International Fellowship Program
International Fellowship Information
Who Can Apply
Health care professionals from outside the United States who have:
- Exhibited a profound interest in respiratory care.
- Expressed a long-term commitment to the advancement of respiratory care.
- Indicated a genuine interest in establishing respiratory care as an allied health profession.
- Demonstrated proficiency in written and conversational English.
Fellowship Itinerary
- One travel day to the United States.
- One rest day prior to beginning the Fellowship.
- Visits to two cities in the United States for a stay of approximately
five to six days in each city. During the stay in each city, planned
activities will include:- Observation of the practice of respiratory care in large and small
hospitals. - Visits to formal educational programs of respiratory care at colleges and universities.
- Visits to alternate care sites where respiratory care is being provided, such as home care organizations, rehabilitation centers, skilled nursing facilities, hospices, specialty laboratories, etc.
- Observation of the practice of respiratory care in large and small
- Attendance at AARC Congress 2024 in Orlando, FL, Nov. 19–22.
Program Schedule
Nov. 6–23, 2024
Arrive in the First City | Thursday | Nov. 7, 2024 |
First City Rotation | Friday–Tuesday | Nov. 8–12, 2024 |
Arrive in Second City | Wednesday | Nov. 13, 2024 |
Second City Rotation | Thursday–Monday | Nov. 14–18 2024 |
Arrive in Orlando, FL | Tuesday | Nov. 19, 2024 (early morning) |
AARC Congress 2024 | Wednesday–Saturday | Nov. 20–23, 2024 |
Fellowship Program Ends | Sunday | Nov. 24, 2024 |
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Award Includes
- Expenses incurred within the United States related to the planned site visits and the AARC International Respiratory Convention & Exhibition, which will include lodging, food allowance, and local ground transportation.
- Paid registration at AARC Congress.
- Fellowship is limited to twenty (20) days of lodging.
- Fellowship is limited to twenty (20) days of food allowance.
Selected Fellows Are Responsible for the Following Items
- All air travel expenses and arrangements to and from their country and within the United States.
- Health insurance coverage for hospitalization, laboratory tests, and physician’s charges that may be incurred due to illness or injury while in the United States.
- All personal travel and expenses such as visiting friends and sightseeing.
- We strongly recommend each applicant apply for their VISA and passport at the time you submit your application.
Fellowship Applications
Applications are accepted Jan. 1–June 1.
Previous Fellows
International Fellow | City | Country | Year of Fellowship |
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Rioloida Diola | Philippines | 2023 | |
Moaaz Mohammed | Egypt | 2023 | |
Masami Sana | Japan | 2023 | |
Volodymyr Suskyii | Ukraine | 2023 | |
Dr. Venkat Reddy Palnati | India | 2022 | |
Roberto Cruz | Honduras | 2022 | |
Dorothy Honny | Ghana | 2022 | |
Ghada Saleh | Egypt | 2022 | |
Ivan G. Lee, Ed.D, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, RPSGT | Singapore | 2022 | |
Anmol Thorbole, MSc, RT | India | 2022 | |
Not Awarded | 2021 | ||
Not Awarded | 2020 | ||
Khalsa Al Siyabi, BSc, RT | Oman | 2019 | |
Yu-qi Liu, MD | China | 2019 | |
Amsa Mairami, MBBS, FMCPaed | Nigeria | 2019 | |
Yao Tian, Bachelor | China | 2019 | |
Julie Essiam | Ghana | 2018 | |
Liang Xu, MD | WuHan | China | 2018 |
Neelum Singh, MGCS, MBCHB, BSC, Human Biology | Kumasi | Ghana | 2018 |
Sangit L Kasaju, MD, MHA, FCCP | Kathmandu | Nepal | 2018 |
Alfred Aidoo | Kumasi | GHANA | 2017 |
Jinhao Tao | Shanghai | CHINA | 2017 |
Martha Diaz | Bogotá | COLUMBIA | 2017 |
Jingen Xia, MS, RRT | Beijing | CHINA | 2016 |
Julita V. Toledo, RMT, RTRP, MPA | Manila | PHILIPPINES | 2016 |
Marina Labor, MD, PhD | Osijek | CROATIA | 2016 |
Hussain Khatam | Al Malikyia 1032 | BAHRAIN | 2015 |
Musa Muhtaroglu | Kumsal-Nicosia | CYPRUS | 2015 |
Peifeng Xu | Hangzhou | CHINA | 2015 |
Ramesh Unnikrishnan | Karnataka | INDIA | 2015 |
Chulee Jones, PhD | Khon Kaen | THAILAND | 2014 |
Nicolas Roux, PT | Buenos Aires | ARGENTINA | 2014 |
Rania El-Farrash, MD | Cairo | EGYPT | 2014 |
Yang Liu, MD | Shanghai | CHINA | 2014 |
Ana Cristina Okada, PT | Sao Paulo | BRAZIL | 2013 |
Daisuke Tsukahara, RN, MSN | Tokyo | JAPAN | 2013 |
Lysbeth Roldan, RT | Medellin | COLOMBIA | 2013 |
Mohamad El-Khatib, PhD, MD, FAARC | Beirut | LEBANON | 2013 |
Mohammed Herrag, MD, PhD | Oujda | MOROCCO | 2013 |
Anitha Nileshwar, MD | Udupi | INDIA | 2012 |
Audrey Forson, MB ChB, FWACP, MSc | Accra | GHANA | 2012 |
Job Joseph, MD | Limbe | HAITI | 2012 |
Ling Liu, MD | Nanjing | CHINA | 2012 |
Manling Liu, MD | Xian | CHINA | 2012 |
Raul Castro Garcia, CRT | Guayaquil | ECUADOR | 2012 |
Sanihe Ugurlu, MSci, PT | Istanbul | TURKEY | 2012 |
Darko Kristovic, MD | Zegreb | CROATIA | 2011 |
Edita Almonte, RRT, NPS | Alain | UAE | 2011 |
Karel Roubik, PhD | Prague | CZECH REPUBLIC | 2011 |
Malak Shaheen, MD | Cairo | EGYPT | 2011 |
Shengyu Wang, MD | Xian | CHINA | 2011 |
Valdone Miseviciene, MD, PhD | Kuanas | LITHUANIA | 2011 |
Adil Al Otaibi, MSrc, RRT | Riyadh | SAUDI ARABIA | 2010 |
Guillermo C.C, Nogales, MD | Lima | PERU | 2010 |
Hui-Qing Ge, RT | Hangzhou | CHINA | 2010 |
Micheline Gmeiner, MD | Graz | AUSTRIA | 2010 |
Adriana Maria Davalos Goiriz, MD | Lambare | PARAGUAY | 2009 |
Aliaksandr Makarevich, MD | Minsk | BELARUS | 2009 |
Bolanle Adefuye, MD,MBBS | Sagamu | NIGERIA | 2009 |
Keiko Hasegawa, MD | Yokosuka City | JAPAN | 2009 |
Noel Tiburcio, RRT | Abu Dhabi | UAE | 2009 |
Yuan, Yue-hua, RT | Hangzhou | CHINA | 2009 |
Alberto Lopez Bascope, MD | Mexico City | MEXICO | 2008 |
Fiona Ng, RN | Kowloon | HONG KONG | 2008 |
Heidi Markussen, RN | Bergen | NORWAY | 2008 |
Qixing Wang, RT | Shanghai | CHINA | 2008 |
Rufus Adesoji Adedoyin, Ph.D, PT | Ile-Ife | NIGERIA | 2008 |
Susana Alcabes Lindenfeld, MD | Lima | PERU | 2008 |
Akira Tamaki, PhD, RPT, CRT | Kobe | JAPAN | 2007 |
Alda Marques, PT | Aveiro | PORTUGAL | 2007 |
Claudia Oliveira, PT | Lisboa | PORTUGAL | 2007 |
Gabriela Ferreyra, PT, CRT | Turin | ITALY | 2007 |
Jose Landeros, PT, CRT | Santiago | CHILE | 2007 |
Mohan Thekkinkattil, MD | Coimbatore | INDIA | 2007 |
Ronald Taylor, RT, CRT | Plymouth | ENGLAND | 2007 |
Zujin Luo, RRT | Beijing | CHINA | 2007 |
Anne Battisti, PT | Chezery Forens | FRANCE | 2006 |
Chin-Jung Liu, MS, RRT | Taichung City | TAIWAN | 2006 |
He Qingiun, RT | Chengdu | CHINA | 2006 |
Pierre Bellemare, PT | Lausanne | SWITZERLAND | 2006 |
Vijay Thansaekaraan, MD | Chennai-Tamil Nadu | INDIA | 2006 |
Chuen-Ming Shih, MD | Taichung | TAIWAN | 2005 |
Daniel Arellano, S, PT, CRT | Santiago | CHILE | 2005 |
Devasahayam Christopher, MD | Vellore | INDIA | 2005 |
Jie Li, RT | Beijing | CHINA | 2005 |
Laura Garcia Prades, PT | Castellón | SPAIN | 2005 |
Mohammed Al Ahmari, BSRC, MSc., RRT | Dhahran | SAUDI ARABIA | 2005 |
Antonio Matias Esquinas, MD, PhD, FCCP | Murcia | SPAIN | 2004 |
Horacio Luis Abbona, PT | Cordoba | ARGENTINA | 2004 |
Laurence Vignaux, PT | Toulouse | FRANCE | 2004 |
Lina Puckree, MD | Durban | SOUTH AFRICA | 2004 |
Pimol Srisuparp, MD | Bangkok | THAILAND | 2004 |
Dusica Jaric, MD | Sremska Kamenica | SERBIA | 2003 |
Lidieth Yorleny Vargas Prado, MS, RRT | Cartago | COSTA RICA | 2003 |
Shamurad Takhirov MD, PHD | Tashkent | UZBEKISTAN | 2003 |
Valeria Berghe Schor PT | Sao Paulo | BRAZIL | 2003 |
Vesna Novak Jankovic PhD, MD | Ljubljana | SLOVENIA | 2003 |
Vikram Sarbhai, MD | New Delhi | INDIA | 2003 |
Arvind Bhome, MD | Pune | INDIA | 2002 |
Jun Araki, MD | Yamaguchi | JAPAN | 2002 |
Kedar Toraskar, MD | Mumbai | INDIA | 2002 |
Paulo Julio Moreira Caseiro, PhD, RT | Condeixa-a-Nova | PORTUGAL | 2002 |
Ulrike Pachernigg, PT | Graz | AUSTRIA | 2002 |
Alejandro Midley, PT | Buenos Aires | ARGENTINA | 2001 |
Catherine Hassett, RN | South Yarra | AUSTRALIA | 2001 |
Chia-Chen Chu, MS, SCRT | Taipei | TAIWAN | 2001 |
Deniz Inal-Ince, Ph.D, PT | Ankara | TURKEY | 2001 |
Hana Kattab, CRT, RN | Seeb | OMAN | 2001 |
Kook-Hyun Lee, MD, PhD | Seoul | KOREA | 2001 |
Luiz Gustavo de Moraes Ghion, PT | Sao Paulo | BRAZIL | 2001 |
Yutaka Tokunaga, MD | Hiroshima | JAPAN | 2001 |
Helen Yartseva, MD | St. Petersburg | RUSSIA | 2000 |
Le Thi Tuyet Lan, MD, PhD | Ho Chi Minh City | VIETNAM | 2000 |
Nik Abdullah Mohamad, MD | Kelantan | MALAYSIA | 2000 |
Pamela Frigerio, PT | Cantu | ITALY | 2000 |
Philippe Joud, PT | Lyon | FRANCE | 2000 |
Rajesh Mane, MD | Belgaum | INDIA | 2000 |
Kathryn Firth, RN | London | ENGLAND | 1999 |
Liang Zongan, MD | Chengdu | CHINA | 1999 |
Masahiro Shinozaki, MD | Wakayama | JAPAN | 1999 |
S. M. Hossain Shahid, MD | Dhaka | BANGLADESH | 1999 |
Sandhya Talekar, MD | Pune | INDIA | 1999 |
Aaron Millrod, CRTT | Tel Aviv | ISRAEL | 1998 |
Briseida Delgado, BS, MS, CRTT | Panama | REPUBLICA DE PANAMA | 1998 |
Gerardo Ferrero, PT | Buenos Aires | ARGENTINA | 1998 |
Maja Marija Potocnik, PT | Ljubljana | SLOVENIA | 1998 |
Tamas Kormos PhD, MD | Budapest | HUNGARY | 1998 |
Xiang Yu Zhang, MD, FCCP | Shanghai | PR CHINA | 1998 |
Alexander Guber MD | Holon | ISRAEL | 1997 |
Branislav Spisak, MD | Kosice | SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 1997 |
Brigida Sanchez, RT | Caracas | VENEZUELA | 1997 |
Dariusz Kaminski MD | Warsaw | POLAND | 1997 |
Gustavo A. Olguin, PT, BS, CRT, MHA | Buenos Aires | ARGENTINA | 1997 |
J. Teguh Wijaya, MD | Quezon City | PHILIPPINES | 1997 |
Merab Mamatsashvili, MD, PhD | Tbilisi | GEORGIA | 1997 |
Stefania Raschi, MD | Monza | ITALY | 1997 |
Ying Min Ma, MD | Beijing | PR CHINA | 1997 |
Ying-Huang Tsai, MD | Taipei | TAIWAN | 1997 |
Ariel Garnero, PhD, RRT, CRT | Cordoba | ARGENTINA | 1996 |
Elisabeth Fischer, MD | Vienna | AUSTRIA | 1996 |
Elisabetta Zampogna, PT | Mozzate | ITALY | 1996 |
Eva Tang Yee Ha | Hong Kong | CHINA | 1996 |
Herminia Lopez Cifra, MD, MS | Manila | PHILIPPPINES | 1996 |
Joseph M.Cacciottolo, MD | Rabat | MALTA | 1996 |
Ljudmila Sakelsek -Jeras, MD | Ljubljana | SLOVENIA | 1996 |
Sibel Sindim, PT | Istanbul | TURKEY | 1996 |
Suninder Singh Arora, MD | New Delhi | INDIA | 1996 |
Adriana de Carvalho, MD | Rio De Janeiro | BRAZIL | 1995 |
Barbara Theissl, PT | Graz | AUSTRIA | 1995 |
David Berlowitz, PT | West Heidelberg | AUSTRALIA | 1995 |
Kamarudin Jaalam, MD | Kelantan | MALAYSIA | 1995 |
Michael Laub, OR Tech | Copenhagen | DENMARK | 1995 |
Sophie E. Niba, RT | CAMEROON-WEST AFRICA | 1995 | |
Dieter U Preiss, MD | Heitersheim | GERMANY | 1994 |
Ditza Gross, PhD | Jerusalem | ISRAEL | 1994 |
Dong-Soon Kim, MD | Seoul | KOREA | 1994 |
Jesus Mora Espinas, RRT | Makati | PHILIPPINES | 1994 |
Sule Sonmez, RN | Istanbul | TURKEY | 1994 |
Toshihiko Koga, MD | Kurume | JAPAN | 1994 |
Tudorache Voicu, MD | Timisoara | ROMANIA | 1994 |
Adi Asokan bin Abdullah, RT | Kelantan | WEST MALAYSIA | 1993 |
Brijendra Kumar Rao, MD | New Delhi | INDIA | 1993 |
Cesar E Perez, RT | Barquisimeto - Edo Lara | VENEZUELA | 1993 |
Henry Giovanni Lim Lopez, Jr., RT | Paranaque | PHILLIPPINES | 1993 |
Kriangsak Jirapaet, MD | Bangkok | THAILAND | 1993 |
Ludmila Borisenko, MD | St Petersburg | RUSSIA | 1993 |
Sinji Fukazawa, RPT, CE | Saitamaken | JAPAN | 1993 |
Airton Stingelin Crespo, MD, FCCP | Rio De Janeiro | BRAZIL | 1992 |
Janez Remskar, MD | Kranj | SLOVENIA | 1992 |
Miroslaw Tobiasz, MD | Warsaw | POLAND | 1992 |
Nørregaard Ole, MD | Arhus | DENMARK | 1992 |
Shengwen Chen, MD | Montana | SWITZERLAND | 1992 |
Sumalee Kiatboonsri, MD | Bangkok | THAILAND | 1992 |
Thomas A Larkin | Dublin | IRELAND | 1992 |
Vijai Kumar, MD | Hyderabad | INDIA | 1992 |
José Portugal-Vivanco, MD | Lima | PERU | 1991 |
Juan Luis Stril Kremper, MD | Mexico City | MEXICO | 1991 |
Päivi Irmeli Mattila, PT | Ruutana | FINLAND | 1991 |
Vadim S. Schelkunov, MD | Leningrad | RUSSIA | 1991 |
Winston M. Manimtim, MD | Manila | PHILIPPINES | 1991 |
C.J. DeVries | Groningen | HOLLAND | 1990 |
Lawrence Moon, Med Assist. | Kuala Lampur | MALAYSIA | 1990 |
Ling-Ling Chiang, RRT | Taipei | TAIWAN | 1990 |
Marjeta Pikelj | Ljubljana | YUGOSLAVIA | 1990 |
Radhika Dhanpal, MD | Bangalore | INDIA | 1990 |
Tetsuo Miyagawa, PhD, RRT, RPT, RCET | Tokyo | JAPAN | 1990 |
City Host Information and Application
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International Fellowships Contact Information
Mailing address:
AARC International Fellowships / City Host Program
P.O. Box 630007
Irving, TX 75063-9998
Phone: 972-243-2272
Fax: 972-484-2720
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