Education and Training Grant Winners 2025
The EAPCI Fellowship Committee 2024-2026, chaired by Dr. Honton and Prof. Saad, is pleased to announce the 2025 winners:
Claudia Carassia
From: Italy
Host Centre: Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Germany
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Cribier Grant
Zakaria Naji Lamrani
From: Belgium
Host Centre: To be confirmed
Sponsor: Abbott
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Antonella Millin
From: Italy
Host Centre: Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Andersen Grant
Efstratios Katsianos
From: Greece
Host Centre: To be confirmed
Sponsor: Abbott
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Mohammed Elganainy
From: Egypt
Host Centre: University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
Sponsor: Shockwave
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
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2024
The EAPCI Fellowship Committee 2022-2024, chaired by Prof. Ribichini and Prof. Rudolph, is pleased to announce the 2024 winners:
Giovanni Occhipinti
From: Italy
Host Centre: Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: General Electrics
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Aleksandra Gasecka
From: Poland
Host Centre: Amsterdam University Medical Centre, The Netherlands
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Serhii Chaichuk
From: Ukraine
Host Centre: Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
Sponsor: Boston
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Soumia Faid
From: Morocco
Host Centre: Cardiovascular Center Aalst, Olv Hospital, Belgium
Sponsor: Occlutech
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Vasiliki Kalogera
From: Greece
Host Centre: Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse, France
Sponsor: Shockwave
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Tau Hartikainen
From: Finland
Host Centre: Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Andersen Grant
Gianmarco Iannopollo
From: Italy
Host Centre: Leipzig Heart Center University, Germany
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Mohammad Kassar
From: Switzerland
Host Centre: Heart & Diabetes Center NRW- Bad Oeynhausen, Germany
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Cribier Grant
Otar Kvavadze
From: Georgia
Host Centre: Medical University of Graz, Austria
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Svetlana Aghayan
From: Armenia
Host Centre: Centre Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Majdi Saada
From: Israel
Host Centre: The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, United Kingdom
Sponsor: Philips
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Nima Mohan
From: United Kingdom
Host Centre: To Be Confirmed
Sponsor: Philips
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
2023
The EAPCI Fellowship Committee 2022-2024, chaired by Prof. Ribichini and Prof. Rudolph is pleased to announce the 2023 winners:
Emyal Alyaydin
From: Germany
Host Centre: University Hospital in Zurich, Switzerland
Sponsor: Microport
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Judit Andreka
From: Hungary
Host Centre: University Heart Centre in Graz, Austria
Sponsor: Abbott
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Vincenzo Cesario
From: Italy
Host Centre: Clinique Pasteur in Toulouse, France
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Ana Rita Pereira
From: Portugal
Host Centre: University Hospital La Paz in Madrid, Spain
Sponsor: Shockwave
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Andrea Alberto Ruberti
From: Switzerland
Host Centre: Hospital Clinic University in Barcelona, Spain
Sponsor: General Electrics (GE) Healthcare
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Ruxandra Irina Sava
From: Romania
Host Centre: Institut Cardio Vasculaire in Paris, France
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Erekle Turabelidze
From: Georgia
Host Centre: Heart Centre in Dresden, Germany
Sponsor: Abiomed
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Esma Cetinkaya
From: Turkey
Host Centre: Careggi University Hospital in Florence, Italy
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Aravind-Kumar Radha Krishnan
From: Germany
Host Centre: University Hospital Juan Ramon Jimenez in Huelva, Spain
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Francesca Rubino
From: Italy
Host Centre: HartCentrum, Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen (ZNA) Middleheim in Antwerp, Belgium
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Vince Bartos
From: Hungary
Host Centre: University Medical Centre in Mainz, Germany
Sponsor: Philips
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Christos Papageorgiou
From: Greece
Host Centre: San Raffaele Valve Centre in Milan, Italy
Sponsor: Abiomed
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Mohamed Reda
From: Egypt
Host Centre: Radboudumc in Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Amr Mansour
From: Egypt
Host Centre: Heart Centre in Leipzig , Germany
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
2022
The EAPCI Fellowship Committee 2020-2022, chaired by Prof. van Mieghem and Dr. Lefèvre is pleased to announce the 2022 winners:
Annette Maznyczka
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Host Center: Bern University Hospital (Switzerland)
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Yannick Willemen
From: Belgium
Host Center: Rigshospitalet (Denmark)
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Andrija Matetic
From: Croatia
Host Centre: Royal Stoke University Hospital (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Edwina McNaughton
From: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Host Center: Mater Private Hospital (Ireland)
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Claudio Espada Guerreiro
From: Portugal
Host Centre: Hospital Alvaro Cunqueiro (Spain)
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
2021
The EAPCI Fellowship Committee chaired by Prof. van Mieghem and Dr. Lefèvre is pleased to announce the 2021 winners:
Kamil Bujak
From: Poland
Host Center: Spain (Hospital Clinic, Barcelona)
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Francesco Fracassi
From: Italy
Host Center: United Kingdom (Barts Heart Centre, St. Bartolomew Hospital, London)
Sponsor: Boston Scientific
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Marcos Manuel Garcia Guimaraes
From: Spain
Host Centre: The Netherlands (St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein)
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Mariana Goncalves
From: Portugal
Host Center: France (Clinique Pasteur, Toulouse)
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Andersen & Cribier Fellowship Programme
Domagoj Markovic
From: Croatia
Host Centre: Switzerland (University Hospital of Zurich)
Sponsor: Terumo
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Anastasios Alexandros Siskos
From: Greece
Host Centre: The Netherlands (Thoraxcenter, Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam)
Sponsor: Abiomed
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Tatyana Storozhenko
From: Ukraine
Host Centre: Belgium (Cardiovascular Center OLV, Aalst)
Sponsor: Cardinal Health
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
Blanca Trejo Velasco
From: Spain
Host Centre: Germany (Heart Centre Leipzig)
Sponsor: Edwards Lifesciences
Grant: EAPCI Andersen & Cribier Fellowship Programme
Maarten Vanhaverbeke
From: Belgium
Host Centre: Denmark (Rigshospitalet Copenhagen)
Sponsor: Medtronic
Grant: EAPCI Fellowship Grant Programme
2020
Lian Krivoshei
From: Switzerland
Host Center: Italy (Cardiologia all Università di Catania)
Carla Lucarelli
From: Italy
Host Center: United Kingdon (Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London)
Selcuk Kucukseymen
From: Turkey
Host Center: Italy (Careggi University Hospital, Florence)
Ulas Höke
From: the Netherlands
Host Centre: Belgium (AZ Sint Jan, Brugge)
Pietro Leonida Laforgia
From: the Netherlands
Host Centre: France (RCF - Institut Cardiovasculaire Paris Sud (ICPS), Massy)
Olga Simonova
From: Russia
Host Centre: Czech Republic (Cardiocenter, University Hospital Kralovske Vinohrady, Prague