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EAPC Career café 2026

Get career advice in Ljubljana from key experts

23 Apr 2026 - 24 Apr 2026
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
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The EAPC Career Café connects young healthcare professionals and international experts during one-on-one in-person meetings. Selected applicants will receive career development advice and recommendations from seasoned and successful leaders in their field.

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

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Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation.  

Professor Ana Abreu

University Hospital S. Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

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Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, inherited cardiac disorders.

Doctor Silvia Castelletti

Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine (Italy)

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Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, cardiac MRI, inherited cardiac condition.  

Doctor Sabiha Gati

Royal Brompton Hospital London

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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

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Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention; dyslipidaemia; obesity; atherosclerosis.

Doctor Konstantinos Koskinas

Bern University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern (Switzerland)

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Areas of expertise: Associations between diet and cardiovascular disease. specialist in nutritional and cardiovascular epidemiology.

Professor Pedro Marques-Vidal

Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne (Switzerland)

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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)

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Areas of expertise: preventive cardiology, lipids, obesity, cardiometabolic syndrome.

Doctor Svetlana Liliana Mosteoru

Institute of Cardiovascular and Heart Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara (Romania)

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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

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Area of expertise: Sports cardiology

Professor Antonio Pelliccia

Rome Institute of Sport Medicine and Science, Italy

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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)

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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

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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)

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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

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Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular disease prevention and cardiac rehabilitation.  

Professor Ana Abreu

University Hospital S. Maria, Lisbon, Portugal

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Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, inherited cardiac disorders.

Doctor Silvia Castelletti

Hospital Santa Maria della Misericordia, Udine (Italy)

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Areas of expertise: Sports cardiology, cardiac MRI, inherited cardiac condition.  

Doctor Sabiha Gati

Royal Brompton Hospital London

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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

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Areas of expertise: preventive cardiology, lipids, obesity, cardiometabolic syndrome.

Doctor Svetlana Liliana Mosteoru

Institute of Cardiovascular and Heart Diseases of Timisoara, Timisoara (Romania)

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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

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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)

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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

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Areas of expertise: Cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation cardiopulmonary exercise testing

Associate Professor Matthias Wilhelm

Centre for Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Switzerland

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