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Past Winners
Year:
Winner
Ferenc Imre Suhai
Heart and Vascular Centre, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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. Ignatios Ikonomidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Medical School
Dr. Ioannis Ilias
Department of Endocrinology, Hippokration Hospital
Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Dimas
Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly
Winner
Anna Shmakova
Paris-Saclay University, France
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
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
Dr. Davide Bolignano
CNR
Winner
Thomas Wainwright
Bournemouth University, UK
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Roberto Cirocchi
University of Perugia
Dr. Ignatios Ikonomidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Medical School
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
Winner
Piotr Małczak
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Award Committee
Prof. Edgaras Stankevicius
Chairman
Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Prof. Dr. Udo Jeschke
University Hospital Augsburg
Dr. Ignatios Ikonomidis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens,Medical School
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Di Somma
Department of Medical-Surgery Sciences and Translational Medicine.University or Rome Sapienza .Italy
Prof. Roberto Cirocchi
University of Perugia
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