Aortic Award
The DGG awards the Aorta Prize, worth €4,000 (sponsored by Medtronic), for outstanding work on the subject of the aorta. It was awarded for the first time during the 25th Annual Meeting of the DGG in 2009.
The specific requirements for the award of the Aorta Prize are:
| - | Completed university degree |
| - | Membership in the DGG e.V. |
| - | Completed clinical or basic research project |
| - | Supporting statement from the clinic director (member of the DGG) |
| - | Demonstration of the relevance of the work to aortic care |
| - | Publication of the work in an internationally renowned journal (peer-reviewed) as first author no more than two calendar years prior to the application |
| - | Doctoral thesis (completed or nearing completion) |
| - | Description of how the work meets sustainability criteria in accordance with the DFG sustainability guidelines "Experiments / Field trials / Surveys" |
Please also note the general rules for the awarding of prizes and scholarships.
List of all Aorta Award winners:
Tri-country conference Lucerne 2025
PD Dr. med. Benedikt Reutersberg (Zurich)
Project: Baroreceptors in the aortic arch – molecular detection of mechanosensitive structures in humans
Annual Conference Karlsruhe 2024
Prof. Markus Wagenhäuser (Düsseldorf)
Project: Crosstalk of platelets with macrophages and fibroblasts aggravates inflammation, aortic wall stiffening, and osteopontin release in abdominal aortic aneurysm
Annual Conference Osnabrück 2023
Dr. rer. nat. Thorsten Eierhoff (Münster)
Project: Sensing and signalling of short-chain fatty acids by endothelial cells – mechanistic relationships and significance for aortic pathologies
Three-Country Conference Vienna 2022
Dr. med. Matthias Bürger, Berlin
Project: The pathophysiological basis for the development of long-term complications following the implantation of endovascular stent grafts in aortic aneurysms
Annual Conference Mannheim 2021
Dr. med. univ. Wolf-Hans Eilenberg, Vienna, Austria
Project: Predictive potential of neutrophil and NET biomarkers in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm
Digital Annual Meeting 2020
Dr Katrin Meisenbacher, Heidelberg
Project: The importance of post-stent grafting in the treatment of aortic dissection and intramural aortic haematoma Stanford type B
Annual Conference Mannheim 2019
Dr Sebastian Zerwes, Augsburg
Project: Clinical innovation using the example of endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS) – from the first steps to the preliminary conclusion
Annual Conference Bonn 2018
Dr Matthias Trenner (Munich)
Project: Treatment situation for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in Germany – Analysis of the DGG quality assurance register and routinely collected DRG data from the Federal Statistical Office.
Annual Conference Frankfurt am Main 2017
M.Sc. Justyna A. Niestrawska (Graz)
Project: Microstructure and mechanics of healthy and aneurysmatic abdominal aortas: experimental analysis and modelling.
Three-country conference Bern 2016
Dr. med. Wojciech Derwich (Frankfurt/Main)
Project: Patient-specific biomechanical modelling of aortic aneurysms based on time-resolved 3D sonography
Annual Conference Münster 2015
Dr Philipp Erhart (Heidelberg)
Project: Finite element analysis of abdominal aortic aneurysms – in search of new predictors of rupture.
Annual Conference Hamburg 2014
Dr. Zuzanna Rowinska (Düsseldorf)
Project: The role of hyaluronic acid in aneurysm formation after syngeneic aortic transplantation.
Three-Country Conference Linz 2013
Dr. med. Gabor Gäbel (Munich)
Identification of mediators of aortic aneurysm progression through genome-wide expression analysis in a murine aneurysm model
Annual Conference Wiesbaden 2012
Dr. med. Peter Thomas Fellmer (Leipzig)
Project: Influence of immunosuppression on antibody-mediated rejection of fresh aortic homografts in a rat model.
Annual Conference Erlangen 2011
Dr. Irene Hinterseher (Dresden)
Project: microRNA expression in abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Three-Country Conference Berlin 2010
Dr Alexander Hyhlik-Dürr (Heidelberg)
Project: Differentiated multimodal management of complex abdominal aortic pathologies
Annual Conference Munich 2009
– Dr Philipp Geisbusch (Heidelberg)
Project: Individualised surgical therapy for thoracic aortic pathologies.
- Dr Alexander Oberhuber (Ulm)
Project: MRI follow-up examination of endovascular therapy for acute traumatic aortic rupture (ATAR), long-term compliance and durability of different stent graft types.
- Dr Christian Reeps
Project: Evaluation and improved rupture risk prediction of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) through individualised wall stress simulation (FEA) based on patient-specific aortic wall material properties through analysis of dynamic (MRI) metabolic imaging (FDG - PET/CT) and validation on surgically removed AAA wall specimens.