Prizes and Awards

• ESTS – Brompton Prize – 2000 EUR
  The Brompton Prize is off ered 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.
  
  B-005
  REGULATED TAILORED SUCTION VERSUS REGULATED SEAL: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL ON AIR LEAK DURATION
  Alessandro BRUNELLI, Ancona, Italy
  
  
• ESTS – Young Investigators Award – 2000 EUR
  To stimulate research, the ESTS has instituted a prize for the best presentation on topics of clinical or experimental research in the fi eld of thoracic surgery by an ESTS member below the age of 35 years.
  
  F-031
  PREOPERATIVE QUALITY OF LIFE PREDICTS SURVIVAL FOLLOWING PULMONARY RESECTION IN STAGE I NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER
  Cecilia POMPILI, Ancona, Italy
  
  
• ESTS – Grillo Prize – 1000 EUR
  The prize is off ered 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-040
  THE VALUE OF MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9 AND VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 1 (MMP9/VEGFR1) PATHWAY IN DIAGNOSING INDETERMINATE PLEURAL EFFUSION
  Alfonso FIORELLI, Naples, Italy
  
  
• ESTS – Greek Pioneers Prize – 500 EUR
  This prize is off ered for the best poster presentation and comes courtesy of a fund chaired by Dr. Kalliopi Athanassiadi in the name of the fi rst three Greek thoracic surgeons.
  
  P-116
  IS NEO-ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY A CONTRAINDICATION FOR TRACHEOBRONCHIAL SLEEVE RESECTION IN LUNG CANCER PATIENTS?
  Corinna LUDWIG, Cologne, Germany
  
  
• ESTS – Covidien Prize – VATS Masterclass Elancourt
  This prize is off ered to the best case presentation and comes courtesy of a donation by Covidien.
  
  I-010
  AN UNUSAL COMPLICATION FOLLOWING CHEST WALL RESECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION
  Kostas KOSTOPANAGIOTOU, Leeds, UK
  
  
• ESTS – Dutch Society for Lung Surgery Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is off ered by the Dutch Society for Lung Surgery and was created to support a young abstract presenter from a low-middle income country.
  
  O-022
  SIGNIFICANCE OF PREOPERATIVE ENDOBRONCHIAL PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY IN LOCALLY ADVANCED CENTRAL NSCLC: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL
  Andrey AKOPOV, St. Petersburg, Russia
  
  
• ESTS – DGT Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is off ered by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Thoraxchirurgie and was created to support a member of ESTS from a low income country.
  
  P-190
  HOW EARLY CAN WE DISCHARGE OUR PATIENTS SAFELY FOLLOWING A MAJOR LUNG RESECTION?
  Guven OLGAC, Istanbul, Turkey
  
  
• ESTS – FSTCS Travel Grant – 1000 EUR
  This grant is off ered by French Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. It will be off ered to the best oral presentation of clinical work by an author below the age of 35 from a low-middle income country.
  
  F-068
  TREATMENT STRATEGY IN PATIENTS WITH PULMONARY METASTASES OF RENAL CELL CANCER.
  Ali AMIRALIEV, Moscow, Russia
  
  
• ESTS – ACECP Travelling Fellowship Award 2012
  The ACECP was established in 2006 by Laureano Molins, M.D, Ramón Rami-Porta, M.D. and Enriqueta Felip, M.D, (Juan J Fibla, MD, since 2009) with the priority goal of offering to young surgeons grants to broaden their training and increase international contacts.
  Amaia OJANGUREN ARRANZ, Barcelona, Spain
  
  
  
• ESTS Institutional Quality Certification 2012
  
  Ancona, Italy
  Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy
  
  Barcelona, Spain
  Hospital Sagrat Cor, Barcelona, Spain
  
  Debrecen, Hungary
  University of Debrecen, Hungary
  
  Istanbul, Turkey
  Istanbul University, Istanbul Medical School, Turkey
  
  Salamanca, Spain
  Salamanca University Hospital, Salamanca, Spain