EAPC Career café 2026
Get career advice in Ljubljana from key experts
When?
The EAPC Career Café is taking place at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026 in Ljubljana.
- Thursday, 23 April during the afternoon coffee break (15:15–16:00)
- Friday, 24 April during the afternoon coffee break (15:15–16:00)
Who can apply?
Applicants must be:
- Under 40 years old or in training
- Registered for ESC Preventive Cardiology 2026
- An EAPC Member or Associate. Not a member yet? Join the EAPC now!
How can I apply?
Applicants will be selected based on their motivation letter and CV. Each applicant will be assigned two interviews of 15-20 minutes each, according to their profile and the mentor's availability.
Deadline: apply by Sunday 15 March 2026 (23:59 CET)
Mentors on Thursday, 23 April from 15:15–16:00
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation.
Professor Ana Abreu
University Hospital S. Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, inherited cardiac disorders.
Doctor Silvia Castelletti
Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine (Italy)
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, cardiac MRI, inherited cardiac condition.
Doctor Sabiha Gati
Royal Brompton Hospital London
Areas of expertise: Combination of sports cardiology and preventive medicine as a specialty. Research in cardiac rehab by exercise intervention trials.
Professor Martin Halle
Technical University of Munich, Germany Department of Preventative Sports Medicine and Sports Cardiology
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention; dyslipidaemia; obesity; atherosclerosis.
Doctor Konstantinos Koskinas
Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern (Switzerland)
Areas of expertise: Associations between diet and cardiovascular disease. specialist in nutritional and cardiovascular epidemiology.
Professor Pedro Marques-Vidal
Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne (Switzerland)
Area of expertise: Exercise physiology, high-intensity interval training, pregnancy, obesity, diet interventions, randomised controlled trials
Doctor Trine Moholdt
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim (Norway)
Areas of expertise: preventive cardiology, lipids, obesity, cardiometabolic syndrome.
Doctor Svetlana Liliana Mosteoru
Institute of Cardiovascular and Heart Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara (Romania)
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology inherited cardiac conditions.
Professor Michail Papadakis
St George's, University of London, St George's Hospital, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Area of expertise: Sports cardiology
Professor Antonio Pelliccia
Rome Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Italy
Areas of expertise: Preventive cardiology, guidelines, psychosocial factors, randomized trials, prediction models, smoking, weight loss, exercise training, women and ASCVD, angina, microvascular dysfunction
Professor Eva Prescott
Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Areas of expertise: Cardiac rehabilitation in the ambulatory and stationary setting, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, exercise training in all sorts of cardiac patients, in particular heart failure patients.
Associate Professor Jean-Paul Schmid
Stationary cardiac rehabilitation clinic, Switzerland
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention, sports medicine, exercise prescription, pre participation screening, childhood cardiovascular health, nutrition.
Doctor Monica Tiberi
Sports Medicine Azienda Sanitaria Territoriale Pesaro-Urbino (AST PU), Pesaro (Italy)
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Associate Professor Matthias Wilhelm
Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland
Mentors on Friday, 24 April from 15:15–16:00
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation.
Professor Ana Abreu
University Hospital S. Maria, Lisbon, Portugal
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, inherited cardiac disorders.
Doctor Silvia Castelletti
Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine (Italy)
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, cardiac MRI, inherited cardiac condition.
Doctor Sabiha Gati
Royal Brompton Hospital London
Areas of expertise: Combination of sports cardiology and preventive medicine as a specialty. Research in cardiac rehab by exercise intervention trials.
Professor Martin Halle
Technical University of Munich, Germany Department of Preventative Sports Medicine and Sports Cardiology
Areas of expertise: preventive cardiology, lipids, obesity, cardiometabolic syndrome.
Doctor Svetlana Liliana Mosteoru
Institute of Cardiovascular and Heart Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara (Romania)
Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology inherited cardiac conditions.
Professor Michail Papadakis
St George's, University of London, St George's Hospital, United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland
Areas of expertise: Preventive cardiology, guidelines, psychosocial factors, randomized trials, prediction models, smoking, weight loss, exercise training, women and ASCVD, angina, microvascular dysfunction
Professor Eva Prescott
Bispebjerg University Hospital, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Areas of expertise: Cardiac rehabilitation in the ambulatory and stationary setting, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, exercise training in all sorts of cardiac patients, in particular heart failure patients.
Associate Professor Jean-Paul Schmid
Stationary cardiac rehabilitation clinic, Switzerland
Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Associate Professor Matthias Wilhelm
Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland