Aim
The Japanese doctors selected for this program by the Japanese Society of HBP Surgery will be trained by a mentor in an institution in overseas to become accustomed to using English in all formats as they are destined to become the leaders in Japan.

History
This program was founded in 1996 by those official members of JSHBPS;
Prof. Fujio Hanyu, M.D.
　Tokyo Women’s Medical University (Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Tadahiro Takada, M.D.
　Teikyo University School of Medicine (Tokyo, Japan)
Prof. Yoshifumi Kawarada, M.D.
　Mie University School of Medicine (Tsu, Japan)

And, this program was developed with a great cooperation of those doctors in USA;
L. William Traverso, M.D.
　Virginia Mason Medical Center (Seattle, Washington)
　St. Luke’s Health System (Boise, Idaho)
Prof. Michael G. Sarr, M.D.
　Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)
Prof. Michael B. Farnell, M.D.
　Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)
Prof. Howard A. Reber, M.D.
　UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)

Qualifications
・ Age 32 to 40 years at the time of application
・ Membership in the Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery
・ Board certification by the Japan Surgical Society

Recipient selection
The International Exchange Committee will review the applications and recommend a candidate to the Council of the Japanese Society of HBP Surgery, who will make the final selection.

Duration in one institution
5 - 12 months

Number of recipient
One every 2 years

Institutions / mentors and duration
Until 2017:
The scholarship recipient has been rotated through three institutions in the U.S. for the duration of about 12 months, 6 months, and 6 months respectively.
1) Michael L. Kendrick, M.D.
　　Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota)
2) Timothy Ryan Donahue, M.D.
　　UCLA Medical Center (Los Angeles, California)
3) Christopher Lee Wolfgang, M.D.
　　Johns Hopkins (Baltimore, Maryland)

From 2018 (To be determined):
The scholarship recipient will be trained in an institution which he/she chose from the list below. The duration will be decided according to the amount of funding the institution requires for a research fellow appointment and the amount of scholarship from the society.
1) Michael L. Kendrick, M.D.
　　Mayo Clinic (USA)
2) Timothy Ryan Donahue, M.D.
　　UCLA Medical Center (USA)
3) Jin He, M.D.
　　Johns Hopkins (USA)
4) Daniel Cherqui M.D
　　Hepatobiliary Center, Paul Brousse Hospital (France)
5) Koji Hashimoto M.D
　　Cleveland Clinic, Ohio (USA)

Scholarship benefit (1)
The total scholarship amount is 3,000,000 yen

Scholarship benefit (2)
The recipient will work closely on a daily basis with a mentor in the institution to write papers, make rounds, and do scholarly activities which include submitting abstracts and oral presentations at national meetings (Providing medical treatment of any sort will not be permitted.).

Obligation
The recipient is required to submit a manuscript online to the Journal of Hepato-Biliary Pancreatic Sciences within 2 years after returning to Japan. Failure to submit an article within 2 years means that the recipient will be asked to return the scholarship amount of 3,000,000 yen to the Society.