July 01, 2013
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EFORT Awards 2013 in Istanbul

The European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology presented its annual awards at the Opening Ceremony of the 14th EFORT Congress in Istanbul.

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The three best free papers were:

  • Stéphane Pelet, Canada (gold);
  • Björn Peter Rossbach, Germany (silver); and
  • Marcus Landgren, Sweden (bronze).

The Jaques Duparc Award for the ten best free posters were presented to:

  • Scott Evans, England
  • Ersin Kuyucu, Turkey
  • F. Thomas D. Kaplan, USA
  • Roman Nowak, Poland
  • Torsten Prietzel, Germany
  • Stephen Ellis Graves, Australia
  • Anne Lübbeke, Switzerland
  • Vishal Patel, UK
  • Stéphane Pelet, Canada
  • Mark Thomas Roger Gaden, UK

The awards ceremony also featured the presentation of the:

  • Allied Professions Award to Rasa Valaviciene, Lithuania;
  • EFORT Tribology Award to Tiago Barbosa, Portugal; and
  • Industry Award to CeramTec, OrthoPediatrics and Bayer.