It is truly an honour to be a Fellow of the HFA. It motivates me to aim for excellence and continue to strive for higher standards throughout the rest of my career.“
Markus Wallner – Fellow of the HFA
Rules for application
Only HFA Gold Members can become Fellows of the HFA.
Candidates must demonstrate their excellence in heart failure in at least one of these three domains:
- Research at national and/or international level
- Teaching and training
- Clinical care
Applications are closed for this year and will open in September 2022.
Benefits
All Fellows of the HFA benefit from:
- the right to use FHFA after their name
- a special fee for Heart Failure congresses
- the rights of HFA Gold Members
- print copies of the European Journal of Heart Failure
- access to the annual HFA Compendium
- a certificate available in your MyESC account
Interested in joining the prestigious Fellows community?
Application process
- Self-nomination via link
- Nominee should be seconded by their Heart Failure National Society president
- References should be provided by the applicant's Heart Failure National Society
- All documents will then be considered by the HFA Credential Committee
Documents to supply
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter from the president of the applicant's Heart Failure National Society
- One other reference (from someone of the applicant's choosing)
Both references should state the case for why a fellowship should be conferred.
AND
- List of relevant publications/list of relevant grants
- Or evidence of teaching innovation
- Or clinical-care service development
Please note that all documents must be provided in English.
Annual fellowship dues for Fellows of the HFA
Annual dues are €288 per calendar year (from 1 January to 31 December).
The fee is to be paid once the Credential Committee has informed the candidate of their acceptance.
After two years of non-payment of fees, consecutively or not, the Fellow will be informed of his/her exclusion from the HFA Fellowship, unless payment is received within 3 months. His/her reintegration in the HFA Fellowship register will be accepted upon payment of all due fees.
A "pay in order" principle applies: the FHFA fee is due every year and one may only pay the FHFA fee of the given year.
Elected Fellows of 2021
- Tarek Bekfani, Berlin, DE
- Jasper Brugts, Rotterdam, NL
- Giovanni Fazio, Palermo, IT
- Shahrukh Hashmani, Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Prathap Kanagala, Wirral, UK
- Siti Nauli, Jakarta, ID
- Rarsari Soerarso Pratikto, Jakarta, ID
- Peter Rainer, Graz, AT
- Gustav Smith, Gothenburg, SE
- Vebiona Suranggayudha, Jakarta, ID
See HFA Fellows from previous years
Fellows elected in previous years
- Amr Abdin, Aachen, DE
- David Raes, Wilrijk, BE
- Marija Polovina, Belgrade, RS
- Sergey Kozhukhov, Kiev, UA
- Simon Stewart, Blackwood, AU
- Arsen Ristic, Belgrade, RS
- Agata Bielecka-Dabrowa, Lodz, PL
- Christoph Birner, Amberg, DE
- Ahmet Celik, Mersin, TR
- Vijay Chopra, New Delhi, IN
- Andreas Doesch, Bad Salzunge, DE
- Ginta Kamzola, Riga, LV
- Marcio Kiuchi, Perth, AU
- Panagiota Kourkoveli, Athens, GR
- Malgorzata Lelonek, Lodz, PL
- Sanem Nalbantgil, Izmir, TR
- Noemi Pavo, Wien, AT
- Rasmus Rivinius, Neustadt, DE
- Stephan Winnik, Zurich, CH
- Simon Woldman, Pinner, GB
- Christopher Adlbrecht
- Petros Agathangelou
- Mohammad Al Qahtani
- Hakan Altay
- Johann Altenberger
- Giuseppe Ambrosio
- Christina Angermann
- Markus Anker
- Stefan Anker
- Vassilis Barberis
- Eduardo Barge Caballero
- Johann Bauersachs
- Antoni Bayes Genis
- James Beattie
- Reinaldo Bestetti
- Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca
- Javed Butler
- Yuksel Cavusoglu
- Jelena Celutkiene
- Ovidiu Chioncel
- Andrew Coats
- Justien Cornelis
- Maria G Crespo-Leiro
- Domenico D'amario
- Kevin Damman
- Constantinos Davos
- Rudolf De Boer
- Giuseppe Di Stolfo
- Dimitar Divchev
- Hans-Dirk Duengen
- Urs Eriksson
- Hasan Ali Farhan Al Alfarhan
- Gerasimos Filippatos
- Andreas Flammer
- Maria Frigerio
- Joe Gallagher
- Martin Jesus Garcia Gonzalez
- Roy Gardner
- Nicolas Girerd
- Aggeliki Gkouziouta
- Veli-Pekka Harjola
- Tal Hasin
- Mahmoud Hassanein
- Stephane Heymans
- Arno Hoes
- Martin Huelsmann
- Ewa Jankowska
- Georgios Karagiannis
- Mitja Lainscak
- Jose Luis Lambert Rodriguez
- Ekaterini Lambrinou
- Adelino Leite-Moreira
- Gerard Linssen
- Yury Lopatin
- Lars Lund
- Alexander Lyon
- Christoph Maack
- Aldo Maggioni
- Amam Mbakwem
- Theresa McDonagh
- Alexandre Mebazaa
- Wouter Meijers
- Gustavo Mendez Machado
- Marco Metra
- Deddo Moertl
- Andrea Mortara
- Michel Noutsias
- Agostinho Nunes Pereira Da Silva
- Elmir Omerovic
- Christos Pantsios
- J David Parker
- Massimo Francesco Piepoli
- Burkert Pieske
- Gerhard Poelzl
- Piotr Ponikowski
- Naresh Ranjith
- Jillian Riley
- Giuseppe M C Rosano
- Stuart Rosen
- Frank Ruschitzka
- Clara Saldarriaga
- Ibrahim Sari
- Gianluigi Savarese
- Konstantinos Savvatis
- Petar Seferovic
- Hadi Skouri
- Randall Starling
- John Teerlink
- Thomas Thum
- Carlo Gabriele Tocchetti
- Steven Tsui
- Peter Van Der Meer
- Marc Vanderheyden
- Ola Vedin
- Markus Wallner
- Jean Marc Weinstein
- Mehmet Birhan Yilmaz