AWARDS
As part of the EACTS commitment to advancing education and research in cardio-thoracic surgery, the Association offers awards each year in recognition of training and research excellence.
| Award | Field | Application Deadline |
| Young Investigator Awards* | Cardiac, Thoracic, Congenital | 30 April 2023 |
| Hans G Borst Award for Thoracic Aortic Surgery** | Vascular | 30 April 2023 |
| EACTS/STS Award | Vascular | 30 April 2023 |
| EACTS/GHC-PASCaTS Excellence Award for Rheumatic Heart Valve Disease and Management of Associated Tricuspid Regurgitation | Cardiac | 30 April 2023 |
| Techno-College Innovation Award | 12 September 2023 | |
| Residents’ Corner Award | General | 31 May 2023 |
* Age limit applies: 35 years
** Age limit applies: 40 years
Application overview
All awards are based on self-nomination and application. Application is via the EACTS/CYIM abstract submission site which will open 1 February 2023 and close 30 April 2023.
There is a separate application process for the Residents’ Corner Award, with the deadline closing on 31 May 2023.
History of Award Winners
EACTS/STS AWARD 2022
Maximilian Luehr, Cologne, Germany, won the 2022 EACTS/STS AWARD with his work “Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Adolescents and Young Adults under 30 Years of Age: Incidence, Etiology and Postoperative Outcomes of 139 cases from a large multi-centre cohort of 7914 patients” Abstract No. 111
| 2022 | Maximilian Luehr | Cologne, Germany |
| 2021 | Maximillian Kreibich | Freiburg, Germany |
| Abstract No. 92 Downstream thoracic endovascular aortic repair following the frozen Elephant Trunk procedure |
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| 2020 | Konstantin Von Aspern | Leipzig, Germany |
| 2019 | Urszula Simoniuk | Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018 | K Von Aspern | Leipzig, Germany |
| 2017 | W Heo | Seoul, Korea |
| 2015 | Bartosz Rylski | Freiburg, Germany |
| 2013 | Hiroshi Kurazumi | Ube, Japan |
| 2019 | Theodorus van Bakel | Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
| 2018 | M Gilbers | Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| 2017 | Fotois Pitoulis | London, UK |
| 2016 | Isaac Wamala | Boston, USA |
| 2015 | C Pisano | Palermo, Italy |
HANS G. BORST AWARD 2022
Francesco Irace, Rome, Italy, won the joint Hans G. Borst Award for Thoracic Aortic Surgery, together with Ilaria Chirichilli for their work “20-year follow up of Aortic Valve Reimplantation using the Valsalva graft” Abstract No. 459
| 2022 – Split Award | Francesco Giosuè Irace – Speaker Ilaria Chirichilli – Author |
Rome, Italy Rome, Italy |
| Abstract No. 459 20-year follow-up of Aortic Valve Reimplantation using the Valsalva graft |
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| Amit Iyengar | Philadelphia, USA | |
| Abstract No. 1051 Mitral Regurgitation in Acute Type A Dissection: Management and Outcomes |
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| 2021 | W. Heo | Busan, Republic of Korea |
| Abstract No. 117 Quantification of visceral perfusion and impact of femoral cannulation in vitro model of aortic dissection |
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| Yosuke Inoue | Suita, Japan | |
| Abstract No. 121 Novel computed tomography perfusion for patients with acute Type A dissection complicated by cerebral malperfusion |
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| 2020 | Joon Chul Jung | Seongnam-si, South Korea |
| 2019 | Josephina Haunschild | Leipzig, Germany |
| 2018 | W Heo | Seoul, Korea |
| 2017 | T Kruger & T Plonek | Tubingen & Wroclaw |
| 2016 | Not awarded | |
| 2015 | S Numata & K von Aspern | |
| 2013 | Bartosz Rylski | Philadelphia, USA |
| 2012 | Malakh Shrestha | Hannover, Germany |
| 2010 | Pradeep Narayan | Bristol, UK |
| 2009 | Davide Pacini | Bologna, Italy |
| 2008 | Christian D Etz | New York, USA |
| 2007 | Not awarded | |
| 2006 | Christian D Etz | New York, USA |
| 2005 | Martin Czerny | Vienna, Austria |
| 2004 – Split award | M Karck F F Immer |
Hannover, Germany Bern, Switzerland |
| 2003 – Split award | K Kallenbach S Melnitchouk |
Hannover, Germany Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2002 | F X Schmid | Regensburg, Germany |
| 2001 | Marc Schepens | Nieuwegein, Netherlands |
F Pollari, Nuremberg Germany, won the 2022 Techno College Award
| 2022 | Francesco Pollari | Nuremberg, Germany |
| 2021 | H Fallouh | Birmingham, UK |
| PerDeCT Device (Pericardial Device to monitor Cardiac output and diagnose Tamponade) for cardiac surgery | ||
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| 2020 | Not awarded | |
| 2019 | Max Emmert | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2018 | E Tutungi | Malvern, Australia |
| 2017 | R Gottardi | Salzburg, Vienna |
| 2016 | Max Kuetting (Nvt GmbH) | Nvt Gmbh, Hechingen, Germany |
| 2015 | Bartosz Rylski | Freiburg, Germany |
| 2014 | Peyman Sardari Nia | Maastricht, The Netherlands |
| 2013 | Vinayak Bapat | London, UK / New York, USA |
| 2012 | Per Steinar Halvorsen & Erik Fosse | Oslo, Norway |
| 2011 | Raoul Quintero | MAQUET CV, Wayne, USA |
| 2010 | Georg Nollert | Siemens AG, Forcheim, Germany |
| 2009 | E M Boyle | PleuraFlow Catheter Systems, USA |
| 2008 | Jean-Marie Vogel | Pleuromed, Woburn, USA |
| 2007 | Milo Simcha | Rehovot, Israel |
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD – ADULT CARDIAC
T. Langenaeken, Leuven, Belgium, won the 2022 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD – ADULT CARDIAC with his work “In vivo performance of a trileaflet heart valve prosthesis in an ovine model” – Abstract No. 446
YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD – THORACIC
W. Woo, Seoul, Republic of Korea, won the 2022 YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD – THORACIC with his work “Predictive scoring system for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Grade 3 among Stage I pulmonary non-mucinous adenocarcinoma: the MOSS score” Abstract No. 544
| 2022 | T. Langenaeken | Leuven, Belgium | Cardiac |
| Abstract No. 446 In vivo performance of a trileaflet heart valve prosthesis in an ovine model |
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| D. Aronowitz | Philadelphia, USA | Congenital | |
| Abstract No. 132 Early Impairment of Cerebral Bioenergetics after Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Neonatal Swine |
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| W. Woo | Seoul, Republic of Korea | Thoracic | |
| Abstract No. 544 Predictive scoring system for the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Grade 3 among Stage I pulmonary non-mucinous adenocarcinoma: the MOSS score |
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| 2021 | Y. Ahmed | Ann Arbor, USA | Cardiac |
| Abstract No. 110 Patient-specific computational modelling of different cannulation strategies for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation |
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| F. Rijnberg | Den Haag, Netherlands | Congenital | |
| Abstract No. 883 Are 16 20mm extracardiac conduits adequate for adolescent Fontan patients? |
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| Y. Yan | Shanghai, China | Thoracic | |
| Abstract No 23 NRAS expression is associated with prognosis and immune cells infiltrating in lung adenocarcinoma |
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| 2020 | Takashi Kakuta Sara Ricciardi Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg |
Suita-shi, Japan Bolgona, Italy Tuebingen, Germany |
Cardiac Thoracic Congenital |
| 2019 | Alvise Guariento Diana Bacchin Takashi Yasukawa |
Padova, Italy Viareggio, Italy Suita-shi, Japan |
Cardiac Thoracic Congenital |
| 2018 | K Benke O Harrisson M Buchko F Caldaroni K Vitanova |
Budapest, Hungary Southampton, UK Edmonton, Canada Milan, Italy Munich, Germany |
Cardiac, split award Cardiac, split award Thoracic Congenital, Split award Congenital, Split award |
| 2017 | C Bening PAJ Beckers N Nichay |
Würzburg, Germany Edegem, Belgium Novosibirsk, Russia |
Cardiac Thoracic Congenital |
| 2016 | Marie Maagaard | Congenital | |
| 2015 | H Kitahara K Kehoe D Dorobantu Ayaon Albarran |
Tokyo, Japan Edegem, Belgium Bristol, UK Madrid, Spain |
Cardiac Thoracic Congenital |
| 2013 | Ruben Ruben Osnabrugge | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Cardiac |
| Priyadharshanan Ariyaratnam | Hull, UK | Thoracic | |
| Ai Sugimoto | Shizuoka City, Japan | Congenital | |
| 2012 | Bartosz Rylski | Freiburg, Germany | Cardiac |
| Priyadharshanan Ariyaratnam | Cottingham, UK | Thoracic | |
| Patrick Myers | Geneva, Switzerland | Congenital | |
| 2011 | Sandro Sponga | Quebec, Canada | Cardiac |
| Willem Den Hengst | Antwerp, Belguim | Thoracic | |
| 2010 | Mathieu Stadelmann | Berne, Switzerland | Cardiac |
| Soichiro Funaki | Suita, Japan | Thoracic | |
| Jacek Kolcz | Krakow, Poland | Congenital | |
| 2009 | Can Yerebakan | Rostock, Germany | Cardiac |
| Peyman Sardari Nia | Antwerp, Belgium | Thoracic | |
| Benjamin Herdrich | Pennsylvania, USA | Congenital | |
| 2008 | Christian Klopsch | Rostock, Germany | Cardiac |
| Edward W K Peng | Glasgow, UK | Congenital | |
| 2007 | Heyman Luckraz | Cardiff, UK | Cardiac |
| Hyun-Sung Lee | Goyang, South Korea | Thoracic | |
| Edward J Hickey | Toronto, Canada | Congenital | |
| Marcin Malinowski | Katowice, Poland | Experimental | |
| 2006 | MN Giraud | Bern, Switzerland | Cardiac |
| Isabelle Opitz | Zurich, Switzerland | Thoracic | |
| Edward John Hickey | Portland, USA | Congenital | |
| 2005 | Munir Boodhwani | Boston, USA | Cardiac |
| Patrick Tansley | London, UK | Thoracic | |
| 2004 | T Schachner | Insbruck, Austria | Cardiac |
| M de Kraker | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Thoracic | |
| 2003 | H Ott | Innsbruck, Austria | Cardiac |
| T Walles | Hannover, Germany | Thoracic | |
| 2002 | M Grapow | Basel, Switzerland | Cardiac |
| S Quadri | Cork, Ireland | Thoracic | |
| 2001 | Alexander Kadner | Zurich, Germany | Cardiac |
| 2000 | S M Wildhirt | Munich, Germany | Cardiac |
| V V Sokolov | Kiev, Ukraine | Thoracic | |
| 1999 | J Schneider | Leipzig, Germany | Cardiac |
| W Wisser | Vienna, Austria | Thoracic | |
| 1998 | P Brenner | Munich, Germany | Cardiac |
| R Gasparri | Leuven, Belgium | Thoracic | |
| 1997 | O Goedje | Germany | Cardiac |
| W Wisser | Austria | Thoracic | |
| 1996 | M Kamler | Germany | Cardiac |
| 1995 | Roberto Lorusso | Italy | Cardiac |
| H G Fieguth | Germany | Thoracic | |
| 1994 | Marcello Migliore | Italy | Cardiac |
| I Mattila | Finland | Thoracic, split | |
| B Kreitman | France | Thoracic, split | |
| 2014 | Pietro Bertoglio | Verona, Italy |
| 2013 | Sowmya Ramanan | Chennai, India |
| 2011 | Anil Bhattarai | Nepal |
| 2010 | Gábor Veres | Budapest, Hungary |
| 2009 | Fabio Ius | Udine, Italy |
| 2008 | Munir Boodhwani | Ottawa, Canada |
| 2007 | Michael W.A. Chu | London, Canada |
| 2006 | Iki Adachi | Osaka, Japan |
| 2005 | Vijaya Nayak | Chennai, India |
| 2004 | György Lang | Budapest, Hungary |
| 2003 | Toth Zsolt | Pecs, Hungary |
| 2002 | Edvin Prifti | Tirana, Albania |
| 2001 | Qin Yan | Shanghai, China |
| 2000 | Arpad Pereszlényi | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 1999 | Gordon Cohen | Los Angeles, USA |
| 1998 | Paolo Masetti | Modena, Italy |
| 1997 | Malcolm Underwood | Bristol, UK |
| 1996 | Rimantas Benetis | Kaunas Lituania |
| 1995 | Francisco Tritto | Napoli, Italy |
| 2015 | Ulrich F W Frankie | |
| 2013 | Thierry Carrel | Bern, Switzerland |
| 2012 | Simon Kendall | Middlesbrough, UK |
| 2011 | Alfred Kocher | Vienna, Austria |
| 2011 | Kazumichi Yamamoto | Kyoto, Japan |
| 2008 | Ferenc Renyi-Vamos | Budapest, Hungary |
ALLIED HEALTH RESEARCH AWARD
Shannon Crotwell, Charlotte, USA, won Best presentation during the Nurse and Nurse Physician Postgraduate Education Course 2022
| 2022 | Shannon Crotwell | Charlotte, USA |
| 2016 | Doa El-Ansary | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2017 | Constantine D Mavroudis | Innsbruck, Austria |
| 2016 | Arnaud van Linden | Bad Nauheim, Germany |
| 2015 | P. Youssefi | London, UK |
| 2013 | Sulman Rafiq | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| 2012 | Emiliano Navarra | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2011 | Laurent De Kerchove | Brussels, Belgium |
| 2010 | Kenji iino | Kanazawa, Japan |
| 2009 | Nestoras Papadopoulos | Frankfurt, Germany |
| 2008 | Joerg Kempfert | Leipzig, Germany |
| 2007 | Feyzan Ozaslan | Frankfurt , Germany |
| 2006 | Payam Akhyari | Hannover, Germany |
| 2005 | B Meuris | Leuven, Belgium |
| 2004 | P M Dohmen | Berlin, Germany |
| 2003 | C Huber | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| 2002 | Rafael Garcia Fuster | Valencia, Spain |
| 2001 | S P Hoerstrup | Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2000 | I Knez | Graz, Austria |
| 1999 | F Maisano | Milan, Italy |
| 1998 | P Herijgers | Leuven, Belgium |
| P Totaro | Brescia, Italy | |
| 1997 | I Zhouravliova | Kemerovo, Russia |
| R Cesnjever | Erlangen, Germany |
| 2006 | C Van De | Leuven, Belgium |
| 2005 | A Neyrinck | Leuven, Belgium |
