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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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