The E-AHPBA mentorship programme is a new project launched by E-AHPBA Council, aimed to support young HPB professionals (surgeons, fellows, researchers, PhD students) within the E-AHPBA territories, to build their future career.
Mentorship Programme
The aims of the Programme include:
– Pursuing excellence in clinical surgery
– Helping to develop self-esteem and positive attitudes
– Defining goals and helping achievement thereof
– Developing an interest in academic HPB surgery
Call For Mentees
We are seeking young HPB professionals to be mentees on the E-AHPBA Mentorship Programme.
Applications for 2025 Edition – no closed
Please note there are limited spaces on the programme, but we intent to have further cycles in the future.
Call for Mentors
We are seeking senior, experience HPB specialists to be mentor within the programme. If you have passion and enthusiasm toward mentoring young colleagues and have the availability of time to commit to training and meeting with your mentee, then please contact us and we would be delighted to consider you:
Mentee and Mentor Training
Each mentor and mentee will be required to undertake training from a professional leadership training company.
This training will aid your experience and help you get the most from your mentor relationship.
Contact us
Committee
I. Frigerio – Programme Lead
A. Siriwardena
W. Polak
J. Devar
A. Balkrishnan
B. Andersson
R. De Wilde
M. Besselink
A. Kasar
R. Salvia
Management – carrie@eahpba.org
2023 Programme Participants
Below you can see the current mentor and mentees involved in the programme:
| Mentee | Mentor |
| Yevhenii Trehub | Asmund Fretland |
| Iakovos Amygdalos | Bas Groot Koerkamp |
| Nouredin Messaoudi | Andrew Gumbs |
| Philip Müller | Giovanni Marchegiani |
| Martina Nebbia | Florian Primavesi |
| Kim Christin Honselmann | Elena Rangelova |
| Ghadeer Aljohani | Niki Rashidian |
| Povilas Ignatavicius | Malin Sternby |
| Emre Bozkurt | Sheraz Yaqub |
2025 Programme Participants
Below you can see the current mentor and mentees involved in the programme:
| Mentee | Mentor |
| Felix Oldhafer Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Kinder- und Transplantationschirurgie der Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Germany |
Jose Ramia Servei Valencia de Salut, Spain |
| Tiago Ribeiro Correia de Sá Hospital Santo António, Portugal |
Carlijn Buis UMCG, Netherlands |
| Christine Namugenyi Association of Surgeons Of Uganda, Kenya |
Amelia Hessheimer Hospital Universitario La Paz, Spain |
| Marcelo José Maia Azevedo Costa Centro Hospitalar do Tâmega e Sousa, Portugal |
Stefano Crippa Vita Salute San Raffaele University, Italy |
| Nicholas Bradley Leech Groote Schuur Hospital, South Africa |
Frederik Berrevoet University Hospital Ghent, Belgium |
| Yoseph Solomon Bezabih Haramaya University,College of Health and Medical Sciences Harar, Ethiopia |
Colin Noel University of the Free State, South Africa |
| Faiza Hashim Soomro Health Education England, UK |
Aiste Gulla Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,Vilnius University, Lithuania |
| Rami Rhaiem HPB and oncological digestive department, Hôpital Cabrol, CHU de Reims, France |
Niki Rashidian Ghent University Hospital, Belgium |
| Luana Genova San Raffaele Hospital, Italy |
Elena Rangelova Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden |
| Marlene Hanisch-Hernández Vivantes – Klinikum Neukölln, Germany |
Gabriella Pittau Centre Hépato-biliaire Hôpital Paul Brousse, France |
| Pascalia Wikana Likalamu Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya |
Florian Primavesi Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria |
| Remo Alessandris Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, USA |
Åsmund Avdem Fretland Oslo University Hospital, Norway |
| Carl Leonhardt Medical University of Vienna, Austria |
Giovanni Marchegiani University of Padova, Italy |
| Declan McDonnell Wessex Deanery, UK |
Riccardo Memeo Mlulli Hospital, Italy |
| Marc Stevenson University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands |
Alejandro Serrablo Miguel Servet University Hospital, Spain |