AATS Foundation Excellence Award (prize USD 1,000) 

  • Title
    Prediction of Graft Patency using Preoperative Hyperemic and Non-hyperemic Intracoronary Pressure Indices in CABG
  • Topic
    Cardiovascular surgery 
  • Country
    Japan
  • Winner
    Ryo Nakamura

Furuse Award (prize USD 1,000) 

  • Title
    Evaluating the effect of change in staging from 8th to 9th edition in resectable stage 2 and 3 NSCLC patients
  • Topic
    Thoracic 
  • Country
    Singapore
  • Winner
    Darryl Chin

CN Lee Award

  • Title
    Genomic Insights into Type A Aortic Dissection: Results from a Pilot Whole Genome Sequencing Study
  • Country
    Hong Kong SAR
  • Winner
    Lo Man Ki Eunice

Lifetime Achievement Award(1):

  • Country
    Greece
  • Winner
    Prof Sotirios Prapas

STS/EACTS President’s Award(1):

  • Title
    Long-Term Survival Advantage of Reoperative Surgical Mitral Valve Replacement Over Transcatheter Mitral Valve-in-Valve: Insights from a Multicenter Cohort
  • Country
    United States
  • Winner
    Daniel Won

7 Sages of CTV Surgery in Asia Awards(7):

SalFull NameAffiliationCountry/Region
ProfShunji SanoOkayama University HospitalJapan
DrTaweesak ChotivatanapongChest Disease InstituteThailand
DrHani K. NajmCleveland ClinicSaudi Arabia
ProfSanghoon JheonSeoul National University College of MedicineRepublic of Korea
DrYugal Kishore MishraHead of Cardiac Sciences & Chief Cardio Thoracic Vascular SurgeonIndia
ProfSertaç M. ÇiçekLiv Hospital VadIstanbul-Istinye UniversityTürkiye
ProfC N LeeNational University of SingaporeSingapore