The Diseases of the Esophagus Journal awards were created in 2018 to recognize outstanding junior faculty members and help promote professional and educational interest in the esophagus and related diseases. Congratulations to the winners below. Information about each award can be found below including prizes, qualifications and judging criteria: PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS: Best Junior Faculty/Trainee Manuscript Award
Sander Ubels Radboud University Medical Centre Prize winning paper: Predicting mortality in patients with anastomotic leak after esophagectomy: development of a prediction model using data from the TENTACLE—Esophagus
Yoshitaka Ishikawa University of Michigan Prize winning paper: Quantitative perfusion assessment of gastric conduit with indocyanine green dye to predict anastomotic leak after esophagectomy 2021 Evangelos Tagkalos University of Mainz, Department of General, Viszeral and Transplant Surgery, Germany Prize winning paper: Robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy (RAMIE) compared to conventional minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) for esophageal cancer: a propensity-matched analysis 2020 Katrin Schwameis University of Vienna/ Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California, Austria/USA Prize winning paper: Clinical outcome after laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication in patients with GERD and PPI refractory heartburn 2018 Jose Vecente Arcose-Machancoses Hospital Sant Joan de Dieu Barcelona, Spain Prize winning paper: A systematic review with meta-analysis of the prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux in congenital diaphragmatic hernia pediatric survivors PAST AWARD RECIPIENTS: Outstanding Junior Faculty Peer Reviewer Award
Sivesh Kamarajah University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Alice Tsai Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, England 2021 Fredrik Klevebro Karolinska Institutet, Department of Digestive Diseases, Stockholm, Sweden 2020 Joonas Kauppila University of Oulu, Finland 2018 Jessie Elliott Trinity College, Ireland |