2013 Prize Winners
ESTS – Brompton Prize – 2000 EUR
The Brompton Prize is offered for the best thoracic presentation by an ESTS member at the Brompton Session and comes courtesy of the Trustees of the fund initiated by Professor Peter Goldstraw. It is an annual prize instituted at the 8th European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery held in London November 2000.
Presented by: Peter Goldstraw
B-005
CAN EXTRACAPSULAR LYMPH NODE INVOLVEMENT BE A TOOL TO FINETUNE PN1 FOR ADENOCARCINOMA IN UICC TNM 7TH EDITION?
Philippe Nafteux, Leuven/ Belgium
ESTS – Young Investigators Award – 2000 EUR
To stimulate research, the ESTS has instituted a prize for the best presentation on topics of clinical or experimental research in the fi eld of thoracic surgery by an ESTS member below the age of 35 years.
Presented by: Isabelle Opitz
F-022: THE RISK OF BILOBECTOMY COMPARED TO LOBECTOMY. A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF A SERIES OF MATCHED CASES AND CONTROLS
Maria Teresa Gomez-Hernandez, Salamanca/ Spain
ESTS – Grillo Prize – 1000 EUR
Presented by: Douglas Mathisen
F-035: VEGF PATHWAY REFLECTS THE CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL BEHAVIOUR OF THYMIC EPITHELIAL TUMOURS
Guiseppe Marulli, Padua/ Italy
ESTS – Greek Pioneers Prize – 500 EUR
This prize is offered for the best poster presentation and comes courtesy of a fund chaired by Dr. Kalliopi Athanassiadi in the name of the first three Greek thoracic surgeons.
Presented by: Kalliopi Athanassiadi
P-128: BRONCHIAL CARCINOID TUMORS WITH NODAL INVOLVEMENT
Ricardo Guijarro, Valencia/Spain
ESTS – Covidien Prize – VATS Masterclass Elancourt
This prize is offered to the best case presentation and comes courtesy of a donation by Covidien.
Presented by: Matz Frederiksson
O-085 MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO AN UNUSUAL AIRWAY PROBLEM
Hans Van Veer, Leuven/ Belgium
ESTS – Dutch Society for Lung Surgery Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
This grant is offered by the Dutch Society for Lung Surgery and was created to support a young abstract presenter from a low-middle-income country.
Presented by: William Steup
Vitaliy Barmin, Moscow/ Russia
ESTS – DGT Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
This grant is offered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Thoraxchirurgie and was created to support a member of ESTS from a Low-income, Lower-middle-
Income or Upper-middle-income country.
Presented by: Gunda Leschber
Artjoms Spaks, Riga/ Latvia
ESTS – FSTCS Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
This grant is offered by French Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. It will be offered to the best oral presentation of clinical work by an author below the age of 35 from a low-middle-income country.
Presented by: Pascal Thomas
Farahnaz Sadegh Beigee, Tehran/Iran
ESTS Institutional Quality Certification
MilanOspedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Luigi Santambrogio
Barcelona
Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Laureano Molins
Leuven
University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
Paul de Leyn
Istanbul
Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey
Elvin Hekimoglu on behalf of Akif Turna