WINNERS OF THE MASTERS CUP OF THORACIC SURGERY, LISBON 2015 – TEAM ASIA

ESTS – Brompton Prize – 2000 EUR

The Brompton Prize is offered for the best thoracic presentation by an ESTS member, first author, 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.

B-004
FORECASTING THE IMPACT OF STEREOTACTIC RADIATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF EARLY LUNG CANCERS ON THE THORACIC SURGERY WORKFORCE
Winner: Janet Edwards, Calgary/CA

ESTS – Young Investigators Award – 2000 EUR

To stimulate research, ESTS has instituted a prize for the best presentation on topics of clinical or experimental research in the field of thoracic surgery by an ESTS member below the age of 35.

F-041
BIONOTE E-NOSE TECHNOLOGY MAY REDUCE FALSE POSITIVES IN LUNG CANCER SCREENING PROGRAMS
Winner: Raffaele Rocco, Rome/IT

ESTS-AATS – Graham Foundation Award – 2000 EUR

This is a new prize for 2015 and offered by the AATS Graham Foundation. The prize is awarded for the best scientific contribution on esophageal disease.

F-036
ISOLATED LOCAL RECURRENCE OR SOLITARY SOLID ORGAN METASTASIS AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY FOR CANCER IS NOT THE END OF THE ROAD
Winner: Lieven Depypere Leuven/BE

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.

F-058
INTRAOPERATIVE MERGED FLUORESCENCE IMAGE-GUIDED PULMONARY SEGMENTECTOMY
Winner: Hyun Koo Kim, Seoul/KR

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.

P-182 ENDOBRONCHIAL RUPTURE OF HYDATID CYST
Winner: Khaled Al'Kattan, Riyadh/SA

ESTS- ZURICH BIOLOGY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP – 30,000 EUR

This research fellowship is offered for a minimum of six months to a young scientist to visit the University Hospital Zurich with the aim of learning and obtaining an insight into a research concept or technique not available in their home unit.

Research: Lung Volume Reduction Surgery before Lung Transplantation - the risk benefit trade-offs.

Winner: Carlson Aruldas/St Petersburg/RU

ESTS – Covidien Prize – “Elancourt in Strasbourg”

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

O-113A RARE CAUSE OF RESPIRATORY FAILURE AFTER ESOPHAGECTOMY
Winner: Mohammed Hawari, Leicester/UK

ESTS – JACS Award – 1000 EUR

This prize is offered to the best abstract presentation by an ESTS member from an Asian Institute.

F-099 REDUCED RISK OF POSTOPERATIVE ACUTE EXACERBATION IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER HARBORING IDIOPATHIC PULMONARY FIBROSIS WHO UNDERWENT PERIOPERATIVE PIRFENIDONE TREATMENT.
Winner: Takekazu Iwata, Chiba/JP

ESTS – Dutch Society for Lung Surgery Travel Grant – 1.000 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.

P-267 LOW COST METHOD FOR CHEST WALL RECONSTRUCTION AFTER RESECTION FOR TUMORS
Winner: Ioan Petrache, Timisoara/RO
Received on behalf of Ioan Petrache, by Iris Miron.

ESTS – DGT Travel Grant – 1.000 EUR

This grant is offered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie and was created to support a member of ESTS from a low income country.

O-016 EFFECT OF TRANEXAMIC ACID ON SURGICAL BLEEDING IN PULMONARY RESECTION: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Winner: Souheil Boubia, Casablanca/MA

ESTS – FSTCVS TRAVEL GRANT – 1000 EUR

This grant is offered by the 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.

F-071 IS PREOPERATIVE PROTEIN-RICH NUTRITION EFFECTIVE ON POSTOPERATIVE OUTCOME IN NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER SURGERY? A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED STUDY.
Winner: Tevfik Ilker Akcam, Izmir/TR

ESTS - AME Prize

This award is awarded for the best overall performance by a trainee member in the Postgraduate Course Master's Cup Competition who wins an expenses-paid attachment to a leading Thoracic Surgery Unit in China. The prize comes courtesy of the AME Publishing Company.

Winner: Lieven Depypere Leuven/BE

ESTS – COVIDIEN NURSE SYMPOSIUM AWARD – 500 EUR

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

N-307 POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY COMPLICATIONS FOLLOWING MAJOR CHEST WALL RESECTION: THE BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS EXPERIENCE
Winner: Paula Agostini, Birmingham/UK

ESTS – COVIDIEN NURSE SYMPOSIUM AWARD – 500 EUR

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

N-315 AGE- AND GENDER-CORRECTED BODY MASS INDEX: A NEW APPROACH IN SCREENING FOR UNDERWEIGHT IN ESOPHAGECTOMY FOR CANCER.
Winner: Johnny Moons, Leuven/BE

ESTS INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY RE-CERTIFICATION

Salamanca
Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain.
Collected by: Nuria Novoa/Salamanca/Spain

Ancona
Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy.
Collected by: Michele Salati/Ancona/Italy