ESO Summer School 2026

29th ESO Stroke Summer School

7-11 September 2026  |  Lisbon, Portugal

The ESO Stroke Summer School 2026, a prestigious educational event for stroke trainees across Europe, will take place in Lisbon.

PROGRAMME and SCHEDULE

Sunday, 6 September
Arrival of participants

Monday, 7 September
Stroke Etiology and Prevention

Tuesday, 8 September
Comprehensive Stroke Care

Wednesday, 9 September
Update on Stroke Management

Thursday, 10 September
Controversies in Stroke Management
Management of Stroke Sequelae

Friday, 11 September
Building Patient-Centered Excellence – The Future of Stroke Care

The full preliminary programme is available here.

APPLY

WHO SHOULD APPLY?

Selection criteria:

  • Young physicians with a major interest in cerebrovascular diseases.
  • Applicants should currently be in training in a European teaching hospital that treats acute stroke patients.
  • Applicants should be fluent in English and under the age of 45.
  • Applicants must be ESO members (stroke professionals under 35 years old can become a Junior Member for free here)

The organising committee will select participants based on their:

  • Application
  • Country of origin (not more than 2 participants per country; the host country may have 3 participants)
  • The expected benefit to the individual and to his/her stroke unit and country

One place at the Summer School will be allocated to the winning abstract from the Young Stroke Physicians Committee Workshop at ESOC 2026.

If there are available places, applications from non-European countries may be considered by the organisers. The list of participants will be approved by the ESO Executive Committee.

For successful applicants, tuition, accommodation, meals and coffee breaks costs are covered. Participants are expected to cover their travel expenses to and from Athens and any personal expenses outside of the official programme. Accompanying persons are not permitted.

HOW TO APPLY

The application period for ESO Summer School 2026 is now open until 16 March 2026.

Interested applicants are requested to submit the following documents:

  • Application form – available here.
  • Personal statement of motivation (up to 2 pages)
  • CV (up to 2 pages))
  • A letter of recommendation from a supervisor or Head of Department

Complete applications should be sent via email to the address indicated on the application form.
Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered.

The deadline to receive applications is 16 March 2026.

HOW TO APPLY

Applications are now closed for the 2025 Summer School.

Welcome to Portugal and to the ESO Stroke Summer School 2026. We are truly delighted to host you in Lisbon for a week dedicated to thoughtful discussion, hands-on learning, and practical clinical reasoning in stroke.

The Summer School is, above all, a meeting point for early-career clinicians and future stroke leaders from across Europe. We hope you will feel encouraged to ask questions, challenge assumptions, share your own experience, and connect openly with peers and faculty throughout the week.

Across the course, we will follow the full stroke pathway, from pre-hospital decision-making and hyperacute treatment to stroke unit care, secondary prevention, and rehabilitation. Sessions are designed to be highly interactive, combining case-based discussions, workshops, and focused lectures led by an outstanding international faculty, with a clear goal: to translate evidence into confident day-to-day clinical choices.

This year we meet at the AHED facilities in Carcavelos, a coastal area just outside Lisbon. With the Atlantic Ocean nearby, the venue offers a bright seaside setting and an inspiring backdrop for focused learning, meaningful discussion, and networking throughout the week.

Beyond the academic program, we hope you will take time to connect with colleagues from across Europe in a friendly, collaborative atmosphere.

We look forward to an outstanding week of learning, sharing, and building lasting professional relationships.

Warm regards,

Prof. Diana Aguiar de Sousa
Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Portuguese Stroke Society

Prof. Isabel Fragata
Co-Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Portuguese Society of Interventional Neuroradiology

 

Prof. Diana Aguiar de Sousa
Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Portuguese Stroke Society

Prof. Isabel Fragata
Co-Chair of the Local Organising Committee
Portuguese Society of Interventional Neuroradiology

LOCAL ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Vitor Tedim Cruz, MD, PhD

Neurology

Angelo Carneiro, MD

Neuroradiology

João Sargento Freitas, MD, PhD

Neurology

Denis Gabriel, MD

Neurology

Lia Neto, MD, PhD

Neuroradiology

Alexandre Silva, MD

Neurology

Ana Paiva Nunes, MD

Internal Medicine

CONTACT

Please contact the ESO Head Office for any questions or more information.