EANS Prize Winners

We are delighted to introduce the winners of various EANS scholarships, fellowships and awards on this page.

Congratulations to all!

EANS Spine Fellowships Sponsored by Synthes 2012

In 2011, Synthes have added a sixth fellowship to the five existing fellowships which they so generously endow. This was exclusively available to EANS Associate Individual Members based outside EANS member countries. These are short-term fellowships, of two-months duration, undertaken at EANS approved host clinics, where fellows will be exposed to different aspects and techniques of spinal surgery and evolving technologies. We received 23 valid applications this year, from which the committee of Spine Section members selected:

Jonathan Bull
Chris Derham
Roman Kostysyn
Tom Theys
Arman Zakaryan 
Pankaj Joshi - fellowship for EANS Associate Individual Members based outside EANS member countries

EANS Aesculap Prize 2011 

As a result of the generosity of Braun Aesculap, two awards of €5,000 were available, one for the best clinical research paper and another for the best laboratory research paper. We received 19 entries this year, from which the EANS Research committee selected:

Tom Theys - Aesculap EANS Laboratory Research Prize for "Selectivity for three-dimensional shape and grasping related activity in the ventral premotor cortex".

Christian Senft - Aesculap EANS Clinical Research Prize for "Intraoperative MRI guidance and extent of resection in glioma surgery: a randomised, controlled trial".

The prizes will be presented at the EANS Annual Meeting (Bratislava, October 2012) and prize winners will be given the opportunity to deliver their work at the EANS Research Course (Krakow, October 2012).

Free registration to First Annual international Course in Advanced techniques in Neurosurgical Oncology

A unique course is taking place in London on 7-8 July 2012. The course combines cadaveric workshops on surgical anatomy and optimal approaches; training stations; and surgical masterclasses from top neurosurgeons revealing their signature techniques. The organizers offered one EANS Individual Members a free registration to this course. 

The winner of the free registration is Dr. Luis Miguel Sousa Marques from Portugal.

EANS/Medtronic Research Travel Fellowship

Funding of €4000.00, generously provided by Medtronic, was available for a minimum of a one month fellowship to fund a Neurosurgical trainee to visit an Academic Neurosurgical Department in one of the EANS member countries. 

Out of 27 applications received, the committee selected Pieter van Eijsden as the best candidate and winner of the fellowship. 

EANS Aesculap Prize 2010 

As a result of the generosity of Braun Aesculap, two awards of €5,000 were available, one for the best clinical research paper and another for the best laboratory research paper. We received 20 entries this year, from which the EANS Research committee selected:

Antonio Di Ieva - Aesculap EANS Laboratory Research Prize for "The veins of the nucleus dentatus: anatomical and radiological findings".

Miikka Korja - Aesculap EANS Clinical Research Prize for "Genetic Epidemiology of Spontaneous SAH - Nordic Twin Study".

The prizes will be presented at the European Congress of Neurosurgery (Rome, October 2011) and prize winners will be given the opportunity to deliver their work at the EANS Research Course (Lausanne, October 2011).

Jean Brihaye Scholarship

This scholarship is funded by the EANS from a fund established and kindly donated by Professor Jean Brihaye. A single award of €10,000 is available to fund research and/or training for a young neurosurgeon. It is awarded every four years at the European Congress. This time we received 17 entries, from which the committee selected: 

Mustafa Sakar for "The effect of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) PHBHHX and human mesenchymal stem cell (hMSC) on axonal regeneration in experimental sciatic nerve damage". 

The prize will be presented to the winner by the president of the EANS Prof. Johannes Schramm during the Opening Ceremony of the forthcoming European Congress on Rome on Sunday 9th October.

EANS Spine Fellowships Sponsored by Synthes 2011

In 2011, Synthes have added a sixth fellowship to the five existing fellowships which they so generously endow. This was exclusively available to EANS Associate Individual Members based outside EANS member countries. These are short-term fellowships, of two-months duration, undertaken at EANS approved host clinics, where fellows will be exposed to different aspects and techniques of spinal surgery and evolving technologies. We received 24 applications this year, from which the committee of Spine Section members selected:

Konstantinos Barkas
Lukas Bobinski
Dilyan Ferdinandov
Theodore Gerasimou
Pablo Mendivil-Teran 
Sachin Baldawa - fellowship for EANS Associate Individual Members based outside EANS member countries

EANS Reciprocal Travel Awards 2011

Ten places on the forthcoming CNS Hands-On course in Chicago that will be held from 25 to 28 August 2011 (the course formerly held in St Louis) were offered free of charge to EANS members. From the number of applications the EANS Training Committee selected the following candidates: 

Kaliaperumal Chandrasekaran - read feedback on the course here
Hans Delye
Katie Gilkes 
Hrvoje Krpina
Claudiu Matei
Dimitrios Paraskevopoulos
Alessandro Segna
Bartosz Sokol
Ivan Timofeev
Nikolay Velinov