Visiting International Students in San Antonio (VISSA)

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The Department of Surgery is pleased to sponsor the Visiting International Students in San Antonio (VISSA) program, designed to bring top international senior medical students to rotate and train in our institution for a period of from three to six months.

Click here to read complete program description.

Please note: The VISSA program includes ONLY surgery rotations. If VISSA participants are interested in additional rotations in other clinical departments, they will need to contact the School of Medicine: Click here for more information on other medical school clinical rotations - click on 'Visiting Students'.

Application process

Applications are currently closed for the Spring 2010 semester (January through June 2010).

DEADLINE FOR FALL 2010 (July through December 2010) APPLICATIONS: 4:00 pm CST, March 30, 2010. Please email requests for additional information.

This program is ONLY for international medical students. No medical school graduates should apply. There is currently NO observership program in place for international medical graduates within the Department of Surgery.

VISSA 2010 Participants

January — June 2010:
Esther Gonzalez Padilla and Jaime Viera Artiles, both from Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, located in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the capital city of Gran Canaria island. Both students will be with us for six months. Pictured, left to right: Larissa Carvalho, Esther Padilla, Jaime Artiles

January — March 2010:
Larissa Carvalho Monteiro and Regina Almeida Reis Vasconcelos de Araujo Lima both from Universidad Estadual de Ciencias da Saude de Alagoas, in Alagoas, Brazil.

Antonia Gkotsi, Athens, Greece (UTHSCSA email) — Ms. Gkotsi is a 5th year student in the Medical School of the University of Athens. She will be here for three months, with rotations planned in General Surgery, Plastic Surgery, and Trauma SICU.