Get the opportunity to be recognized as a leading young investigator in cardiovascular medicine and win a KRW 5,000,000 scholarship!
Submission Deadline: Friday, October 3, 2025, 11:59 PM KST (UTC +9)
※ The result will be notified in mid-late December.
Submit NowWhat is Best Young Scientist Award?
The Best Young Scientist Award is designed to acknowledge mid-level young investigators with clinical and academic excellence in cardiovascular medicine and encourage continued commitment and dedication to the field. The winner will be announced at the conference and will receive the award with a KRW 5,000,000 scholarship with a certificate.
Qualifications
- Younger than 45 years old at the start of TCTAP 2026 excluding individuals who have attained the rank of Associate or Full Professor.
- Can introduce novel and advanced solutions to complicated issues in TCTAP.
- Can share their own patient care experience with knowledge and understanding of the clinical practice in TCTAP.
※ Candidates who have presented their abstracts/cases at the events organized by CVRF will get extra points in the evaluation.

Seung-Jun Lee, MD
Severance Hospital, Korea (Republic of)

Ki Hong Choi, MD
Samsung Medical Center, Korea (Republic of)

Hashrul Rashid, MD
St. Thomas Hospital, UK / Monash University, Australia

Haoyu Wang, MD
Fuwai Hospital, China

Yi Xu, BM, PhD
The First Affiliated Hospital of Jinan University, China

Jeehoon Kang, MD
Seoul National University Hospital, Korea (Republic of)

Ho Lam, MD
Tuen Mun Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Babu Ezhumalai, MD
Fortis Malar Hospital, India

Alfonso Ielasi, MD
IRCCS Ospedale Galeazzi Sant'Ambrogio, Italy

I-Ming Chen, MD
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Yusuke Watanabe, MD
Teikyo University Hospital, Japan

Nikos Werner, MD
Heart Center Trier, Germany