-art lectures, grand rounds with residents and attending physicians and a session with case presentations.
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Humes Professors schedule the visit themselves and submit the schedule to the AAF for documentation purposes.
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Within the five year period, residents and attending physicians from the award recipients' institutions should also visit each other through the Andlinger program (at least three participants from each institution).
Downloads
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Humes Professorship by Name 1990-2007, pdf,
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