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We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Medicina 2023 Young Investigator Award is Dr. Christos Koutserimpas.
Dr. Christos Koutserimpas (Member of the European Hip Society (EHS), the Hellenic Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgery Association, the EuroSurg Collaborative Group (multinational academic group, focusing on perioperative parameters influencing surgical outcomes), and the Hellenic Society of Medical Mycology) is a PHD of the Department of “251” Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, Greece. His research interests are in Orthopaedics and Traumatology. He received his PhD in 2022 and has an outstanding publication record, comprising 95 publications in peer-reviewed international journals. His Scopus Scientific Citations number is 389, and his Hirsch index is 10. He is clearly a rising star in the field of Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgery.
As the awardee, Dr. Christos Koutserimpas will receive an honorarium of CHF 2000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before 31 December 2024 in Medicina after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.
We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.
Editor-in-Chief, Professor Edgaras Stankevičius, on behalf of the Medicina 2023 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee
Medicina 2023 Young Investigator Award
Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Anastasia Bougea
1st Department of Neurology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15772 Athens, Greece.
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Vasileios S. Nikolaou
2nd Academic Department of Orthopaedics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Dr. Allison B. Reiss
NYU Long Island School of Medicine
Dr. Zilvinas Dambrauskas
Lithuanian University Of Health Sciences
Winner
Christos Koutserimpas
Hellenic Air Force General Hospital of Athens, Greece.
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Dr. José Antonio de Paz
University of León (Spain)
Dr. Konstantinos Dimas
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Di Somma
Department of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine.University or Rome Sapienza .Italy
Winner
Juan Jesús García-Iglesias
University of Huelva, Spain
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Di Somma
Department of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine.University or Rome Sapienza .Italy
Dr. Jimmy T. Efird
VA Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, Boston, USA; Adjunct (Full) Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine
Prof. Mirko Manchia
University of Cagliari
Winner
Andrea Cortegiani
University of Palermo, Italy.
Veerappan Kasivisvanathan
University College London, UK
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Vytenis Skeberdis
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Di Somma
Department of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine.University or Rome Sapienza .Italy
Dr. Simone Ferrero
University of Genova, Italy
Prof. Michael Christ
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