Michael Moles Fellowship

Michael Moles (1935-2001)
Michael Moles was a founding member of the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine. He played a key role in the development of the organization and worked tirelessly for the WADEM up to the time of his death. He played a major role in organizing the 1985 World Congress in Brighton, United Kingdom and was Chairman of the highly successful World Congress in Hong Kong in 1989. He attended and contributed to every congress of the Club of Mainz and WADEM since their beginnings. He was appointed First Vice President of WADEM in 1997.

Dr. Moles qualified from St. Thomas's Hospital, London in 1958. After house officer posts in his teaching hospital, he embarked on a career in anaesthesia, training at Southampton and several major teaching and specialist hospitals in London. During his training, he devoted five years to military service with Royal Army Medical Corps, serving with the renowned Gurkha Parachute Squadron in Borneo and Nepal, the Parachute Field Ambulance, and the British Military Hospital in Hong Kong. Military service had a profound effect upon his career. He developed an interest in trauma, mass casualty management, anti-terrorism, chemical and biological warfare agents, and humanitarian aid which was to last throughout his professional life.

Mike Moles was marvellous company - a brilliant raconteur and mimic without equal. He had a finger on the pulse of the medical, military, financial, and general political scenes throughout the world and was a great source of information. He wrote prolifically, with over 30 books and publications in peer reviewed journals and edited six books of congress abstracts. His forte, however, was the spoken word, and he delivered addresses to learned societies and organizations all over the world on more than 100 occasions.

At any meeting to do with emergency and disaster medicine or trauma one could behold a bearded, mandarin-like figure, resplendent in a khaki safari suit. This was no ordinary mandarin - this was one of the most intelligent, humorous, and charismatic persons in the world. This was Mike Moles. Mike died at home in Hong Kong on the 20 March 2001 at age 66.

2009 Moles Fellowship Recipient - Sanjeev Bhoi
Dr. Sanjeev Bhoi (pictured to the right) was selected as the 2009-11 Micheal Moles Fellowship in recognition of his accomplishments in emergency medicine and his efforts to promote disaster and emergency health in India. Dr. Bhoi worked for over six years in Internal Medicine in India. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Dehli. Dr. Bhoi has helped to organize numerous seminars, workshops, and national and international conferences in India on emergency and disaster medicine.

Application Process
To honour the life of Dr. T. Michael Moles (1934- 2001), the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) has established a fund to allow a two-year membership of WADEM to enthusiastic people interested in pursuing a career in disaster and emergency health. This fund is directed at those who could not otherwise afford to become members.

Applications must be received by March 1st in the year of the World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine. The next deadline is March 1, 2011. Wherever possible, application materials should be submitted electronically as Word or PDF file to Andrew Lavelle, WADEM Coordinator and titled Moles Fellowship. To apply for a Moles Fellowship, the following information must be submitted:

We will ask you to submit an annual report of your WADEM-related activities to the Board of Directors and a paper or poster to the World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine following the receipt of the award.

All applications will be reviewed by a Review Committee, consisting of: