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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Gabriela Lima de Melo Ghisi
University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Award Committee
Dr. Kent Doi
Chairman
The University of Tokyo Hospital
Dr. Teruhiko Imamura
University of Toyama
Prof. Dr. Giustino Varrassi
Fondazione Paolo Procacci
Dr. Simone Ferrero
University of Genova, Italy
Winner
Jasper Iske
Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center of Charité Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Award Committee
Prof. Emmanuel Andrès
Chairman
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Prof. Konstantinos Lasithiotakis
Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Heraklion, Crete
Dr. Lopez-Jornet Pia
University Murcia
Dr. Tina M Marye Slusher
University of Minnesota
Winner
Jan Bednarsch
Department of Surgery and Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Award Committee
Prof. Emmanuel Andrès
Chairman
University Hospital of Strasbourg
Dr. Sukhwinder Singh Sohal
University of Tasmania
Prof. Eyal Sheiner
Soroka University Medical Center
Prof. Dr. Victor Valderrabano
SWISS ORTHO CENTER
Prof. Dr. Michele Roccella
University of Palermo , Italy
Prof. Alberto Signore
"Sapienza" University of Rome
Prof. Johannes Van den Anker
Children's National Hospital
Dr. Icro Maremmani
AU-CNS
Prof. Dr. Karim Bendjelid
Geneva University Hospitals
Prof. Sylvia Lee-Huang
NYU School of Medicine
Winner
ANDREA PALERMO
UNIT OF ENDOCRINOLOGY AND DIABETES, CAMPUS BIO-MEDICO UNIVERSITY
Award Committee
Prof. Dr. Maciej Banach
Chairman
Department of Preventive Cardiology and Lipidology, Medial University of Lodz
Prof. Gregory Lip
University of Liverpool
Prof. Gianrico Spagnuolo
University of Napoli "Federico II"
Dr. Roberto Cuomo
Dr. Eng Ooi
Flinders Medical Centre
Prof. Emmanuel Andrès
University Hospital of Strasbourg
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