Our awards - EACTS

How to Apply

Awards are based on self-nomination and application. Application for Young Investigator, Hans G Borst, EACTS/STS and EACTS/GHC-PASCATS is via the EACTS abstract submission process which opens on 1 February 2025 and will close on
30 April 2025.

Application for the EACTS/AATS Foundation on Academic Excellence Award closes on 31 July 2025.

There is a separate application process for the Residents’ Corner Award. The closing date for submissions is 31 May 2025.

2024	M. Torre	Naples, Italy	Cardiac
	I. Doll	Tübingen, Germany	Congenital
	B. Marinucci	Rome, Italy	Thoracic
2023	J. Ren	Parkville, Australia	Cardiac
	G. Comentale	Napoli, Italy	Congenital
	D. Brascia	Bari, Italy	Thoracic
2022	T. Langenaeken	Leuven, Belgium	Cardiac
	D. Aronowitz	Philadelphia, USA	Congenital
	W. Woo	Seoul, Republic of Korea	Thoracic
2021	Y. Ahmed	Ann Arbor, USA	Cardiac
	F. Rijnberg	Den Haag, Netherlands	Congenital
	Y. Yan	Shanghai, China	Thoracic
2020	Takashi Kakuta	Suita-shi, Japan	Cardiac
	Sara Ricciardi	Bolgona, Italy	Thoracic
	Rodrigo Sandoval Boburg	Tuebingen, Germany	Congenital
2019	Alvise Guariento	Padova, Italy	Cardiac
	Diana Bacchin	Viareggio, Italy	Thoracic
	Takashi Yasukawa	Suita-shi, Japan	Congenital
2018	K Benke	Budapest, Hungary	Cardiac, split award
	O Harrisson	Southampton, UK	Cardiac, split award
	M Buchko	Edmonton, Canada	Thoracic
	F Caldaroni	Milan, Italy	Congenital, Split award
	K Vitanova	Munich, Germany	Congenital, Split award
2017	C Bening	Würzburg, Germany	Cardiac
	PAJ Beckers	Edegem, Belgium	Thoracic
	N Nichay	Novosibirsk, Russia	Congenital
2016	Marie Maagaard		Congenital
2015	H Kitahara	Tokyo, Japan	Cardiac
	K Kehoe	Edegem, Belgium	Thoracic
	D Dorobantu	Bristol, UK	Congenital
	Ayaon Albarran	Madrid, Spain	Vascular
2013	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

2024	Leo Pӧlzl	Austria, Vienna
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

2024	Maximilian Kreibich	Freiburg, Germany
2023	Fabian A Kari	Munich, Germany
2022 – Split Award	Francesco Giosuè Irace – Speaker Ilaria Chirichilli – Author	Rome, Italy Rome, Italy
	Amit Iyengar	Philadelphia, USA
2021 – Split Award	W. Heo	Busan, Republic of Korea
	Yosuke Inoue	Suita, Japan
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	Hannover, Germany
	F F Immer	Bern, Switzerland
2003 – Split award	K Kallenbach	Hannover, Germany
	S Melnitchouk	Zurich, Switzerland
2002	F X Schmid	Regensburg, Germany
2001	Marc Schepens	Nieuwegein, Netherlands

2024	Ahmad Ali Amirghofran	Shiraz, Iran
2023	Hyun Koo Kim	Republic of Korea
2022	Francesco Pollari	Nuremberg, Germany
2021	H Fallouh	Birmingham, UK
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

Recognising training and research excellence with our annual awards

How to Apply

Award Categories:

Young Investigator Award*

Hans G Borst Award for Thoracic Aortic Surgery**

EACTS/STS Award

EACTS/GHC-PASCaTS Excellence Award

Residents’ Corner Award

Techno-College Innovation Award

EACTS/AATS Foundation Academic Excellence Award

History of Award Winners

EACTS/STS AWARD

EACTS/AATS Award

HANS G. BORST AWARD

TECHNO-COLLEGE INNOVATION AWARD

YOUNG INVESTIGATOR’S AWARD

2024	Leonard Pitts	Berlin, Germany
2023	Maria Nucera	Bern, Switzerland
2022	Maximilian Luehr	Cologne, Germany
2021	Maximillian Kreibich	Freiburg, Germany
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