Department to Department Visit Programme

The ESO Department to Department Visit Programme is a grant of 1,500 EUR offered to up to 10 young physicians and researchers to support a short visit of 1 week or as a contribution to a longer visit to a European department or laboratory.

The programme aims to provide insight into stroke departments outside the applicant’s home country. Apply by 28 February for the 2022 grants.

The short visit may play an important role in the career of young physicians and researchers by establishing contact with people and departments who may provide future research and job opportunities. Awardees are expected to send a report after completion of their visit to be posted on the ESO blog and newsletter, and to acknowledge ESO in scientific work that results from the stay.

2021 Department to Department Visit Programme Grant Awardees

Awardee
Annemijn Algra (The Netherlands)
Elsaid Nada (Egypt)
Maria Fonseca de Melo Bandeira (Belgium)
Mihail Kalnev (Bulgaria)
Ivan Koltsov (Russia)
Máté Kotor (Hungary)
Raffaele Ornello (Italy)
Vassilis Papadopoulos (Greece)
Apoorva Shankaranarayana (India)
Emanuele Spina (Italy)

Host Institution
Oslo University Hospital, Norway
Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Modena, Italy
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Lille, France
Department of Neurology at the University of Bern, Switzerland
Department of Neurology at the University of Bern, Switzerland
Segeberger Kliniken, Bad Segeberg, Germany
University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Department of Neurology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Division of Rehabilitation, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Department of Neurology at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Who Should Apply?

Physicians or researchers up to 40 years of age – with an interest in the field of stroke. Applicants must be ESO members (Junior membership application is available here).

The grant can only be received once.

The host institution has to be located in a European country.

In the selection process, we have a special emphasis on applicants from European low-middle and upper-middle income countries (as defined by the World Bank), interested in improving the stroke pathways and care in their institutions and six grants per year are reserved for this purpose.

How to Apply

The application deadline is 28 February for 2022. Interested applicants are requested to complete the application form (click here) and submit together with the following documents

Invitation letter from Head of the Department / Institution where you want to visit (host institution)
Letter of recommendation from the supervisor or Head at your department
Letter of motivation (1/2 page)
English CV ( 1-2 page)
List of publications
Copy of identity card/passport

If you require assistance to establish contact with an institution, please contact Dr. Diana Aguiar de Sousa from the “ESO Young Stroke Physicians and Researchers committee” by e-mail to dianasousa@campus.ul.pt Applications must be submitted to the ESO Secretariat by e-mail to esoinfo@eso-stroke.org by 28 February 2022. For any questions, please write to esoinfo@eso-stroke.org

2020 Department to Department Visit Reports

Kateriine Orav

Neurologist at North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn (Estonia)

“I first had the idea to apply for the ESO Department to Department Visit programme after attending the very inspiring ESO-ESMINT-ESNR Stroke Winter School in Bern in the beginning of 2020. It made me curious about stroke management in clinical practice in the largest Stroke Centre in Switzerland, providing endovascular therapy for a population bigger than the entire Estonia.”

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Mihai Radu Ionescu

Neurology Specialist at Neuroaxis – Neurology Clinic, Bucharest (Romania)

“Thanks to the amiability of Dr. Rouchaud, I was able to participate in one of the on-site animal research projects and could learn the necessary steps in animal preparation and techniques involved in a carotid aneurysm rabbit model. This was an enriching experience for me, as I had the opportunity to be involved in all aspects, from device selection and technique to management of complicated cases and post-interventional care.”

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Marieta Valerieva Peycheva

Neurologist at the Clinic of Neurology – University Multipurpose Hospital for Active Treatment Saint George, Plovdiv (Bulgaria)

“I am extremely impressed by the level of organization and collaboration between the various Units involved in the diagnostic process. Information about the patient comes from the ambulance long before the arrival of the patient. This allows the readiness of the various physicians (neurologists, radiologists, anesthesiologists, neurointerventionalists) and maximum optimization of the diagnostic and treatment processes.”

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Awardees and Reports

2020 Awardees

ESO is pleased to announce the 2020 Department to Department Visit Programme Awardees. We wish a fruitful, cooperative visit to all involved.

Awardee: Tatia Aprasidze (Georgia)
Host Institution: University Children’s Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland /1 – 14 July 2021

Awardee: Antonio Ciacciarelli (Italy)
Host Institution: IHospital Clinic Barcelona, Spain / dates tdb 2021

Awardee: Gleni Halili (Albania)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / dates tbd 2021

Awardee: Mihai Radu Ionescu (Romania)
Host Institution: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Limoge, France / 29 June – 17 July 2020 Read Report

Awardee: Espen Saxhaug Kristoffersen (Norway)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / dates tbd 2021

Awardee: Lusine Martirosyan (Armenia)
Host Institution: nselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / dates tbd 2021

Awardee: Kateriine Orav (Estonia)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 26 – 30 July 2021 Read Report

Awardee: Marieta Valerieva Peycheva (Bulgaria)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 1 – 10 September 2020 Read Report

Awardee: Aurora Semerano (Italy)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 28 June – 9 July 2021

Awardee: Dmitar Vlahović (Serbia)
Host Institution: Department of Neurology, Oslo University Hospital, Norway / dates tbd 2021

2019 Awardees

ESO is pleased to announce the 2019 Department to Department Visit Programme Awardees. We wish a fruitful, cooperative visit to all involved.

Awardee: Angelo Cascio Rizzo (Italy)
Host Institution: Charite University Hospital, Berlin, Germany / 9 – 15 September 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Silvia Chirobocea (Romania)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 5 – 14 August 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Mercedes de Lera Alfonso (Spain)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 1 – 8 September 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Sofiya Khachaturyan (Armenia)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 2 – 6 December 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Inna Lutsenko (Kyrgyzstan)
Host Institution: San Camillo Forlanini Hospital, Department of Neuroscience, Rome, Italy / 27 May – 4 June 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Masiliūnas Rytis (Lithuana)
Host Institution: Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden / 25 March – 5 April 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Sabina Medukhanova (Kazakhstan)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland / 11 – 15 November 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Răzvan Alexandru Radu (Romania)
Host Institution: University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain / 10 – 23 June 2019 Read Report

Awardee: Valentina Rinnoci (Italy)
Host Institution: Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway / 27 January – 4 February 2020 Read Report

Awardee: Floris H.B.M. Schreuder (The Netherlands)
Host Institution: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom / 5 – 12 September 2019 Read Report

2018 Awardees

ESO is pleased to announce the 2018 awardees:

Natalia Andrzejewska (Poland)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland Read Report

Mariana Morais Carvalho Dias (Portugal)
Host Institution: Hospital Universitario Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain Read Report

Csilla Forro (Romania)
Host Institution: National Institute of Clinical Neurosciences, Budapest, Hungary Read Report

Julie Haesebaert (France)
Host Institution: Kings’s College, School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences, London, United Kingdom Read Report

Manea Maria Mirabela (Romania)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland Read Report

Giuseppe Reale (Italy)
Host Institution: Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden Read Report

Pasquale Scoppettuolo (Belgium)
Host Institution: Hôpital Roger Salengro, Lille, France Read Report

Susanna Zuurbier (The Netherlands)
Host Institution: Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland Read Report

2017 Awardees

ESO is pleased to announce the 2017 awardees:

Rahim Aliyev (Azerbaijan)
Host Institution: Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany Read Report

Kateryna Antonenko (Ukraine)
Host Institution: University Hospital of Perugia, Stroke Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Perugia, Italy Read Report

Anne-Katrin Giese (German/Harvard)
Host Institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Univeristy, Munich, Germany Read Report

Dearbhla Kelly (Dublin/Ireland)
Host Institution: University Hospital Lariboisiere, Paris, France Read Report

Patrick Nicholson (Dublin/Ireland)
Host Institution: Inselspital Bern, Neurology Department, Bern, Switzerland Read Report

Alessio Pieroni (Rome/Italy)
Host Institution: Queen Elizabeth University, Stroke Unit, Hospital in Glasgow, United Kingdom