Winners of the Masters Cup of Thoracic Surgery, Copenhagen 2014 – Team America

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

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LIVING-DONOR LOBAR LUNG TRANSPLANTATION PROVIDES SIMILAR SURVIVAL TO CADAVERIC LUNG TRANSPLANTATION EVEN FOR SICKER PATIENTS
Hiroshi Date/Kyoto/Japan

ESTS – Grillo Prize – 1000 EUR

The prize is offered to the best abstract in the session “Experimental / Innovative Techniques” and is named after our deceased honorary member Hermes Grillo (Boston). The prize was initially awarded in 2009 by Professor Douglas Mathisen of the Massachusetts General Hospital, a colleague and friend of Professor Hermes Grillo.

Presented by: Douglas Mathisen

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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF NECL-5 OVEREXPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA
Shinya Tane/Kobe/Japan

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-138 CIRCULATING TUMOR CELLS IN THORACIC MALIGNANCIES: SEPARATION AND CULTIVATION IN VITRO
Vladimir Bobek/Prague/Czech Republic

ESTS – Covidien Prize – “Elancourt in Strasbourg”

This prize is offered to the best case presentation and comes courtesy of a donation by Covidien.

Presented by: Matz Frederiksson

O-087 TREATMENT STRATEGY OF CONTRALATERAL RECURRENCE FOLLOWING PREVIOUS PNEUMONECTOMY FOR BRONCHIAL CARCINOMA
Arthur Kostron/Zurich/Switzerland

ESTS – VATS Prize – 1000 EUR

The prize is offered to the best paper presented at the VATS session hosted by the ESTS-MITIG (Minimally Invasive Thoracic Interest Group) and comes courtesy of Dufner.

Presented by: Frank Luz

F-114 THORACOSCOPIC VERSUS OPEN LOBECTOMY FOR EARLY STAGE NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER: A PROPENSITY-MATCHED ANALYSIS OF OUTCOME FROM THE ESTS DATABASE
Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz/Strasbourg/France

ESTS – JACS Award – 1000 EUR

This award is offered by the Japanese Association of Chest Surgery to the best abstract presentation by an ESTS member from Asia.

Presented by: Meinoshin Okumura

O-034 B-TYPE NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE-GUIDED RISK ASSESSMENT FOR POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS IN LUNG CANCER SURGERY
Takashi Nojiri /Suita/Japan

ESTS – PERELMAN AWARD – 1000 EUR

This prize is offered to the best abstract presentation by an ESTS member from a country where Russian is a language of communication.

Presented by: Igor Poliakov

F-058 NEW VATS PLEURECTOMY TECHNIQUE FOR PATIENTS WITH RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX

Kirill Gestkov/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:  Christian Kugler

P-195 PREVENTION OF EARLY GASTRIC EMPTYING AND LATE DUODENO-GASTRO-EOSPHAGEAL REFLUX AFTER ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY: IS THERE ONE SOLUTION?
Oleksandr Vynnychenko/Sumy/ Ukraine

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:  Willem Steup

P-238 TREATMENT OF PRIMARY SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX WITH THIN CATHETER DRAINAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HEIMLICH VALVE. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS.
Juan Braga Menendez/Pilar/Argentina

ESTS – FSTCVS 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:  Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz

F-096 THE IMPACT OF VENTILATION STRATEGIES DURING THORACOSCOPIC MINIMALLY INVASIVE ESOPHAGECTOMY ON THE POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATION: TWO-LUNG VERSUS ONE-LUNG VENTILATION
Hao Wang, Shanghai/China

ESTS-BIOLOGY CLUB SCHOLARSHIPS – 5000 EUR

These scholarships were created to offer a one month research opportunity for young ESTS members and come courtesy of a donation by BARD and MCM MEDSYS AG.

Presented by: Gaetano Rocco and Isabelle Opitz

Research:  THE ROLE OF ADRENOMEDULLIN IN BRONCHIOLITIS OBLITERANS SYNDROME
Balazs Gieszer, Budapest/Hungary
Research:  CLINICAL TRIAL DESIGN – FROM BASICS TO PRACTICE
Arthur Kostron, Zurich/Switzerland.

ESTS – COVIDIEN NURSE SYMPOSIUM AWARD – 1000 EUR

This prize is offered to the best oral presentation in the Nurse Symposium and comes courtesy of a donation by Covidien

Presented by:  Kenneth Mangaard

N-242 POSTOPERATIVE REHABILITATION IN OPERATION FOR LUNG CANCER – A RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL WITH BLINDED EFFECT EVALUATION RATIONALE AND DESIGN (PROLUCA)
Maja Schick Sommer, Copenhagen/Denmark

ESTS – MEDELA NURSE SYMPOSIUM AWARD – 1000 EUR

This prize is offered to the best poster presentation in the Nurse Symposium and comes courtesy of a donation by Medela

N-249 DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF A NURSE LED VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE THERAPY IN PLEURAL SPACE INFECTIONS
Lisa Hill/ Leeds/ United Kingdom

ESTS – ACECP TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP 6000  EUR

This is the 6th award since 2009 from the ACECP and we would like to thank them for their generosity over the last six years.

Presented by:  Laureano Molins, Ramon Rami-Porta, Juan Fibla

Carme Obiols, Terrassa/Spain

ESTS INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY CERTIFICATION

Antwerp
Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium

Presented by:  Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz

Michèle De Waele, currently a fellow in Toronto, on behalf of Paul Van Schil