WINNERS OF THE POSTGRADUATE MASTERS CUP, NAPLES 2016 – TEAM ASIA

Team Asia:
Captain: Ali Zamir Khan (Gurgaon)

Seniors: Diego Gonzalez Rivas (Shanghai), Chang Hyun Kang (Seoul), Jang Ming Lee (Taipei),Rajiv Santonsham (Chennai), Punnarerk Thongcharoen (Bangkok)

Residents: Kamran Ali (Gurgaon), Jie Dai (Shanghai), Sidharth Garg (Chandigarh), Su Kyung Hwang (Seoul), Jiagen Li (Beijing), Ranjeetha Shenoy (New Delhi), Jinbo Zhao (Xi’an), Fangyu Zhou (Shanghai), Ying-Fang Tsang (Taipei)

 

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 DOES SHORT TERM PRE-OPERATIVE EXERCISE THERAPY INFLUENCE LONG TERM FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING LUNG CANCER SURGERY?
Winner: Wolfram Karenovics, Geneva/CH

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-036 EGFR MUTATIONS ARE LINKED TO SKIP N2 LYMPH NODE METASTASES IN RESECTED NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER ADENOCARCINOMAS
Winner: Francesco Guerrera, Torino/IT

ESTS – AATS GRAHAM FOUNDATION EXCELLENCE AWARD – 2000 EUR

This prize is offered by the AATS Graham Foundation and awarded for the best scientific contribution on Pulmonary Non Neoplastic

F-073 THE EFFECT OF COLCHICINE ADMINISTRATION ON POST-OPERATIVE PLEURAL EFFUSION FOLLOWING THORACIC SURGERY: A RANDOMIZED DOUBLE BLIND PLACEBO CONTROLLED FEASIBILITY PILOT STUDY
Winner: John Agzarian, Hamilton/CA

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-064 THE USE OF A SMARTPHONE APPLICATION FOR FAST LUNG CANCER RISK ASSESSMENT
Winner: Zalan Szanto, Pecs/HU

ESTS – BIOLOGY CLUB SCHOLARSHIP - 2500 EUR

Life Science Laboratories, Wuerzburg University Hospital, Germany
This scholarship was created to offer a maximum of three months research opportunity for a young ESTS member with the aim of learning or getting an insight into a research concept or technique not available in the home unit.

Research: LUNG ORGANOIDS FROM PRIMARY RESPIRATORY CELLS FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND REGENERATION
Winner: Max Lacour, Zurich/CH

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-231 NON-INTUBATED UNIPORTAL ANATOMICAL LUNG RESECTION: A PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHED ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT FASTER RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE EVEN IN THE EARLY EXPERIENCE
Winner: Alan Sihoe, Hong Kong/CN

ESTS – JACS Award – 1000 EUR

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

F-121 LYMPH NODAL METASTASES IN THYMIC MALIGNANCIES: A CHINESE ALLIANCE FOR RESEARCH OF THYMOMAS (CHART) RETROSPECTIVE DATABASE ANALYSIS
Winner: Zhitao Gu, Shanghai/CN

ESTS – DGT Travel Grant – 1.000 EUR

This grant is offered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie (DGT) and was created to support a member of ESTS from a low- to middle-income-country, who is below the age of 40 and is the first author of an abstract.

F-167 NOTCH SIGNALING IS INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL MUCOSAL INJURY CAUSED BY ASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX: THE FIRST REPORT FROM HUMAN MODEL
Winner: Yong Yuan, Chengdu/CN

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.

0-088 LOCALIZATION OF PERIPHERAL PULMONARY LESIONS TO AID SURGICAL RESECTION: A NOVEL APPROACH OF ELECTROMAGNETIC NAVIGATION BRONCHOSCOPIC DYE MARKING
Winner: Kongjia Luo/Guangzhou/CN

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-060 ENDOBRONCHIAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY WITH GUIDE SHEATH VERSUS CT GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSIES FOR PERIPHERALLUNG LESIONS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY WITH PROPENSITY SCORE MATCHING ANALYSIS
Winner: Xiao Li/Beijing/CN

ESTS – AME AWARD

This 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: Claudio Caviezel, Zurich/CH

ESTS – INTUITIVE SCHOLARSHIP

This is awarded to the best presentation in the VATS RATS Session for an expenses paid stay at a Centre of Excellent in Robotic Surgery and comes courtesy of Intuitive.

F-053 THE IMPACT OF NUMBER OF PORTS ON SHORT-TERM OUTCOMES FOLLOWING VIDEO ASSISTED THORACIC SURGERY FOR ANATOMICAL LUNG RESECTION: A MULTI-CENTER STUDY
Winner: Alan Sihoe, Hong Kong/CN

ESTS – ETHICON PRIZE – Scholarship ESTS Knowledge Track Course March 2017

This prize is offered for the best abstract from the Mixed Thoracic I and Mixed Thoracic II sessions and comes courtesy of a donation by Ethicon.

F-105 THE VATS LOBECTOMY PROCEDURE DOESN’T OFFER ANY FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY ADVANTAGE IN COMPARISON TO THE OPEN APPROACH THREE MONTHS AFTER THE OPERATION. A CASE MATCHED ANALYSIS.
Winner: Michele Salati, Ancona/IT

ESTS – MEDTRONIC PRIZE – Scholarship ESTS Skill Track Course, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2016

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

O-120 A LATE COMPLICATION AFTER THERAPY FOR HODGKIN’S DISEASE AND POSSIBLE TREATMENT OPTIONS
Winner: Roman Vereshchako, Kiev/UA

 

ESTS – MEDTRONIC PRIZE – Scholarship ESTS Skill Track Course, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2016

This prize is offered to the best presentation in the MITIG Session and comes courtesy of a donation by Medtronic

F-156 LOCALIZATION OF SMALL LUNG LESIONS USING A RADIOFREQUENCY
IDENTIFICATION MARKING SYSTEM.
Winner: Yojiro Yutaka, Kyoto/JP

 

ESTS-CATS Echelon Prize

Best video presentation of thoracic surgery for Chinese Young Elites. The prize comes courtesy of Ethicon China.

 

SYMPOSIUM FOR NURSES –  500 EUR for Best Two Oral Presentations

These prizes are offered to the best two oral presentations in the Symposium for Nurses and come courtesy of a donation by Medtronic.

N-284 NURSE AND PATIENT PERCEPTIONS OF THE ABC APPROACH FOR SMOKING CESSATION WITH OPERABLE LUNG CANCER PATIENTS
Winner: Sigrid Ulvestad, Copenhagen/DK

N-288 FEASIBILITY OF THE FIT4SURGERY APP - CAN IT REPLACE CONVENTIONAL PRE AND POST OP PULMONARY REHABILITATION IN THE GERIATRIC POPULATION?
Winner: Salma Kadiri, Birmingham/UK

 

ESTS QUALITY CERTIFICATION

Ospedale Maggiore, Policlinico, Milan, Italy
San Paolo Hospital, Milan, Italy
St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, UK
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

 

ESTS QUALITY RE-CERTIFICATION

Hospital Clinic, Barcelona, Spain
Leuven University Hospital, Leuven, Belgium
University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary